Within a research hypothesis, the ______ variable may be thought of as the ______.
A) independent; outcome
B) independent; result
C) dependent; effect
D) dependent; cause

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The dependent variable is considered the effect because it is the outcome that researchers are interested in explaining or predicting, and it depends on the independent variable.

Within a Research Hypothesis, the ______ Variable May Be Thought