Please choose the correct answer to the question: A medical research team is trying to determine whether a cream that is rubbed on the chest will help reduce the coughing associated with a particular illness. The team conducts the research using several groups of people. Which step will most likely result in producing a dependent (responding) variable that will help validate their research?

Answer1: using a different amount of people in each trial Answer2: writing down the names of the people in the study Answer3: monitoring the reaction of each person in the study Answer4: applying the same amount of cream to each person

Answer format: answer1/answer2/answer3/answer4