The race of a criminal offender is found to determine the frequency with which capital punishment is administered. In this example, the frequency with which capital punishment is administered would be considered the

A. hypothesis.
B. index.
C. dependent variable.
D. independent variable.


Answer: C

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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