A nurse researcher conducts a study of pregnant African American women between the ages of 15 and 35
The purpose of the study is to determine if weekly nutritional counseling sessions and participation in a structured weekly support group have any impact on the mother's post-delivery B/P or the infant's APGAR score. What would be the independent variable or variables in the study? Select all that apply. a. Age of subjects d. Infant's APGAR score
b. Nutritional counseling sessions e. African American female
c. Mother's post-delivery B/P f. Structured weekly support group
B, F
The nutritional counseling sessions and the structured weekly support group are the independent
variables. Independent variables are the variables believed to cause or influence the dependent
variables. Also, the independent variables are the variables that are manipulated. In this study, the age
of the subject and her being an African American are considered demographic variables. The mother's
post-delivery B/P and the infant's APGAR score are the dependent variables.
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