We Wish to Test the Hypothesis That Music Improves Learning

question 554

Multiple Choice

We wish to test the hypothesis that music improves learning. Random assignment into two groups, one that listens to music and one that studies in silence, controls for

• A)the students' inherent academic ability.
• B)the students' use of different study strategies.
• C)the amount of sleep students had prior to the experiment.
• D)all of these.

Grasp the significance and methods of validation (predictive, concurrent, content, construct) in employee selection tests.

Understand and apply appropriate methods to calculate the mean of a dataset.

Understand and apply appropriate methods to calculate the median of a dataset.

Apply rounding rules correctly according to standard mathematical conventions.

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