Larry was told that a certain muscle cream was the newest best thing on the market and claims to double a person’s muscle power when used as part of a muscle-building workout. Interested in this product, he buys the special muscle cream and recruits Patrick and SpongeBob to help him with an experiment. Larry develops a special marshmallow weight-lifting program for Patrick and SpongeBob. He meets with them once every day for a period of 2 weeks and keeps track of their results. Before each session Patrick’s arms and back are lathered in the muscle cream, while Sponge Bob’s arms and back are lathered with the regular lotion. Which person is in the control group? 11. What is the independent variable? Spongebob 12. What is the dependent variable? The amount of muscle made. 13. What should Larry’s conclusion be?

Person in the Control group: SpongeBob

Independent variable: Muscle cream

Dependent variable: Amount of muscle power

Larry's conclusion should conclude that the MUSCLE CREAM double a person’s muscle power when used as part of a muscle-building workout.

Explanation:

Independent variable is the variable that is changed or manipulated by the experimenter in an experiment. In this experiment, the MUSCLE CREAM is the variable being changed for the groups i.e. Patrick and SpongeBob. Hence, the MUSCLE CREAM is the independent variable.

The dependent variable is the variable that responds to changes made to the independent variable. In this experiment, the dependent/responding variable is the AMOUNT OF MUSCLE POWER.

Control group is the group of an experiment that does not receive the experimental variable (muscle cream). In this experiment, the person that does not receive the experimental variable is SpongeBob i.e. was lathered with the regular lotion.

Larry, who is the one conducting the experiment, should conclude that MUSCLE POWER doubles a person’s muscle power when used as part of a muscle-building workout.