In the hypothesis "Among university students taking an Introduction to Sociology course,older students tend to score higher on multiple choice tests than younger students," what term would we use to refer to age?
A) independent variable
B) dependent variable
C) operational variable
D) intervening variable

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Age is the independent variable in this hypothesis because it is being used as the predictor variable to see how it affects the dependent variable (test scores).

In the Hypothesis "Among University Students Taking an Introduction to Sociology