A principal wants to know how eating breakfast affects students' ability to pay attention. To do this, the principal divides students up into three groups.

Group 1 receives a full breakfast with cereal, a pastry, milk, and orange juice.

Group 2 receives a bagel and a bottle of water.

Group 3 receives nothing.

In this experiment, the amount of food given to each group is the:
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Independent variable
Independent variable

Dependent variable
Dependent variable

Control group
Control group

Constant

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In this experiment, the amount of food given to each group is the independent variable. The independent variable is the factor that is manipulated or changed by the experimenter to observe its effect on the dependent variable, which, in this case, is the students' ability to pay attention.