To measure the effects of task complexity on an individual\'s perception of sime

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To measure the effects of task complexity on an individual's perception of sime a reseaoner has one group ot particieants do simple addition problems and another group solve complex mathematical fomu as. Beth groups are then asked to estimale the time elapsed since they began the task Later, the researoher finds out that the p artciparnts given the complex task wee in a room with higher moise levels than the other greup. in this study ne moise level woula be consdered an example of 0 , dependent variable the placebo effect an independent vanabe

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Answer - A confounding variable

A Confounding variable is something which other than the independent and dependent variable cause some effect on the research experiment. This Confounding variable is normally out of the researcher's hands and the researcher has no influence on the Confounding variable. This could sometimes ruin the entire experiment outcomes.

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