Scenario:
Dr. Smith learned that one sorority on campus had purchased several MacBooks and another sorority had purchased several Windows-based computers. Dr. Smith was interested in whether the type of computer affects the quality of students' papers, so he went to each of the sorority houses to collect samples of papers from the members. Two graduate students in the English department then rated the quality of the papers. Dr. Smith found that the quality of the papers was higher in one sorority than in the other.
What are the independent and dependent variables in this study?
Identify the type of design that Dr. Smith used.
What variables are confounded with the independent variable?
Design a true experiment that would address Dr. Smith's original question.