How Is the Independent Variable Different from the Dependent Variable

question 10

Multiple Choice

How is the independent variable different from the dependent variable?

• A) the independent variable is manipulated during the experiment to understand the effects of this manipulation on the dependent variable
• B) the dependent variable is manipulated during the experiment to understand the effects of this manipulation on the independent variable
• C) dependent and independent variables are only used when researchers are not interested in looking at the effects of one thing on another, but only in how variables may be related
• D) the independent variable is a variable not included in the experiment, but is related to one of the variables in the experiment

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