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Question 74

An educational psychologist conducted a study comparing two different learning techniques: Group A used active recall (flashcards) to study for a quiz, while Group B used passive rereading (textbooks).

Complete Table 1 and calculate the Mann-Whitney U U\,U statistic for the data in Table 1.

Table 1: Quiz scores and ranks for active recall and passive rereading groups

Group A (Active Recall)Group B (Passive Rereading)
Quiz ScoreRankQuiz ScoreRank
2815152
2411195.5
2512218.5
2916121
218.5184
27142210
2613173
195.5207
TotalTotal

Mann-Whitney U U\,U formulae:

Ua=nanb+na(na+1)2−∑Ra U_a = n_a n_b + \frac{n_a(n_a+1)}{2} - \sum R_a Ua​=na​nb​+2na​(na​+1)​−∑Ra​ Ub=nanb+nb(nb+1)2−∑Rb U_b = n_a n_b + \frac{n_b(n_b+1)}{2} - \sum R_b Ub​=na​nb​+2nb​(nb​+1)​−∑Rb​

(where U U\,U is the smaller of Ua U_a\,Ua​ and UbU_bUb​)

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