What Is the Independent Variable(s)in the Following Hypothesis? "Persons Who

question 37

Multiple Choice

What is the independent variable(s) in the following hypothesis? "Persons who experience economic deprivation during childhood socialization will place a higher priority on economic self-interest later in life than will people who did not experience economic deprivation during childhood."

• A)Economic deprivation
• B)Priority of economic self-interest
• C)Persons
• D)Later life
• E)A and B only are correct.

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