A group of researchers wanted to determine if people will eat more food in a room with red paint and red decorations 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 in this study is the color of the decorations in the room, specifically whether the room was decorated in red or blue. The researchers wanted to see if the color of the decorations would influence how much food people ate, so they manipulated this variable while keeping other variables (such as the type of food available and how hungry the participants were at the end) constant. The amount of food consumed is the dependent variable, as it is what the researchers are measuring to see if it is affected by the independent variable.

A Group of Researchers Wanted to Determine If People Will