An explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events is called a(n)
A) independent variable.
B) hypothesis.
C) theory.
D) scatterplot.

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A theory is an explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events. An independent variable is a variable manipulated by the researcher, a hypothesis is a testable prediction about the relationship between variables, and a scatterplot is a graph that illustrates the relationship between two variables.

An Explanation Using an Integrated Set of Principles That Organizes