We are doing an experiment to determine if exposure to violent newscasts in a laboratory setting increases subjects' fear of the world.Which statement is most important to this experiment design?
A) Exposure to violent news would be the independent variables.
B) Fear would be the independent variable.
C) Members of a control group would be exposed to the violent newscasts.
D) Random assignment would be unnecessary in such a study.

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The independent variable is the variable being manipulated in the experiment, in this case, exposure to violent newscasts. It is important to identify the independent variable in order to manipulate it and determine its effect on the dependent variable (fear).

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