Navah-Benjamin and Ayres (1986) Found That

question 26

Multiple Choice

Navah-Benjamin and Ayres (1986) found that:

• A)digit spans could not be measured unless novel words were used.
• B)digit spans were related to pronunciation times of those digits in each the language tested.
• C)digit spans are better in Semitic languages than Indo-European languages.
• D)digits spans also show primacy effects.

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Definitions:

MSE

Mean Squared Error, a measure of the average of the squares of the errors—that is, the average squared difference between the estimated values and the actual value.

F-statistic

A ratio used in statistical analysis to determine if the variances between two populations are significantly different.

F-test Statistic

A ratio of two variances that follows an F-distribution, used to compare sample variances and test hypotheses about the equality of population variances.

Regression Equation

An equation that predicts a dependent variable based on one or more independent variables, typically in the form Y = a + bX for simple linear regression.