A Professor Wants to Determine Whether Her Students Perform Better

question 51

Multiple Choice

A professor wants to determine whether her students perform better on mid-term examinations if they write their exam alone or in a group.To experimentally investigate this possibility,she randomly assigns half of her students to write their mid-term in the regular class setting (as a group) and randomly assigns the other half of her students to write their mid-term individually in private cubicles in the university's testing centre.Which of the following is a potential confound for this study?

• A)The students assigned to the control or experimental groups
• B)The mid-term exam scores
• C)Memory cues linked to the classroom setting
• D)The amount of time required to write the exam

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Definitions:

Market Interest Rate

The prevailing rate at which borrowers can obtain loans and savers can earn returns on their deposits in the financial markets.

Investment Demand Curve

A graphical representation showing the inverse relationship between the interest rate and the total amount invested.

Movement Along

A movement along a demand or supply curve represents a change in the quantity demanded or supplied as a result of a change in the good's price, without shifting the curve itself.

Shift Of

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