Question

Determine whether the sampling is dependent or independent. Indicate whether the response variable is qualitative or quantitative. A psychologist wants to measure the effect of music on memory. He randomly selects 80 students and measures their scores on a memory test conducted in silence. The next day he measures their scores on a similar test conducted while classical music is playing. The mean score without music is compared to the mean score with music.

Answer 1

Dependent.

Quantitative.

Explanation:

Determine whether the sampling is dependent or independent.

This is a matched-pair data test, as the same students are measured two times in order to compare the results.

This type of samples are dependent, as they are correlated between them.

Indicate whether the response variable is qualitative or quantitative.

The response variable is the test score. This is a quantitative variable, as this can be defined by a number. Both sample scores are averaged and compared.