Medical Wonders is a specialized interior design company focused on healing artwork.The CEO, Kathleen Kelledy claims that artwork has healing effects for patients staying in a hospital, as measured by reduced length of stay.Her current client is a children's cancer hospital.Kathleen is interested in determining the effect of three different pieces of healing artwork on children.She chooses three paintings (a horse photo, a bright abstract, and a muted beach scene)and randomly assigns six hospital rooms to each painting.In Kathleen's experimental design "painting style" is _______.
A)the dependent variable
B)a concomitant variable
C)a treatment variable
D)a blocking variable
E)a response variable

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In Kathleen's experimental design, "painting style" is the treatment variable because it is the factor that is being manipulated to observe its effect on the outcome, which in this case is the healing effect on children staying in the hospital.

Medical Wonders Is a Specialized Interior Design Company Focused on Healing