A study of people who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina hypothesized that "greater amounts of television viewing (about the hurricane) would predict greater levels of depression" (McLeish & Del Ben, 2008). In this study, the independent variable is best described as ______.

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The independent variable in this study is the amount of television viewing, as this is the variable being manipulated to see if it predicts levels of depression.

A Study of People Who Lost Their Homes in Hurricane