Question

Dr. Tim required half of a group of healthy volunteers to study a reading passage for 1 hour. The other half of the participants studied for 15 minutes. Dr. Tim then administered a test of participants' memory of details from the passage. What was the dependent variable?

a. The study time
b. The memory test
c. The reading passage
d. The results of the memory test

Answer 1

d. The results of the memory test

Step-by-step explanation:

The results of the memory test is the independent variable which depends on the study time. In the study, the study time is the independent variable while the result of the test is the dependent variable. The independent variable relies on changes in the dependent variable.