Weinstein, McDermott, and Roediger (2010) conducted an experiment to evaluate the effectiveness of different study strategies. One part of the study asked students to prepare for a test by reading a passage. In one condition, students generated and answered questions after reading the passage. In a second condition, students simply read the passage the passage material and the researchers recorded the number of correct answers.
a) What type of research design is being used (experiment or correlation)?
b) What is the independent or quasi-independent variable? (if applicable)
c) What is the dependent variable? (if applicable)
d) What is the scale of measurement for the DV? (if applicable)
