Gina wants to conduct a study of discrimination based on looks in hiring practices. Gina selects two candidates with equivalent qualifications, one extremely attractive and the other of average attractiveness. She sends them to interview for the same job. The dependent variable in Gina's experiment is the
A) relative attractiveness of the two candidates.
B) qualifications of the two candidates.
C) type of job the candidates apply for.
D) response of the interviewer to each candidate.
E) number of candidates who interviewed for the job.

Question

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The dependent variable in Gina's experiment is the response of the interviewer to each candidate. This is what she is measuring in order to see if there is discrimination based on looks in hiring practices. The other options are not the dependent variable, as they either don't change (A and B) or are not relevant to the experiment (C and E).

Gina Wants to Conduct a Study of Discrimination Based on Looks