A randomized design comparing two treatments (Avengers and X-Men) and control using a one-way analysis of variance would involve randomly assigning subjects to either the Avengers group, X-Men group, or the control group. The response variable would then be measured for each subject. The one-way ANOVA would be used to test the hypothesis that there is a significant difference in the response variable between the three groups (Avengers, X-Men, and control).

If I wanted to compared Avenger vs. X-Men to determine which group is more powerful, what would be a good independent, dependent, and response variable?