Experiments Are Powerful and Help Determine Cause Because the Experimenter

question 5

Multiple Choice

Experiments are powerful and help determine cause because the experimenter manipulates a variable between groups holding other factors constant.This manipulated variable is the ______.

• A)independent variable
• B)extraneous variable
• C)dependent variable
• D)control variable

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