A researcher designed an experiment to determine if consumption of caffeine results in increased level of motor activity. The study was done at 7 AM each day. A confounding variable could be

a. time of day.
b. caffeine.
c. level of motor activity.
d. experimental design.


a

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a. 50 b. 30 c. 80 d. 75

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