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Question 56

Cognitive Psychology

A researcher investigated the effect of environmental distraction on working memory performance. Ten participants completed a memory recall task under two conditions: 'Without Distraction' and 'With Distraction'. The number of recall errors made by each participant in each condition is shown in Table 1.

Table 1: Number of recall errors under domestic distraction and quiet conditions

ParticipantWithout DistractionWith Distraction
Participant A38
Participant B25
Participant C411
Participant D17
Participant E39
Participant F512
Participant G26
Participant H48
Participant I310
Participant J34
Mean3.08.0

Calculate the standard deviation for the 'With Distraction' condition. Show your working and give your answer to two significant figures.

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