Case Study 6.1 CAN MEDITATION IMPROVE TEST SCORES

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Case study 6.1
CAN MEDITATION IMPROVE TEST SCORES?
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Narrative: Case study 6.1 summary
The case study investigates whether mindfulness mediation can help college students perform better on exams.Forty-eight undergraduates were recruited and randomly assigned to either a meditation class or a nutrition class.For the two treatments, scores were measured on a verbal reasoning test both before the treatments and after the treatments.The test scores for the nutrition group showed no change, whereas the test scores for the meditation group improved from 460 before the treatment to 520 afterwards.This was a 16-percentile increase.

-{Case study 6.1 narrative} Is there a possible experimenter effect in this study? Explain.

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Definitions:

Contingency

An uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, may have a positive or negative impact on a project's objectives.

Intuitive

Relating to or based on a direct and spontaneous understanding or perception of things, without the need for conscious reasoning.

Synergistic

Refers to the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.

Intuition

The ability to understand or know something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning, often based on experience.