An experiment was conducted to investigate context-dependent forgetting.
In Stage 1, Group A (the 'matched' condition, containing 10 participants) learned a list of 20 English nouns in a silent study room. Group B (the 'mismatched' condition, containing 10 different participants) learned the same list of 20 English nouns in the same silent study room.
In Stage 2, Group A recalled the nouns in the same silent study room. Group B recalled the nouns in a noisy school canteen.
The raw recall scores out of 20 are shown in Table 1 below.
Table 1: Number of nouns recalled
| Group A (Matched) | Group B (Mismatched) |
|---|---|
| 12 | 8 |
| 15 | 10 |
| 11 | 7 |
| 14 | 9 |
| 13 | 11 |
| 16 | 8 |
| 12 | 12 |
| 15 | 9 |
| 14 | 6 |
| 17 | 10 |
Calculate the mean as the appropriate measure of central tendency for Group A and Group B. Show your calculations for each group.
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