In an Experiment Examining the Effects of Background Noise on People's

question 48

Multiple Choice

In an experiment examining the effects of background noise on people's ability to understand a verbal message, one group of participants is given a comprehension quiz after listening to a passage being read to them with no background noise. For comparison, a second group of participants is given a comprehension quiz after listening to a passage being read to them with 60 decibels of conversation as background noise. This is an example of a ____ design.

• A) single-subjects
• B) between-subjects
• C) within-subjects
• D) matched groups

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