Question

Suppose that you want to test the effects of different dishwashing detergents on dishes that have food stuck to them. To test the differences, you wash three loads of the same dishes, each with a different type of detergent, all in warm water. You also wash a fourth load of dishes with only warm water. Identify the control. dependent variable, and independent variable in the experiment.

Answer 1

the dependent variable, as its name says it depends on the other variable

and the independent variable is the one that we can control or vary

the independent variable is the detergent because it is what we change or vary

and the dependent variable is the effect of the detergent since that is what we get