In one study described in the text, a sample of college students studied English-Swahili word pairs. Half the students took a practice test before studying the pairs a second time. The remaining students simply restudied the words. Lastly, all students' memory for the word pairs was assessed a week later on a final exam. In this study, the practice test group is the _____ group. Students' final exam memory score is the _____ variable.
A)control; dependent
B)control; independent
C)experimental; dependent
D)experimental; independent

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The practice test group is the experimental group because they were given a specific intervention. The students' final exam memory score is the dependent variable because it is being measured to see the effect of the experiment.

In One Study Described in the Text, a Sample of College