You are conducting a research study in which you ask subjects to read and recall a list of unrelated words. Your professor asks you to predict the average number of words that subjects will be able to recall precisely at least half the time. Which of these predictions is most likely to be accurate?
A. between nine and eleven items, but fewer if the experimenters use numbers instead of words
B. between three and five items, but fewer if the words have more than one syllable
C. between five and nine items, but fewer if the words have more than one syllable
D. between nine and eleven items, but more if the experimenters use numbers instead of words
Answer: C
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