Ren and Stimpy want to study the effects of alcohol on sexual behaviour in mice.They inject 50 mice with an alcohol solution and inject 50 other mice with a harmless saline solution,then observe their mating behaviour.Which is the dependent variable?

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The dependent variable is the variable being measured or observed. In this case, the researchers are observing the mating behavior of the mice, so mating behavior is the dependent variable. The independent variable is the variable being manipulated, which in this case is the injection of either alcohol or saline solution. The mice and the solutions are not the variables of interest in this study.

Ren and Stimpy Want to Study the Effects of Alcohol