Doctors 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; their recall of items on a word list is later assessed.In this experiment,word recall is the _____ variable.
A)subject
B)control
C)independent
D)dependent

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The recall of items on the word list is the variable being measured/assessed in order to determine the effect of caffeine. Therefore, it is the dependent variable.

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