If a Researcher Is Interested in the Effect of Television

question 64

Multiple Choice

If a researcher is interested in the effect of television viewing on behavior and randomly selects research subjects who are male and female to determine the consequences of television viewing,television viewing is the:

• A)connected variable
• B)independent variable
• C)dependent variable
• D)spurious association
• E)control variable

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