An Experiment Was Run in Which Group a Was Given

question 239

Essay

An experiment was run in which group A was given 3 minutes to study a word list, while group B was given 10 minutes to study the same list. Later, both groups were asked to recall words from the list. In this study, the number of words recalled is the _______.
a. independent variable
b. dependent variable
c. placebo
d. control group

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