You are interested in investigating whether blondes really do have more fun. To do so, you ask a group of blondes and a group of brunettes to self-report on their level of fun. In this study, _____ would be considered the independent variable, whereas _____ would be considered the dependent variable.
A) amount of fun; hair color
B) hair color; age of the participants
C) amount of fun; number of participants in each condition
D) hair color; amount of fun

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The independent variable is the one that is manipulated or chosen by the experimenter, which in this case is hair color. The dependent variable is the one that is measured as a result of changes in the independent variable, which in this case is the level of fun reported by the participants. Therefore, D is the correct answer.

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