Hypothesis: children in families that eat dinner together at least four times a week experience fewer behavior problems in school. in this hypothesis, what is the dependent variable (select one answer)? a. the number of times per week that a family eats together. b. how much time children spend with their family. c. how often children misbehave in school. d. the type of behavior children exhibits in school.

d.the type of behavior children exhibits in school.

The dependent variable in the experiment is the variable a researcher is interested in. The researcher would like to know if the independent variable will affect the dependent variable.

In the example, the number of times a family eats together is the independent variable. The dependent variable which the researcher is interested in is the type of behavior children exhibits in school.

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