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.
-The number of levels of the independent variable in Data Set 1-8 is
A) one
B) two
C) three
D) none of the other alternatives.

Question

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The independent variable is the family status (two-parent or one-parent family), which has two levels.

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