Question
Dajuan is studying the effect of the amount of lactobacillus bacteria in yogurt on its viscosity. He chooses two amounts of lactobacillus bacteria, the standard amount and an increased amount. He makes 75 batches of yogurt at each level and tests their viscosity. In this situation, what is the amount of lactobacillus bacteria called?(1 point)
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the population
the population
the independent variable
the independent variable
the dependent variable
the dependent variable
the treatment
Responses
the population
the population
the independent variable
the independent variable
the dependent variable
the dependent variable
the treatment
Answers
GPT-4o mini
In this situation, the amount of lactobacillus bacteria is called **the independent variable**. This is because it is the factor that Dajuan is manipulating in the experiment to observe its effect on the viscosity of yogurt, which is the dependent variable.