A researcher created an experiment to find out what effect gender had on the starting salary a person was offered across different occupations and seniority levels. In this experiment, ___________ is the independent variable and ____________ is the dependent variable.

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The researcher is intentionally manipulating the gender of the job candidate, so gender is the independent variable. The starting salary offered is what the researcher is measuring and is therefore the dependent variable.

A Researcher Created an Experiment to Find Out What Effect