A group of researchers wanted to determine if people will eat more food in a room with red paint than in a room that is decorated blue. Half the participants in this study ate in a red room and half ate in a blue room. The researchers then measured how much food was consumed in each of the two rooms. In this study, the independent variable was

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The independent variable is the factor that is manipulated by the researchers to observe its effect on another variable. In this study, the researchers manipulated the color of the room (red or blue) to see its effect on food consumption, making the color of the room the independent variable.

A Group of Researchers Wanted to Determine If People Will