Sarah is developing her study of the effects of neighborhood poverty and household poverty,which takes into account how children's psychological strain might explain how poverty predicts more risk behaviors,like smoking and drinking.In this example,the control variable is
A)neighborhood poverty.
B)household poverty.
C)psychological strain.
D)risk behaviors.

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Psychological strain is the control variable because it is being used to explain the relationship between poverty and risk behaviors. Neighborhood poverty and household poverty are the independent variables being analyzed, while risk behaviors are the dependent variable being predicted.

Sarah Is Developing Her Study of the Effects of Neighborhood