Determine whether the sampling is dependent or independent. Indicate whether the response variable is qualitative or quantitative.
A psychologist wants to measure the effect of music on memory. He randomly selects 80 students and measures their scores on a memory test conducted in silence. The next day he measures their scores on a similar test conducted while classical music is playing. The mean score without music is compared to the mean score with music.
A.
quantitative, independent
B.
quantitative, dependent
C.
qualitative, dependent
D.
qualitative, independent
as score is a quantitative variable and in both groups subjects are same ; hence variable is dependent
option B is correct
Determine whether the sampling is dependent or independent. Indicate whether the response variable is qualitative or...
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