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Jenna works for the Innocence Project.  She is currently working on a case where her client states that she was wrongly convicted.  Jenna has been reviewing the court transcripts and has determined that the prosecutor seems to have withheld information that was pertinent to the case.  Jenna's client was given a 20-year sentence for murder.  She has reduced that sentence by participating in programs and through her positive behavior while incarcerated.
Jenna was able to request and confirm a new test for her client in order to prove her innocence.  She, most likely, is having her client's _______ tested.


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Dependent Variable

A dependent variable is the outcome or response that researchers are interested in explaining or predicting, typically manipulated or influenced by the independent variable.

Dependent Variable

A variable in an experiment that is expected to change in response to changes in the independent variable.

Independent Variable

An independent variable is a variable that is manipulated or varied by the researcher to investigate its effect on the dependent variable in an experiment.

Dependent Variable

A variable in experimental research that is expected to change as a result of manipulations of the independent variable.

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