A Researcher Is Conducting an Experiment to Gather Evidence About

question 131

Multiple Choice

A researcher is conducting an experiment to gather evidence about the most effective study techniques for committing material to memory. They randomly assign students to one of three groups that are instructed to learn a list of words using one of three techniques. In this design, what is the dependent variable?

• A)the word lists
• B)performance on the word lists
• C)the order of the lists
• D)the specific study technique applied to each list
• E)the order of the participants

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