A researcher is conducting an experiment to gather evidence about the most effective study techniques for committing material to memory. They randomly assign students to one of three groups that are instructed to learn a list of words using one of three techniques. In this design, what is the dependent variable?
A)the word lists
B)performance on the word lists
C)the order of the lists
D)the specific study technique applied to each list
E)the order of the participants

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The dependent variable is the outcome that is being measured to see if it changes under different conditions, which in this case is the performance on the word lists.

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