What Is the Capacity of Short-Term Memory

question 96

Multiple Choice

What is the capacity of short-term memory?

• A)five,plus or minus two letters
• B)seven,plus or minus two chunks
• C)five,plus or minus two engrams
• D)seven,plus or minus two numbers

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Definitions:

Trimmed Mean

Trimmed Mean is a measure of central tendency calculated by removing a specified percentage of the smallest and largest values from a data set before calculating the mean of the remaining data.

Resampling Method

A statistical technique that involves taking repeated samples from observed data, used for estimation or testing hypotheses.

Bootstrap

A statistical method that involves resampling with replacement from a dataset to assess variability in a statistic.

Permutation

A permutation is an arrangement of all or part of a set of objects, with regard to the order of the arrangement.