Given the following research question: "Are there differences in individual student achievement scores in advanced science classes between classes where students sit in the lecture style seating and those where students sit in cluster seating?" What type of variable does type of classroom represent?
A) Independent variable
B) Dependent variable
C) Extraneous variable
D) Affective variable

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The type of classroom (lecture style seating vs. cluster seating) is the independent variable, as it is the variable that the researcher is manipulating to see how it affects the dependent variable (student achievement scores).

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