A Psychology Instructor Studying the Effects of the Order of Test

question 232

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 independent variable in this experiment?

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