A researcher hypothesizes that students who work part-time have higher college GPAs than students with full-time jobs. In this study, the independent variable is ______; the dependent variable is ______.
A) college GPA; employment status
B) employment status; students
C) employment status; college GPA
D) students; college GPA

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The independent variable is employment status, as this is what the researcher is manipulating and hypothesizing will have an effect on the dependent variable, which is college GPA. College GPA is the dependent variable as it is what is being measured and is hypothesized to be influenced by the independent variable of employment status.

A Researcher Hypothesizes That Students Who Work Part-Time Have Higher