A university is interested in measuring student's confidence in career decisions and the effectiveness of their career counseling center.One group of students is randomly assigned to receive three weeks of career counseling;another group of students is prevented from receiving career counseling during those same three weeks.After three weeks have passed,the university asks students about their confidence in their future career using a scale of 1 to 10,with 10 indicating highest confidence.What is the dependent variable?
A) whether or not students received career counseling
B) the student's confidence score about the future career
C) the number of weeks of counseling services
D) the type of university attended

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The dependent variable is the variable being measured or tested in the study, which is the student's confidence score about their future career. This is what the university is interested in measuring and comparing between the two groups (those who received counseling and those who did not). The independent variable, which is manipulated by the researchers, is whether or not the students received career counseling, and this is being used to test the effectiveness of the counseling center. The other options (A, C, D) are not relevant to the dependent variable being measured in this study.

A University Is Interested in Measuring Student's Confidence in Career