A memory-boosting pill is being tested to see if it is effective. Thirty college students are randomly assigned to three groups. Group A includes 10 students who receive one of the memory-boosting pills, Group B includes 10 students who receive a placebo, and Group C receives two memory-boosting pills. Students are instructed to take the pill(s) every morning when they wake up for a month, after which they take a memory test. What test would be most appropriate to determine whether the pill was effective?
a. One-way, between-groups ANOVA
b. Independent-samples t-test
c. Correlation
d. Linear regression
Ans: A
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