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what is an independent variable

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the thing that is manipulated and is the cause

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what is a dependent variable

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thing that is measured and it the effect

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what is an extraneous variable

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anything that might have an effect on he DV. these can be controlled by experiment

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what is a confounding variable

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arent controlled for an experiment but do effect results

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