A group of researchers 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,after which they observe their mating behaviour.In this example,which of the following is the dependent variable?

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The dependent variable is the variable that is being measured or observed in response to the manipulation of the independent variable, which in this case is the alcohol or saline solution. In this study, the researchers are interested in the effects of alcohol on the sexual behaviour of mice, so the dependent variable is the mice's mating behaviour.

A Group of Researchers Want to Study the Effects of Alcohol