Based on Her Review of Relevant Scientific Studies,a Researcher Believes

question 54

Multiple Choice

Based on her review of relevant scientific studies,a researcher believes that there is a relationship between the frequency of a baby's crying and whether it was nursed at set intervals or on a demand schedule.If this belief were tested by experimentally manipulating feeding schedules,the feeding schedule would be called the:

• A)independent variable.
• B)dependent variable.
• C)extraneous variable.
• D)control factor.

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