A Researcher Wants to Assess the Effects of Varying Amounts

Multiple Choice

A researcher wants to assess the effects of varying amounts of alcohol on ratings of perception of friendliness.Three groups of people are given either one,two,or three beers to drink.Three more groups of people are given either one,two,or three non-alcoholic beers to drink.Then,all participants are shown a series of pictures of people's faces and are asked to rank the perceived friendliness of each face on a scale from 1 to 10.Each face was presented for 5 seconds.In this experiment,the dependent variable is:

A) the number of groups.
B) whether or not the beer contained alcohol.
C) how long each participant was allowed to look at each face.
D) the rating of perceived friendliness.