A nurse researcher develops a research proposal to determine if there is a relationship between the number of days female oncology patients spend in the hospital and their scores on a patient satisfaction survey
Which of the following would be the independent variable? a. Female c. Score on satisfaction survey
b. Oncology patient d. Number of hospital days
D
The independent variable would be the number of hospital days and the dependent variable would be
the participant's score on the satisfaction survey. Female and oncology patient are considered
demographic variables.
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