While reviewing staffing plans for a new pilot plant, Colin Chenaux, VP of Operations at Clovis Chemicals, Inc., designed an experiment to test the effects of "supervisor's style" and "training method" on the productivity of operators.The treatment levels were: (1)authoritarian, and participatory for supervisor's style, and (2)technical manuals, training films, and multimedia for training method.Three qualified applicants were randomly selected and assigned to each of the six cells.In Colin's experiment, "operator productivity" is _____________.
A)a concomitant variable
B)a treatment variable
C)the dependent variable
D)a blocking variable
E)a constant

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Operator productivity is the outcome being measured in the experiment, which is affected by the independent variables (supervisor's style and training method), making it the dependent variable.

While Reviewing Staffing Plans for a New Pilot Plant, Colin