In analyzing the effects of shelf placement on sales,shelf placement of the product is the _______.
A)independent variable
B)dependent variable
C)spurious variable
D)temporal variable
E)none of these

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The independent variable is the variable that is being manipulated or controlled in an experiment in order to study its effect on the dependent variable. In this case, the shelf placement is being intentionally manipulated to see how it affects the sales, so it is the independent variable.

In Analyzing the Effects of Shelf Placement on Sales,shelf Placement