Psychology- independent and dependent variables..?

Question

The research question is: Do males use more hand guestures than females??

what are the independent variables and dependent varibles of this??

please help!

Answer 1

the independent variable is males and females. the amount of hand gestures is the dependent variable.

i'm sorry iv is "gender" and dv is hand gesture.

in order to tell you who does it more, i could only offer an opinion. to do a real experiment, you need to observe a certain amount of people and go from there...

Answer 2

for what's it worth I am female and use my hands a lot when i'm talking......it sort of helps me to 'explain' things