Dr.Dalbey is studying the effects of fatigue on aggression.He hypothesizes that the more fatigue a person is experiencing,the more aggressively the person will behave.Unbeknownst to Dr.Dalbey,the participants' level of hunger also had an impact on their aggression.Hunger could thus be a(n)____ variable.

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Hunger is a confounding variable as it is an extraneous variable that was not controlled for in the study and has an impact on the dependent variable (aggression). It can affect the relationship between the independent variable (fatigue) and the dependent variable, leading to inaccurate or misleading results.

DrDalbey Is Studying the Effects of Fatigue on Aggression