Variables are:
A) specific values (in whole numbers) that represent an individual's category membership.
B) the value of physical, attitudinal, or behavioral characteristics for a given individual.
C) hypothetical ideas that have been developed to describe and explain human behavior.
D) observations of physical, attitudinal, or behavioral characteristics that can take on different values.

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Variables are observations of physical, attitudinal, or behavioral characteristics that can take on different values. A is incorrect because variables can have non-integer values. B is incorrect because the value of a characteristic is not a variable itself, but rather the value that the variable takes on for a given individual. C is incorrect because hypotheses are not variables, but rather explanations or predictions that are based on variables.

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