A farmer wishes to test the effects of a new fertilizer on her soybean yield. She has four equal-sized plots ofland-- one with sandy soil, one with rocky soil, one with clay-rich soil, and one with average soil. She divideseach of the four plots into three equal-sized portions and randomly labels them A, B, and C. The four Aportions of land are treated with her old fertilizer. The four B portions are treated with the new fertilizer, andthe four Cʹs are treated with no fertilizer. At harvest time, the soybean yield is recorded for each section of land.What is the treatment in this experiment?
A) the fertilizers
B) the soybean yield recorded for each section of land
C) the section of land (A, B, or C)
D) the four types of soil

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The treatment in this experiment refers to the variable that is being manipulated to observe its effect on another variable. In this case, the variable being manipulated is the type of fertilizer used (old fertilizer, new fertilizer, or no fertilizer), making the fertilizers the treatment.

A Farmer Wishes to Test the Effects of a New