Suppose You Have One Hour to Study an Assignment

question 77

Multiple Choice

Suppose you have one hour to study an assignment.What will happen if you repeatedly interrupt your reading to try to answer questions about it,compared to someone who spent the whole time reading?​

• A)You will remember it more poorly at the end of the hour.
• B)​You will remember it equally well at the end of the hour, but less well later.
• C)​Your long-term retention will be better than that of the other person.
• D)​You will remember the questions but not the answers.

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Definitions:

Obtained Value

In statistics, the specific result or data point that is arrived at after conducting an experiment or observation, vital for comparisons and analysis.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis, thus indicating that the observed data are highly unlikely under the null hypothesis.

Null Hypothesis

The hypothesis that there is no significant difference between specified populations, any observed difference being due to sampling or experimental error.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can vary in the calculation of a statistic, often linked to the sample size.