The police chief concludes that watching violent television shows leads to teens' committing violent crimes in New City. Explain your response. All points must be earned in context . This means the student must make it clear he or she is responding to a particular part of the essay. A student may also establish context by answering the question in order, or if the transitions between points can be inferred by the reader.
Examples are surveys, questionnaires, interviews, case studies, and so on.
The student may supply this information at any point in the essay. If the student proposes an experiment instead of a correlational design, the remaining points may still be awarded. Operational Definition of Variables. For one of the variables, the student may define teens. Students do not need to identify variables as independent, predictor, dependent, or outcome.