At Folger University,Drs

question 152

Multiple Choice

At Folger University,Drs.Chase and Sanborn are conducting an experiment on the effects of caffeine on memory.Participants are randomly assigned to a caffeine or a no-caffeine group and their recall of items on a word list is later assessed.Which pair below correctly identifies a variable in this experiment?

• A) caffeine - dependent variable
• B) caffeine - independent variable
• C) word recall - independent variable
• D) word recall - experimental variable

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