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A sociologist conducts an experiment to see how watching a documentary on young men in gay relationships affects individual attitudes toward gay marriage. Both men and women are given a survey, but only those in the experimental group watch the video before answering the survey questions. Identify the dependent variables in this experiment.\

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those people in the experimental group who watch the video.

Explanation:

A dependent variable is defined as a variable for which the value depends on the other factors. A change in the depended variable in an experiment changes the result of the experiment or the research.

In the context, a sociologist who conducts an experiment to see the affect on the relationship in the young men after watching a video. Here the dependent variable are the young men and women who are given the video to watch before they answer the question.

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