What are the independent and confounding variables

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A political scientist wishes to determine whether males and females differ with respect to their attitudes toward defense spending by the federal government. She asks each person if he or she thinks that the current level of defense spending should be increased, remain the same, or be decreased. Is this an experiment or observational study? What are the independent and confounding variables?

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