What is a subject variable?
a. A characteristic or feature of a research participant used to assign that participant to a condition of an experiment (e.g., the subject's age)
b. The individual score of a subject on the dependent variable measure.
c. A characteristic or feature of a subject which is expected to change as the result of an experimental manipulation.
d. The degree to which a subject responds to an experimental manipulation.
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