Does Listening to Music Improve Efficiency for Mundane Tasks? in a Study

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Essay

Does listening to music improve efficiency for mundane tasks? In a study, researchers randomly assigned 50 similar adults to one of three groups. All subjects were asked to stuff 400 envelopes. Depending on which group they were assigned to, subjects heard Top 40 music, classical music, or no music while they worked. Researchers recorded how long it took the participants to stuff the envelopes. Researchers found that the adults that listened to no music completed the work faster than both the group that listened to Top 40 music and classical music. For this controlled experiment, state the treatment and the response variables.

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