Drews et al.2008) manipulated driving conditions i.e., driving while talking to a friend on the cell phone and driving while talking to a friend in the car) to see if this influenced the number of driving errors committed.Participants completed the task on a driving simulator.In this design, the number of driving errors committed served as the __________.
A)measure of ecological validity.
B)dependent variable.
C)independent variable.
D)measure of reliability.

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In this study, the dependent variable is the number of driving errors committed, as it is what is being measured in relation to the different conditions of driving while talking on a cell phone and talking to a friend in the car.

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