If you wanted to examine whether the television viewing differs based on students' grade in school (i.e., first, second, third, etc.), what is the independent variable of interest?
A)grade level
B)students
C)academic performance
D)television viewing

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The independent variable of interest is the grade level of the students. This is the variable that the researcher wants to manipulate or compare to see if it has an effect on the dependent variable, which in this case is the amount of television viewing. The other options (students, academic performance, television viewing) are either not relevant to the research question or are already part of the research question as the dependent variable.

If You Wanted to Examine Whether the Television Viewing Differs