Twenty Randomly Selected Statistics Students Were Given 15 Multiple-Choice Questions

question 84

Multiple Choice

Twenty randomly selected statistics students were given 15 multiple-choice questions and 15 open-ended questions, all on the same material. The professor was interested in determining if students scored higher on the multiple-choice questions. This experiment is an example of ________________.

• A) A one-sample test of means
• B) A two-sample test of means
• C) A paired t-test
• D) A test of proportions

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Definitions:

John Watson

An American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism, emphasizing the importance of observable behaviors over internal phenomena like thoughts and feelings.

Predict

To state or estimate that a specified event will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something.

Rescorla's Theory

Rescorla's theory pertains to classical conditioning and suggests that the strength of the conditioned response depends on the predictability of the stimulus association.

Classical Conditioning

A pedagogical strategy that involves pairing two stimuli together repeatedly; a reaction, once caused by the second stimulus, eventually is caused by the first stimulus only.