Jon Believes That Exercise Is a Cause of Higher Levels

question 28

Multiple Choice

Jon believes that exercise is a cause of higher levels of life satisfaction. If Jon plans to study this hypothesis experimentally, his dependent variable would be the

• A)amount of exercise his participants engage in.
• B)level of life satisfaction before the exercise.
• C)level of life satisfaction after the exercise.
• D)physical health of his participants.

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