Using path analysis,the correlation between poverty and psychological distress can be partially explained by the level of chaos in the home.The chaos variable in this example represents a(n)
A) mediating variable.
B) moderator variable.
C) proxy variable.
D) spurious variable.

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The chaos variable is mediating the relationship between poverty and psychological distress, meaning it helps explain the relationship between the two variables. Therefore, it is a mediating variable.

Using Path Analysis,the Correlation Between Poverty and Psychological Distress Can