In 2010, There Was an Interesting Lawsuit About Bagels

Multiple Choice

In 2010, there was an interesting lawsuit about bagels.A company claimed to have created a new way to recreate "Brooklyn style" bagels and then reported that another bagel producer stole its recipe.A researcher wonders if bagel sales might have been affected simply by the story making the national news, so she tracks total bagel sales in dollars for one year before and after the news story hits.What is the independent variable in this study?

A) the types of bagels sold
B) total sales
C) the news story
D) the lawsuit