Multiple Choice
Independent and Dependent Variables Gabriel observes that web pages use a range of font sizes and questions how this affects readability.He reproduces an actual 250-word news report in 10, 11, and 12-point fonts.Then, he randomly assigns subjects to read the report in one of the font sizes and measures their reading comprehension.Font size is the ____ in Gabriel's experiment.
A) confounding variable
B) dependent variable
C) extraneous variable
D) independent variable
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