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
A)independent variable.
B)dependent variable.
C)extraneous variable.
D)control variable.

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The number of symptoms exhibited by the subjects is what the researcher is interested in observing, and it will be measured after the subjects take the antidepressant drug. Therefore, it is the dependent variable. The independent variable is the drug being administered, the extraneous variables could be things like age, gender or disorders that might affect the results and the control variables could be things like dosage or frequency of administration that are kept constant to ensure they do not affect the results.

A Researcher Wants to Find Out If Taking a New