In a study investigating the impact of auditory distraction on occupational performance, an aviation psychologist obtained a volunteer sample of 10 commercial drone operators. Using a repeated measures design, participants completed a high-precision flight simulation under two different environmental conditions:

• Task A: Detecting and responding to a sudden visual hazard while in complete silence (0 dB background noise).
• Task B: Detecting and responding to an equivalent sudden visual hazard while exposed to a continuous low-frequency industrial hum (65 dB).

The order of the tasks was counterbalanced across participants, and the reaction time (in milliseconds) to successfully log the hazard was recorded.

Table 1: Reaction times (in milliseconds) for Task A (silence) and Task B (industrial hum)