A memory researcher shows each study participant a list of words on a computer, with some participants seeing words that are food items and other participants seeing words that are completely unrelated. The researcher records how many words each participant remembers from th list. The hypothesis is that participants will be able to remember food-related words better. Use Alpha= .05. The following data is collected:
Food Related Non-food
M (words remembered) 5.29 2.28
n 7 8
s 1.96 2.21
a. List the null and alternate hypothesis
b. Calculate the appropriate statistic
c. Do you reject or fail to reject the null? Why?
d. Provide a substantive conclusion.
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