An Experimenter Served Identical Meals to People at Six Tables

question 51

Multiple Choice

An experimenter served identical meals to people at six tables at an elegant restaurant. At each table there was a small lantern with a rheostat. Each table had a different brightness of lighting. There was a direct correlation between the time it took the people to finish their meals and the amount of artificial light from the lantern. The dependent variable in this experiment was:

• A)the length of time it took to finish the meal.
• B)the personal eating habits of the subjects.
• C)the degree of light.
• D)experimenter bias in establishing guidelines.

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