In a 2016 study by Fancourt, Burton, and Williamson, men and…

In a 2016 study by Fancourt, Burton, and Williamson, men and women played the game “Operation” while listening to different types of music. Males performed worse when listening to AC/DC than when listening to Mozart, but female participants’ performance at playing the game did not differ based on music. Based on this information, how many variables were in the study?

For her undergraduate honors thesis, Carolyn tests the hypot…

For her undergraduate honors thesis, Carolyn tests the hypothesis that premedical students who are friends with other premedical students perform better in math and science classes. Her data show partial support for the hypothesis, since the prediction was true only for female premedical students. What does this mean?

Dr. Bloom is an evolutionary psychologist who is discussing…

Dr. Bloom is an evolutionary psychologist who is discussing the theory that cooperative hunting evolved in humans because, in the past, it helped them to survive and reproduce. A student raises her hand and points out that this theory would be difficult to test because it is impossible to go back in time and conduct research during humans’ hunter-gatherer days. In other words, this theory…