A researcher was interested in comparing the academic motiva…
A researcher was interested in comparing the academic motivation of identified gifted 4th grade students and 4th grade students who were not identified as gifted. 100 gifted 4th grade students and 100, 4th grade students who were not identified as gifted were randomly selected and were administered a 10 item academic motivation questionnaire (Cronbach alpha = .96). The responses to the questionnaire were combined to form an overall academic motivation score. What is the independent variable(s)?