From the problem statement, "Is there a difference in postoperative pain perception between postoperative clients who use relaxation techniques and clients who do not use relaxation techniques?" identify the independent variable
1. Relaxation techniques
2. Relaxation techniques use
3. Postoperative status
4. Postoperative pain perception
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Rationale 1: "Relaxation techniques" is incorrect because it fails to indicate the variable that the researcher seeks to manipulate completely in terms of using or not using.
Rationale 2: "Relaxation techniques use" is correct because it is the variable that the researcher can manipulate.
Rationale 3: "Postoperative status" is incorrect because it is a descriptor of the population the researcher seeks to study, not a variable.
Rationale 4: "Pain perception" is incorrect because it describes the variable that the researcher seeks to influence. This is the dependent variable, not the independent variable.
Global Rationale:
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