Problem
A researcher wants to test the hypothesis that defendants who plead guilty are sentenced more leniently than those who insist on going to trial. The researcher measures the plea decision as guilty plea or trial and the sentence as the number of months of incarceration to which defendants were sentence
1. What is the independent variable?
2. What is the level of measurement of the independent variable?
3. What is the dependent variable?
4. What is the level of measurement of the dependent variable?