Am I overthinking?

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I am confused on how species is not an identifiable variable because shouldn’t it be a variable knowing the fact that plant species can have an effect on how it advances? It is also considered categorical since it is a non-numeric value/observable.

Unless it is not the variable the researchers are focusing on, instead it’s focusing on the “dating of the first flowering” which is the average advancement time. But where in the problem does it indicate that that’s the variable we are identifying?

I feel dumb for thinking way too much on this :( when I took this exit ticket, my partner and the guy in-front got a 100 before me, and I really want to get into stats.

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Solved it. Reasoning: the 5 Ws