In an industrial psychology experiment, one group of participants is exposed to heat stress; another is not. All participants' performance on a manual dexterity task is then examined. Which set below contains equivalent items?
A) independent variable; experimental group; no stress group
B) independent variable; experimental group; heat stress group
C) no independent variable; control group; heat stress group.
D) no independent variable; experimental group; no stress group

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The independent variable is heat stress, the experimental group is the group exposed to heat stress, and the heat stress group is the group that was exposed to the independent variable. This set accurately represents the experiment described in the scenario.

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