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?

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The dependent variable is the factor being measured or observed in the study, which in this case is the participants' memory of details from the passage. Therefore, the results of the memory test are the dependent variable.

Dr Tim Required Half of a Group of Healthy Volunteers