Question

A student would like to test the effect of eating a lot of candy on

student hyperactivity. She sets up two groups for her experiment and
measures her results in the number of times a student jumps out of their
seat. What is the independent variable?

Answer 1

Just to make it short, its eating a lot of candy

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Number of candies

Step-by-step explanation:

The independent variable in this experiment is the number of candies eaten by the student.

An independent variable is best pictured as the cause in an experiment. It is the reason why the effects in experiments are produced.

In this experiment, the hyperactivity is the hyperactivity is the dependent variable. It is the effect that is produced in this set up.