A group of researchers wanted to determine if people will eat more food in a room that is decorated with red than in a room that is decorated with 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.What is the independent variable in this study

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The independent variable is the variable that is being manipulated by the researcher, which in this case is the color of the decorations in the room. The amount of food consumed in each room is the dependent variable, as it is being measured and affected by the manipulation of the independent variable. The participants are not the independent variable, as they are simply being assigned to each of the two conditions.

A Group of Researchers Wanted to Determine If People Will