A Developmental Psychologist Conducted an Experiment to Examine the Effect

question 2

Multiple Choice

A developmental psychologist conducted an experiment to examine the effect of type of text used on math performance across age groups. Fifth grade and college students studied age-appropriate math concepts using either a traditional hard copy book text or an e-text available on the web. Performance on a math test of the concepts studied was then measured for all students. The appropriate statistical test to analyze the data in this study is ______.

• A) a one-sample t test
• B) an independent samples t test
• C) a paired/related samples t test
• D) an ANOVA

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