Researchers Studying the Effects of Sleep Deprivation Tested the Physical

question 177

Multiple Choice

Researchers studying the effects of sleep deprivation tested the physical coordination skills of 25-year-old males who had been sleep deprived for either 24,36,or 48 hours.In this study,the dependent variable would be

• A) the age of the research participants.
• B) the physical coordination skills of the men in the study.
• C) the length of time the participants had been sleep deprived.
• D) the type of physical coordination task the researchers use.

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Definitions:

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