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Mary is planning a study to see if learning of 6th graders on a math lesson is affected by background noise level. She wants to use a t-test for independent groups to analyze her results. Help her plan her study. What is her independent variable (IV) here? Describe two conditions she could create for the IV in her study. What is her dependent variable (DV) here? Describe a way to measure the DV so that each participant would have one score at the end. Would this DV measure be on a continuous scale of measurement? Why is this important? Explain and justify.
Please respond to the above question using 250 words. Please also use at least 1 reference that is from a peer reviewed article or journal not a website reference. Please also cite the reference in APA 6th edition format.
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Discussion Question 1
Based on Mary’s desire to investigate whether the background noise influenced the math
lesson, t-test for independents groups is the most appropriate statistical analysis. According to
Lakens (2013), t-test evaluates whether the means of two independent groups reveals a
statistic...