Consider this hypothesis: "There will be a statistically significant difference in graduation rates of at-risk high-school seniors who participate in an intensive study program as opposed to at-risk high-school seniors who do not participate in the intensive study program.” What is the dependent variable? A. participation in the intensive study program B. graduation rates C. high school seniors D. not participating in the intensive study program

"There will be a statistically significant difference in graduation rates of at-risk high-school seniors who participate in an intensive study program as opposed to at-risk high-school seniors who do not participate in the intensive study program.”

Here we find that high school seniors of at-risk are divided into two groups and one group partipates in an intensive study program while other group does not.

Thus we find that the graduation rates of at-risk high school is the dependent variable which depends on participation or not.

A. participation in the intensive study program is the independent variable.