Tuesday, October 21, 2008

What are some of the often overlooked independent variables? (sometimes referred to as Setting Events)

Medications
Medical or physical problems
Sleep cycles
Eating routines and diet
Daily schedule
Staffing patterns
Density of people (too many people present)
Stimulation (is the environment overly stimulating, this can change over time where initially it is not overly stimulating but becomes so as the person reaches and goes beyond capacity).

What are intervening variables ie motivation, fatigue, hunger, intelligence, expectations?


Additional resources and links:
Dependent and independent variables
http://msxml.excite.com/excite/ws/results/Web/independent%20variables/1/417/TopNavigation/Relevance/iq=true/zoom=off/_iceUrlFlag=7?_IceUrl=true

Intervening variable
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intervening_variable

Variable
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable

Supplemental Material:
Setting Events
Setting Events Checklist

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