A sociologist performs an experiment designed to investigate the effect of marriage counseling on divorce. They divide research participants into two similar groups of troubled couples, provides only one group with counseling, and observes whether or not, over time, the two groups eventually divorce at different rates. What is the independent variable in this experiment?

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The independent variable in this experiment is the marriage counseling, as it is the variable that is being manipulated to determine its effect on the dependent variable (divorce rates).

A Sociologist Performs an Experiment Designed to Investigate the Effect