For test taking, do you retain information better writing it down with paper and pen or typing on a laptop? There will be 2 groups of students taking the same exam. Prior to the exam, they are given a crash course to study, 1 group writing down notes with pen and paper and the other group typing notes on a laptop.  What is the dependent variable?

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For test taking, do you retain information better writing it down with paper and pen or typing on a laptop?

There will be 2 groups of students taking the same exam. Prior to the exam, they are given a crash course to study, 1 group writing down notes with pen and paper and the other group typing notes on a laptop. 

What is the dependent variable?

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The one group is writing down the notes with pen and paper.

The another group is typing notes on a laptop.

The dependent variable is determined using the information about the independent variable(s). 

Here, we want to see the effect of the way of taking notes on the exam scores.

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