Sharon wanted to determine if the juvenile boot camp program her county had initiated had a noticeable impact on recidivism.She compared similar juveniles who had taken part in the boot camp and those who received a more traditional sentence.Twelve months after their release,she compared their re-arrest rates.In this experiment,the boot camp was the:
A)the pretest.
B)the posttest.
C)the independent variable.
D)the dependent variable.
E)the control group.

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The boot camp is the independent variable because it is the condition that Sharon is manipulating to observe its effect on the dependent variable, which is the re-arrest rates.

Sharon Wanted to Determine If the Juvenile Boot Camp Program