A Professor Wants to Determine Whether Her Students Perform Better

question 179

Multiple Choice

A professor wants to determine whether her students perform better on mid-term examinations if they write their exam alone or in a group.To experimentally investigate this possibility,she randomly assigns half of her students to write their mid-term in the regular class setting (as a group) and randomly assigns the other half of her students to write their mid-term individually in private cubicles in the university's testing centre.Which of these conditions is the experimental group?

• A)The group of students writing in the classroom
• B)The group of students writing individually in the testing centre
• C)Both groups of students as they are a part of the professor's experiment
• D)Neither of the groups of students as they did not consent to this study

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Definitions:

Stimulus Presentations

This refers to the process of showing stimuli (i.e., images, sounds, or situations) to participants in a scientific study or experiment to elicit responses.

Straightforward

Describes something that is simple and easy to understand or do, without complexity or ambiguity.

Staged

Organized and planned in a way that is intended to occur or appear in a specific manner, often used in contexts such as performance or experiment setup.

Insufficient Strength

A lack of adequate power or capability to produce a desired effect or outcome.