In a study to determine whether giving different doses of a drug affects the hematocrit of old and young males and females, what is the dependent variable?
A) Drug dose
B) Hematocrit
C) Males
D) Female

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The dependent variable is the variable that is being measured and affected by the independent variable, which is the drug dose in this case. In this study, the hematocrit level is the dependent variable as it is being measured to determine the effect of different drug doses. The other options (males and females) are not the dependent variables as they are the groups being studied and not the variable being measured.

In a Study to Determine Whether Giving Different Doses of a Drug