A marketing analyst at a gaming company is studying the effect of school holidays on sales of video games. In this study, what type of variable is school holidays?
A) a target variable
B) a dependent variable
C) an outcome variable
D) an independent variable

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School holidays are considered an independent variable in this context because they are the factor being studied to see how they affect another variable (sales of video games), which would be the dependent variable.

A Marketing Analyst at a Gaming Company Is Studying the Effect