A researcher conducts a study about depression in which experimental subjects are randomly assigned to participate in 6 weeks of yoga lessons or assigned to a waitlist control condition. The researcher thinks that yoga increases well-being, thus decreasing symptoms of depression. This idea is called a(n):
a. constant.
b. dependent variable.
c. theory.
d. hypothesis.
Answer: d. hypothesis.
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