DrKurtz Believes That Students Who Use Calculators Learn the Basics

Multiple Choice

Dr.Kurtz believes that students who use calculators learn the basics of math better.He designs an experiment in which Group A is taught a math concept and allowed to use calculators.Group B is taught the same math concept but is not allowed to use calculators.Then he gives both groups a standardized math test to assess their knowledge of the concept and compares their scores.In Dr.Kurtz's experiment,the standardized math test score is the ____.

A) dependent variable
B) independent variable
C) confound
D) placebo