Consider the following experiment. Children are drawn from high-, middle-, and low-income households. All the children are divided into two groups. One group watches "Sesame Street" on TV every day for a month while the other group watches cartoons. Both groups are then given a test that measures creativity. In this study, ________.
A) there is no dependent variable; this is a correlational study
B) the dependent variable is the children's socioeconomic class
C) the dependent variable is what the children watch on TV
D) the dependent variable is the children's scores on the creativity test

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The dependent variable in this experiment is the children's scores on the creativity test. The independent variable is what they watch on TV (either "Sesame Street" or cartoons). The children's socioeconomic class is a factor that is being controlled for, as the researchers are testing whether watching "Sesame Street" (or not) has an effect on creativity regardless of income level.

Consider the Following Experiment