An educator wishes to study the effects of sleep deprivation on the ability to concentrate. He decides to study the students in a calculus class. Each student enrolled in the class is randomly assigned to either sleeping 6 or 8 hours the night before. Each student's eye movement is then tracked throughout the lecture. The amount of time is recorded whenever the student is not focused on either the instructor or taking notes. This study has:
A)one factor and one treatment.
B)two factors and one treatment.
C)one factor and two treatments.
D)two factors and two treatments.

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The study has one factor, which is the amount of sleep deprivation, but there are two treatments within that factor (6 hours of sleep and 8 hours of sleep). Therefore, the study has one factor and two treatments.

An Educator Wishes to Study the Effects of Sleep Deprivation