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Question 13

A psychologist investigated the effect of active retrieval practice on memory recall using a word-list test (with scores ranging from 0 to 30; higher scores indicate better recall).

Table 1: Memory recall scores for two groups of students

Passive Reading groupActive Recall group
ParticipantRecall ScoreParticipantRecall Score
a15a22
b18b25
c14c21
d16d28
e17e24
f13f23
g19g27
h15h26
i16i20
j29
k22
l25

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

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

999

B

111111

C

121212

D

212121

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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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