A Researcher Is Interested in Determining If Different Exercise Programs

question 26

Multiple Choice

A researcher is interested in determining if different exercise programs have an influence on the amount of weight that participants lose.Upon arriving to the experiment, the researcher assigns the participants to different exercise programs and measures the amount of weight lost over a two-month period.In this example, the amount of weight lost is the _________.

• A)manipulated variable
• B)independent variable
• C)thought to produce a change
• D)dependent variable

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