A Group of Researchers Wanted to Determine If People Will

question 23

Multiple Choice

A group of researchers wanted to determine if people will eat more food in a room with red paint and red decorations than in a room that is decorated blue. Half the participants in this study ate in a red room and half ate in a blue room. The researchers then measured how much food was consumed in each of the two rooms. What is the independent variable in this study?

• A)the colour of the decorations in the room
• B)the type of food that was available during the study
• C)the amount of food that was consumed
• D)how hungry the participants were at the end of the study

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