In a study that investigates the effects of two different doses of a drug on memory performance,memory performance represent the ____ variable and doses of the drug represent the ____ variable.

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The memory performance is being manipulated by the doses of drug administered. Therefore, memory performance represents the dependent variable (the variable that is being measured based on the manipulation of the independent variable). The doses of the drug are being manipulated by the researchers and have an effect on the dependent variable. Therefore, doses of the drug represent the independent variable (the variable that is being manipulated by the researchers).

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