An experimenter created two different groups of participants and gave each group a different instructional program on the anatomy of the eye. After the instructional program each group was given a multiple choice test to assess their knowledge of the eye. In this experiment, the instructional program condition was the variable.
A)independent
B)dependent
C)subject
D)extraneous

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In this experiment, the instructional program is being manipulated by the experimenter, meaning it is the independent variable. The multiple choice test scores are being measured as the outcome, making them the dependent variable. The subject refers to the participants in the experiment, and extraneous variables are any factors that may interfere with the results but are not intentionally manipulated by the experimenter.

An Experimenter Created Two Different Groups of Participants and Gave