Question

Scenario

Indepe
Vari
A company wants to test a new dog food that
is suppose to help overweight dogs lose
weight. Fifty dogs are chosen to get the new
food, and 50 more continue their normal
diets. After one month, the dogs are
checked to see if they lost any weight.

What’s the Independent variable, dependent variable, experimental group, and and control group?

Answer 1

- Independent Variable: the new dog food

- Dependent Variable: weight loss in dogs

- Experimental Group: dogs that eat the new food

- Control group: dogs that continue with their normal diets

Step-by-step explanation:

In a scientific experiment, the dependent variable is the variable being tested/measured, while the independent variable isn't changed by the other variables that are being measured during the experimental procedure. Moreover, the experimental group is the group of individuals/subjects that is exposed to the independent variable, i.e., they are exposed to the experimental treatment. Finally, a control group is a group that exhibits the same characteristics as the experimental group but doesn't receive the experimental treatment, thereby enabling comparisons with the experimental group.