"The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which sex, age, height, and weight predict selected physiologic outcomes: namely, forced expiratory volume (FEV) in 1 second, hemoglobin concentration, food intake, serum glucose concentration, total serum cholesterol concentration, and cancer-related weight change (Brown et al., 1997)." In this study, the dependent variable is the physiologic outcomes.

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The dependent variable is what the study aims to predict or measure, which in this case are the physiologic outcomes like FEV, hemoglobin concentration, etc.

"The Purpose of This Study Was to Determine the Extent