At Folger University,Drs

question 69

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 names and identifies the variables in this experiment?

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

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