Independent and Dependent Variables ____ Are Physical Aspects of the Testing

question 51

Multiple Choice

Independent and Dependent Variables ____ are physical aspects of the testing situation that the experimenter directly controls.

• A)Confounding variables
• B)Dependent variables
• C)Environmental variables
• D)Extraneous variables

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Definitions:

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