For an experiment comparing two methods of teaching social skills training to autistic children,the independent variable is _______ and the dependent variable is _______.
A)teaching methods; the autistic children
B)the autistic children; the social skills that are learned
C)the social skills that are learned; the autistic children
D)teaching methods; the social skills that are learned

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The independent variable is the variable that is being manipulated or changed by the experimenter, which in this case is the teaching method. The dependent variable is the variable being measured, which is the social skills that are learned by the autistic children. Therefore, teaching methods are the independent variable and the social skills that are learned are the dependent variable.

For an Experiment Comparing Two Methods of Teaching Social Skills