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Question 95

A group of researchers investigated whether workspace design affects employees' situational anxiety. They compared the anxiety scores of participants who worked in a quiet workspace with those who worked in an open-plan office.

Table 2: Mean anxiety scores for the two workspace conditions

Quiet WorkspaceOpen-plan Office
Mean anxiety score (out of 50)14.229.8

Explain which statistical test the researchers could have used to analyse the data in Table 2.

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