A researcher interested in understanding the relationship between panic attacks and alcohol abuse might choose to study the effects of anxiety induction in the lab on how much alcohol research participants choose to drink.Which statement would be most accurate, given this information?

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In this study, the researcher is interested in understanding how anxiety induction affects the amount of alcohol participants choose to drink. Therefore, the amount of alcohol participants choose to drink is the dependent variable as it is the outcome of interest that is expected to be influenced by the anxiety induction. The level of anxiety induced is the independent variable as it is the variable that the researcher is manipulating to understand its effect on the outcome of interest. The number of panic attacks is not mentioned in the scenario and is not a relevant variable in this study.

A Researcher Interested in Understanding the Relationship Between Panic Attacks