Researchers studying plant growth raised plants in two different rooms. One room had soft music playing 24 hours a day; the other room was silent. The researchers found that the plants grew better in the room where the music was played. In this study, the amount that the plants grew would be:
a. the dependent variable
b. a placebo
c. a confounding variable
d. the independent variable
A
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