A researcher is performing an experiment to determine whether eating protein causes a sad mood.Measurements of mood in this experiment would be the ____ variable.

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The variable being measured is the mood, which is the outcome or result variable that is dependent on the independent variable (in this case, the ingestion of protein). Therefore, it is considered the dependent variable.

A Researcher Is Performing an Experiment to Determine Whether Eating