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Dr.Franz sets up an experimental study to investigate how self-esteem is affected by feedback from teachers.During the study, teachers of Grade 3 administer a short quiz where each child earns the same score (5 out of a possible 10 points) .All the children are then given feedback.Half the children are told that this is a very good score, whereas the rest are told that it is an average score.In this study, what is the independent variable?


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