Researchers Studying the Effects of Sleep Deprivation Tested the Physical

question 11

Multiple Choice

Researchers studying the effects of sleep deprivation tested the physical coordination skills of 25-year-old males who had been sleep deprived for 24, 36, or 48 hours. In this study, the dependent variable would be the

• A)age of the research participants.
• B)physical coordination skills of the men in the study.
• C)length of time the participants had been sleep deprived.
• D)type of physical coordination task the researchers use.

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