A measure of the assumed effect of an independent variable is the ______.
A) dependent variable
B) experimental control
C) experimental blind
D) placebo effect

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The assumed effect of an independent variable is typically measured by observing changes in the dependent variable. Therefore, the answer is the dependent variable (option A). Experimental control (option B) refers to the ability to manipulate or hold constant all potential confounding variables, experimental blind (option C) pertains to participants being unaware of their group assignment, and placebo effect (option D) refers to the phenomenon where a participant's belief in receiving a treatment leads to improvements they attribute to the treatment, even if the treatment is actually inert.

A Measure of the Assumed Effect of an Independent Variable