Terrence is studying how music affects attitudes. On a hot June day, he exposes one group of college students to classical music and another group to jazz, while he measures their attitudes toward war. The dependent variable is:

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The dependent variable is the factor being measured and affected by the independent variable (the type of music). In this experiment, the attitudes toward war are being measured, and thus, it is the dependent variable. Choice A (type of music) is the independent variable, Choice C (the students' grade point averages) is not relevant to this experiment, and Choice D (the temperature in the testing room) is not being measured as a variable in this experiment.

Terrence Is Studying How Music Affects Attitudes