A psychologist was interested in relating the number of times a young adult had been arrested to that person's attendance in high school. The number of arrests is
A) the independent variable.
B) the dependent variables.
C) the covariate.
D) a parameter.

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The number of times a young adult has been arrested is the outcome variable of interest, which makes it the dependent variable. The attendance in high school is the predictor variable, which makes it the independent variable.

A Psychologist Was Interested in Relating the Number of Times