Question

A researcher wants to examine the effect of caffeine on sleep. She splits participants into two groups. The first group drinks caffeinated-coffee at 8pm and the second group drinks decaf-coffee at 8pm. The researcher records what time participants fall asleep. What is the independent variable

Answer 1

Type of coffee

Explanation:

First, that is, it is the independent variable.

It is the variable that does not depend on another value or other circumstance, it is the variable that generally would be the options to choose from and depending on what is chosen, different results are obtained.

In this case, the variable that has this behavior is the type of coffee that will be taken, whether it is caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee.