In a 2017 article in The Atlantic, Jean Twenge argued that the more time teens spend looking at screens (e.g., smartphones), the more likely they are to report symptoms of depression.This conclusion came from analysis of data from the Monitoring the Future survey, an ongoing study of a nationally representative sample of adolescents that started in 1975.In this research, the independent variable is ______.

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The independent variable is the one that is manipulated or categorized to observe its effect on the dependent variable. In this case, the time spent looking at screens is the independent variable, as it is being analyzed to see its impact on depression symptoms.

In a 2017 Article in the Atlantic, Jean Twenge Argued