In Your Experiment, You Are Also Testing the Effects of Gender

question 8

Multiple Choice

In your experiment, you are also testing the effects of gender on social media use. Gender would be considered

• A) An independent variable
• B) A dependent variable
• C) An intervening variable
• D) A confounding variable

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