Dr. Smith hypothesizes that the number of years of experience a marital therapis

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Dr. Smith hypothesizes that the number of years of experience a marital therapist has will predict how much a couple improves their marital satisfaction over the course of therapy. That is, the greater the years of experience, the greater the improvement for the couple over the course of therapy. But he also wonders if the association between years of experience and change in marital satisfaction could depend on how much continuing education the therapist has had over his/her career. Specifically, he thinks that more years of therapist experience will predict greater couple improvement only for therapists who have had continuing education trainings. For those with no continuing education, he thinks more years of experience will not predict greater couple improvement.

In the following, identify the predictor variable, the dependent variable, and the moderator.

Explanation / Answer

1. Predictor variable: marital therapy experience.

2. Dependent variable: marital satisfaction.

3. Moderator variable: continuing education.

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