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Design an Experiment to Test the Proposition That Older Adults

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Design an experiment to test the proposition that older adults gain less (learn less in a given amount of time) from training in some new skill than do younger adults.


Definitions:

Correlation Coefficient

A statistical measure that calculates the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables.

True Score

An individual’s actual score on a variable being measured, as opposed to the score the individual obtained on the measure itself.

Measurement Error

The degree to which a measurement deviates from the true score value.

Measure

A method or tool used for quantifying, assessing, or determining the level, quantity, or capacity of a variable or phenomenon.

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