Question

a student wants to find out if drinking coffee will affect the amount of sleep she has everyday. she collected data of cups of coffee that she drank to how many hours of sleep she got everyday. what would you plot on the y - axis? cups of coffee drank independent variable manipulated variable hours of sleep

Explanation:

In a scientific experiment, the dependent variable is plotted on the y - axis. Here, the amount of sleep is the dependent variable as it is hypothesized to be affected by the number of cups of coffee drunk. The number of cups of coffee is the independent (manipulated) variable.

Answer:

D. Hours of sleep