Data Set 1-8: Kevin recruited 40 volunteers for his study, which studied the effect on a person's trust of having grown up in a two-parent or a one-parent family. Students were recruited from General Psychology classes. Students filled out the Rempel Trust Scale and also indicated their family's status.
-In this study the independent variable is
A) family's status
B) where students were recruited
C) score on the Rempel Trust Scale
D) number of students recruited.

Question

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The independent variable is the factor that is manipulated or varied by the researcher to observe its effect on another variable. In this study, the family's status (growing up in a two-parent or a one-parent family) is the variable that is being varied to see its effect on trust, as measured by the Rempel Trust Scale.

Data Set 1-8: Kevin Recruited 40 Volunteers for His Study