Salerno and Sanchez's survey experiment on people's perception of an officer's use of force consisted of a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design. Which of the following variables was not manipulated in this design?
A) Whether a police officer used force
B) The officer's gender, male or female
C) The officer's race, white or Black
D) Participants' trust in the officer

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The survey experiment involved manipulating three independent variables: whether a police officer used force, the officer's gender (male or female), and the officer's race (white or Black). Participants' trust in the officer was not manipulated and was instead measured as a dependent variable.

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