To determine the effect of music on memorization, Dr. Majowski asks participants to study a list of words for two minutes. All participants study the same list of words, but half study in silence and half study while listening to music. After studying the words, all participants are asked to complete the same set of mathematical problems for one minute and then are asked to recall the words. Dr. Majowski measures the percentage of words correctly recalled. What is the independent variable in this study?

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The independent variable is the variable that is being manipulated or changed in the study, and in this case, the independent variable is the study condition, either music or silence. The other options are not being changed or manipulated in this study - the percentage of words recalled is the dependent variable, time spent studying words is a controlled variable, and mathematical problems are just a distraction task to see how well participants can recall the words under different study conditions.

To Determine the Effect of Music on Memorization, Dr