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Variables: INDEPENDENT , DEPENDENT , Intervening As in all scientific research, the goal of research in sociology and criminal justice is to establish causal relationships between variables. In these endeavors, one variable is hypothesized to be the cause and the second variable is the effect . The term for the cause is the INDEPENDENT variable; the term for the effect is the DEPENDENT variable. [Actually, this statement is an oversimplification of the definitions of these variables, as well as the complexities of their relationships. However, for the purposes of this course, we will treat these variables as they are presented here.] Once we have a basic understanding of INDEPENDENT and DEPENDENT variables, a question arises: in a research hypothesis, how do we tell which is the INDEPENDENT variable and which is the DEPENDENT variable.

Variables: Independent, Dependent, Intervening As in all scientific research, the goal of research in sociology and criminal justice is to establish

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