In a Study on the Effects of Caffeine on Memory

question 329

Multiple Choice

In a study on the effects of caffeine on memory, participants drank a bottle of taste less water containing 100, 50, or 0milligrams of caffeine. The participants assigned to the group that got bottled water with no caffeine represented the _____ in this study.

• A)dependent variable
• B)placebo control group
• C)meta-analysis
• D)experimental group

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