In a study investigating the correlation between smoking and lung cancer,the dependent variable is

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The dependent variable in this study is the presence or absence of a diagnosis of lung cancer, as this is what is being influenced or affected by the independent variable, which is smoking. Whether or not a person smokes and how many cigarettes they smoke per day would be independent variables. The type of cancer a person is diagnosed with would not be relevant to this particular study.

In a Study Investigating the Correlation Between Smoking and Lung