Gloria wanted to find out if the color of food would affect whether kindergarten children would select it for lunch. She put food coloring into 5 identical bowls of mashed potatoes. The colors were plain, red, green, yellow, and blue. Each child chose a scoop of potatoes of the color of their choice. Gloria did this experiment using 100 students. She recorded the number of students that chose each color
Answer these
A. Identify the independent variable, groups of the independent variable (including the control group, if there is one), dependen tvariable, controlled variables / constants, and number of samples/replicates or repeatedtrials.
B. Identify the hypothesis for the experiment. If the hypothesis is not explicitly stated, write onefor the scenario.
C. State at least two ways to improve the experiment described in the scenario.
