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strangeaffliction

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An experiment was conducted to test a new drug for anxiety. What would be a good dependent variable for this experiment?
 
  a. heart rate
  b. the amount of drug given to each subject
  c. score on a standardized anxiety test
  d. heart rate and/or score on a standardized anxiety test

Question 2

The difference in magnitude between the control and the experimental groups on the dependent variable is called the:
 
  a. treatment effect.
  b. independent effect.
  c. confound effect.
  d. dependent effect.



raenoj

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A



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