A Study Is Conducted to Examine the Effect of Instruction

question 23

Multiple Choice

A study is conducted to examine the effect of instruction type on test scores. Participants in the study are asked to complete a simple math test with either time limit instructions (i.e., the participants are told they must complete the test within 3 minutes) or no time limit instructions (i.e., the participants are not given a time limit for the test) . Participants are randomly assigned to one of the instruction types. The independent variable in this study is ______.

• A) time limit instructions
• B) no time limit instructions
• C) instruction type
• D) not present (i.e., there is no independent variable in this study)

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