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Variables and Hypotheses

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10th - 12th Grade

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Variables and Hypotheses
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Study 1: participants were required to recall nonsense syllables on 12 occasions, spread over 3 days OR 12 days. Recall was higher when it was spread over 12 days. What is the operationalised IV of the study?

The number of words recalled

The amount of information remembered over 3 or 12 days

The number of days recall took place over (3 or 12)

The number of days

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Study 1: participants were required to recall nonsense syllables on 12 occasions, spread over 3 days OR 12 days. Recall was higher when it was spread over 12 days. Which of the following is the correct non-directional hypothesis?

There will be a difference between the number of words recalled on day 3 compared to day 12.

It will be easier to remember the words after 12 days than it would after 3 days.

There will be no difference in the number of words recalled on day 3 compared to day 12.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Study 2: Post office workers had to learn to type postcodes using massed or distributed practice. Distributed practice was found to be superior. What is the DV of the study?

The amount of postcodes remembered

The type of practice used (massed or distributed)

The number of correctly typed postcodes

The strategy used to learn to type the postcodes

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Study 2: Post office workers had to learn to type postcodes using massed or distributed practice. Distributed practice was found to be superior. What is the direction hypothesis of the study?

Participants who used distributed practice were able to accurately type a higher number of postcodes than those who used massed practice.

There will be a difference in the number of postcodes accurately typed in massed practice and distributed practice.

Participants will type a higher number of postcodes correctly if taught the distribution practice method than the massed practice method.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Study 2: Post office workers had to learn to type postcodes using massed or distributed practice. Distributed practice was found to be superior. What would the control group do?

Be given nothing to do throughout the whole study

Be tested at the end on their ability to type postcodes

Be given both the massed and distributed practice to complete

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Study 2: Post office workers had to learn to type postcodes using massed or distributed practice. Distributed practice was found to be superior. What is the aim of the study?

To know whether certain types of practice help with typing postcodes

To investigate which type of practice (massed or distributed) is best for learning to type postcodes.

To investigate and find evidence for the fact that distributed practice is better for learning postcodes than massed practice.

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements about aims and hypotheses is correct?

An aim provides an overview of the purpose of the study

A hypothesis provides an overview of the purpose of the study

An aim provides a prediction on what might be found

A hypothesis provides a prediction on what might be found

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