A new candy company wants to determine what color they should make their new chocolate candies to maximize sales. They perform a controlled study at a number of shopping malls, offering bright purple, royal blue, and lime green colored candies. They ask the participants to rate their favorite. Candy color is the A) control variable. B) dependent variable. C) independent variable. D) qualitative variable.
your answer is C. INDEPENDENT
because you can change an independent variable, but you cannot change a dependent variable.
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