A group of teenagers were monitored closely over a period of several weeks to measure how often they watched violent television programs. The researcher believes that the adolescent male watch more violent television than their female counterparts. a.What is the dependent variable? b.What is the independent variable? c.Dependent variable is what type of data (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio)? d.Independent variable is what type of data Solution a)Independent variable=gender b)Dependent variable=how often they watched violent tv programs c)DV=interval d)IV=nominal d).