A researcher wanted to investigate whether chewing mint-flavoured gum improves concentration during a repetitive clerical task.
Condition 1: A group of 25 participants chewed mint-flavoured gum while completing a 15-minute data-entry task.
Condition 2: A separate group of 25 participants completed the same 15-minute data-entry task without chewing gum.
Participants were randomly allocated to either Condition 1 or Condition 2.
Identify the experimental design used in this study.
Independent groups
Matched pairs
Repeated measures
Laboratory
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