In an experiment, a researcher gives some patients psychotherapy, gives others medication, and puts others on a waiting list. The researcher then measures how depressed the patients are feeling after six months. What is the dependent variable in this experiment?

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The dependent variable is the variable that is being measured or observed and is expected to be affected by the independent variable. In this experiment, the researcher is measuring the level of depression in patients, which is being affected by the type of treatment they received (independent variable). Therefore, the improvement in depression is the dependent variable.

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