A team of educational psychologists wants to investigate whether listening to classical music improves spatial reasoning performance in secondary school students. The researchers had considered using a matched pairs design in their study.
What is meant by the term 'matched pairs design'? How might a matched pairs design have been implemented for this investigation?
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