Jenna is conducting a study on gender bias in hiring.She has recruited participants to evaluate job applications.What is an effective way to manipulate the independent variable?
A)She can put common women's names on all highly qualified candidate's applications and put common men's names on unqualified applications.
B)She can randomly put common women's names and common men's names on similarly qualified applications.
C)She can tell the participants to ignore the gender of the person who wrote the application.
D)She can delete all indicators of gender from all applications.

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Randomly assigning common women's and men's names to similarly qualified applications allows Jenna to manipulate the independent variable (gender indication on applications) while controlling for other factors, such as qualifications. This method ensures that any differences in evaluation can be attributed to gender bias.

Jenna Is Conducting a Study on Gender Bias in Hiring