solved Research Scenario: Imagine that a researcher wants to test if
Research Scenario:
Imagine that a researcher wants to test if an instructor’s presentation method (a lecture with PowerPoint OR a lecture without PowerPoint) will influence their students’ ability to recall the information.
The researcher conducts an experiment, n=10 students watch a lecture with PowerPoint and n=10 students watch a lecture without PowerPoint. Â After each lecture the researcher measures student recall by giving them a 10-point quiz. Â
She obtains these quiz scores from each lecture:
Lecture With PowerPoint: Â 8, 7, 6, 7, 6, 7, 4, 8, 8, 7Â
Lecture Without PowerPoint: Â 7, 6, 8, 4, 4, 6, 4, 5, 7, 6
Questions:
For the With PowerPoint set of quiz scores, what is the:
Range?Â
Mean?
Median?
Mode?
For the Without PowerPoint set of quiz scores, what is the:
Range?Â
Mean?
Median?
Mode?
Based on these descriptive statistics, which presentation method was more effective to improve students’ recall of information (their quiz scores)? Â How do you know?
Lastly, do you see anything potentially wrong with this experiment? Anything that could lose experimental control?