Sima believes that wearing black clothing causes people to behave more aggressively.In her experiment,she randomly assigns people into two groups.In Group A,participants are given black shirts to wear,while participants in Group B are given white shirts to wear.Each participant is then asked to play a violent video game for fifteen minutes and his or her score is computed.In this experiment,each participant's video game score is the ____ variable.

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The dependent variable is the variable that is measured in the experiment and is affected by the independent variable. In this case, the dependent variable is the video game score, which is affected by whether the participant wore a black or white shirt (independent variable) according to Sima's hypothesis. The random variable refers to something that cannot be controlled or predicted, while the confounding variable is an external factor that could influence the results but has not been accounted for in the experiment. Thus, options B, C, and D, are not the best choice.

Sima Believes That Wearing Black Clothing Causes People to Behave