When the number of vacation hours increases, the number of study hours decreases. Summer is positively correlated with the number of vacation hours and negatively correlated with the number of study hours. In this example, summer is the:
A)Dependent variable
B)Independent variable
C)Moderator
D)Confounding variable

Question

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Summer is a confounding variable in this example.
The number of vacation hours does not cause summer, but summer causes vacation hours to increase. Therefore, summer is a confounding variable instead of a moderator.

When the Number of Vacation Hours Increases, the Number of Study