Dr. Ellis performs an experiment to test the hypothesis that alcohol consumption increases verbal aggression. However, the alcohol group contained mostly men, whereas the no-alcohol group contained mostly women. In this experiment, gender is a(n ) _________ variable.
A)spurious
B)confounding
C)predictor
D)independent

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Confounding variables are factors other than the independent variable that may cause a result. In this experiment, gender could influence the outcome independently of alcohol consumption, making it a confounding variable.

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