A researcher conducts a study of the effect of gender of the victim on punishment. In the condition where the victim is female, the room temperature is over 90 degrees. In the condition where the victim is male, the room temperature is 70 degrees

Temperature of the room is a/an
A) confound.
B) independent variable.
C) dependent variable.
D) mediator.

Answer: A

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