In his experiment, Pennebaker wanted to find out if writing about emotions reduced the number of visits that the participants made to the college health center. The number of visits to the college health center would be the _____ variable in this experiment.

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The number of visits to the college health center is the dependent variable because it is the outcome that is being measured to see if it changes in response to the manipulation of the independent variable (writing about emotions).

In His Experiment, Pennebaker Wanted to Find Out If Writing