James was interested in a new study technique and whether it would have an impact on the retention of information when compared to a traditional study method. James had the experimental group, with the new study technique, study psychology, while the other group, with the old technique, studied Greek. In this example, the type of material (psychology versus Greek) would be an example of (a) ____

a. antithesis
b. confounding variable
c. random sample
d. representative sample


b

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Given a set of scores with a mean of 80 and a standard deviation of 10 and a sample size of 100, calculate the standard error of the mean

a. .48 b. .76 c. 1.00 d. 2.24

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When should you do your first complete review of a reading assignment?

A. Within one hour B. Within one day C. Within one week D. Within one month

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