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).
| White Noise group | Silence group | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Participant | Comprehension Score | Participant | Comprehension Score |
| A | 34 | J | 42 |
| B | 28 | K | 38 |
| C | 31 | L | 45 |
| D | 35 | M | 41 |
| E | 29 | N | 39 |
| F | 30 | O | 44 |
| G | 33 | P | 40 |
| Q | 47 | ||
| R | 43 | ||
| S | 41 |
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)2777
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