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Question 91

An educational psychologist investigated the impact of ambient sound on reading comprehension using a standardized test (with scores ranging from 0 to 50; higher scores indicate better comprehension).

Table 1: Reading comprehension scores for two groups of participants

White Noise groupSilence group
ParticipantComprehension ScoreParticipantComprehension Score
A34J42
B28K38
C31L45
D35M41
E29N39
F30O44
G33P40
Q47
R43
S41

What would be the value of n n\,n in the formula below to calculate the standard deviation (SD) of the comprehension scores for the Silence group in this study?

SD=∑(x−xˉ)2n SD = \sqrt{\frac{\sum(x - \bar{x})^2}{n}} SD=n∑(x−xˉ)2​​
A

777

B

101010

C

171717

D

424242

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Data recording, analysis and presentation Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
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513 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Data recording, analysis and presentation. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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