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I want to design an experiment to see if drinking coffee makes students

score higher on tests. What is the dependent variable in this experiment?

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Independent variable coffee token then dependent variable would be how well done of test I think....
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Answer:

The score from the tests

Step-by-step explanation:

We are learning about variables used within an experiment

We have two variables here -

Independent Variable

Dependent Variable

The question asks "What is the dependent variable in this experiment?"

First off, what is a dependent variable?

Dependent variable - The result or outcome that is being measured

So, if that is the definition, what part of "I want to design an experiment to see if drinking coffee makes students score higher on tests." is the dependent variable?

Well, clearly the outcome that we are looking out for is the score of the tests. Caffeine is being used to see if it makes students score higher on tests, making the test scores the outcome. Making it the dependent variable.

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