An economist has developed a model to explain the relationship between people losing their jobs and the frequency with which individuals experience severe emotional distress. The study is limited to urban areas with large populations, and uses information supplied by people meeting with local counselors for treatment. The study supports a theory that job loss can play a key role in explaining who will experience severe emotional distress.
-In this theory, people's job status and the frequency with which emotional distress occurs are:
A) variables.
B) assumptions.
C) conclusions.
D) none of the above.

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Variables are elements that can change and have different values across individuals or over time. In this study, people's job status (employed or unemployed) and the frequency of severe emotional distress are the changing elements being examined to understand their relationship, making them variables.

An Economist Has Developed a Model to Explain the Relationship