When Learning an Ordered List of Words, Which Items Will

question 567

Multiple Choice

When learning an ordered list of words, which items will be remembered well because these items are still in short-term memory when you try to remember them?

• A)first
• B)middle
• C)last
• D)none of these items

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Definitions:

α

In statistics, α (alpha) typically represents the level of significance, the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that assumes no statistical significance exists in a set of given observations and that any observed difference is due to chance.

T = 1.965

A specific value often used in statistical analysis, particularly in hypothesis testing, where it represents a critical value in a t-distribution.

Critical Value

A point on the test distribution that is compared with the test statistic to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis.