A sociologist performs an experiment designed to investigate the effect of marriage counseling on divorce.She divides research participants into two similar groups of troubled couples,provides one group with counseling,and observes whether,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 is the variable that is being manipulated or changed in the experiment, in this case, it is the marriage counseling being provided to one group of couples but not to the other. Therefore, the independent variable in this experiment is marriage counseling.

A Sociologist Performs an Experiment Designed to Investigate the Effect