A researcher wants to find out if taking a new antidepressant drug will decrease the symptoms of subjects suffering from social anxiety. The number of symptoms exhibited by the subjects would be the __________ variable.
A)independent
B)dependent
C)extraneous
D)control

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The number of symptoms exhibited by the subjects is the dependent variable because it is the outcome that the researcher is measuring to see if it changes in response to the independent variable, which in this case would be the administration of the new antidepressant drug.

A Researcher Wants to Find Out If Taking a New