An Experimenter Wants to Study the Relationship Between Caffeine and Reaction

question 117

Multiple Choice

An experimenter wants to study the relationship between caffeine and reaction time.She assigns participants as follows: Group One receives 50 milligrams of caffeine;Group Two receives 100 milligrams of caffeine;Group Three receives 200 milligrams of caffeine;Group Four receives no caffeine.Twenty minutes later,all participants complete the reaction-time test.In this experiment,what was the dependent variable?

• A) amount of caffeine
• B) no caffeine
• C) reaction time
• D) assignment into one of four groups

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