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 treatment
the treatment

the independent variable
the independent variable

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Answer 1

In this situation, the amount of lactobacillus bacteria is called the independent variable. This is because it is the variable that Dajuan is manipulating or changing in his experiment to observe its effect on yogurt viscosity, which is the dependent variable.