A researcher finds that in a study of direction finding, men are less likely to acknowledge being lost than women. In this study, the independent variable is
A)whether or not participants get lost
B)a willingness to admit being lost
C)a subject variable
D)a manipulated variable

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The independent variable in this study is a subject variable, which refers to a characteristic inherent to the participants, such as gender, that is not manipulated by the researcher.

A Researcher Finds That in a Study of Direction Finding