Researchers Studying the Effects of Caffeine Tested the Reaction Times

question 30

Multiple Choice

Researchers studying the effects of caffeine tested the reaction times of women who first drank either a beverage with caffeine or a decaffeinated version of the same beverage.In this study, the reaction time of each participant would be:

• A)a placebo
• B)a confounding variable
• C)the independent variable
• D)the dependent variable

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