Jasmeet is interested in conducting an experiment in which she manipulates the amount of food she gives her Siamese fighting fish. She ensures that the size of the fish tank is identical for each fish, and that fish are assigned into groups randomly. What aspect of this experiment has Jasmeet not worked out?
a. confounding variables
b. dependent variables
c. independent variables
d. sampling bias
Ans: b. dependent variables
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