A cognitive psychologist is investigating whether auditory distraction affects short-term memory recall. One group of participants is asked to recall a list of 15 three-letter words while listening to high-tempo instrumental music. Another group is asked to recall the same list in silence.
Write a fully operationalised null hypothesis for this investigation.
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