A study is conducted to test the hypothesis that cognitive behavioral therapy is more effective than eclectic therapy in reducing the number of future incidents of child neglect among substance abusing parents, and to assess whether the comparative effectiveness of the interventions varies depending upon the ethnicity of the parents? In this study what type of variable is parental ethnicity?
A)Independent.
B)Moderating.
C)Dependent.
D)Mediating.

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Parental ethnicity is considered a moderating variable in this study because it is being assessed for its potential to influence the relationship between the type of therapy (independent variable) and the effectiveness of reducing future incidents of child neglect (dependent variable).

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