Suppose I am interested in the difference between first-year university students and seniors with respect to their attitudes toward student government. I take a list of all of the first-year students, drop the names in a hat, and draw out 100 names. I mail them a questionnaire about student government that I have made up. I repeat this process for the seniors. In this experiment the sex of the

students is a ____ variable.

A) control
B) dependent
C) random
D) confounding


C

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Generally, cohabitating young adults

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Discuss the origin of the Knapp Commission, and evaluate its conclusions.

What will be an ideal response?

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