What’s the dependent and independent variable?

The assignment requires students to locate a peer-reviewed primary article in the University’s periodical holdings, read it and answer questions about it.

Please use the University’s Library to locate the article “The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard: Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking”. It is a primary research article reporting three empirical studies published in the peer-reviewed journal Psychological Science. It was published in 2014 in volume 25.

1. After reading the article, using APA style please provide a reference citation for this article.

2. What was the hypothesis investigated in Experiment 1?

3. List the independent variable(s) and corresponding conditions or levels.

4. List the dependent variable(s) and how they were measured.

5. Were the participants randomly assigned to condition?

6. Was evidence found to support or refute the hypothesis? Describe, in your own words, the results.

7. What was the purpose of Experiment 2?

8. List the independent variable(s) and corresponding conditions or levels.

9. List the dependent variable(s) and how they were measured.

10. Were the participants randomly assigned to condition?

11. Was evidence found to support or refute the hypothesis? Describe, in your own words, the results.

12. Describe, in your own words, what the researchers concluded from the results of the experiments.

Please use a question and answer format to record your answers in a word document and submit it in the assignments section of the course. The document should use Times New Roman 12 point font and be double-spaced.