A researcher wanted to investigate whether background music affects reading comprehension.
A group of 20 participants completed a reading comprehension test while listening to classical music. A week later, the same 20 participants completed a similar reading comprehension test in silence. The order of the conditions was counterbalanced.
Identify and explain the experimental design used in this study.
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