A Psychology Instructor Studying the Effects of the Order of Test

question 29

Multiple Choice

A psychology instructor studying the effects of the order of test items on test scores gave half the class a test in which the item order reflected the order in the textbook. The other half received the same questions in random order. What was the dependent variable in this experiment?

• A) the order of the items
• B) the method used to assign subjects to groups
• C) the difficulty of the items on the test
• D) scores on the test

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