I am having trouble with this problem.
A participant in a cognitive psychology study is given 50 words to remember and later asked to recall as many as he can of them. This participant recalls 17. What is the (a)variable, (b)) possible values, and (c) score?
is this correct?
The score would be 17/50 correct? What is (a) and (b)?
Variable = number of words recalled
Possible values vary from 0-50.
The score would be the number of words remembered.
(a) In this problem, the variable is the number of words recalled by the participant.
(b) The possible values for this variable are any whole number from 0 (meaning the participant remembered none of the words) to 50 (meaning the participant remembered all 50 words).
(c) The score represents the number of words the participant correctly recalled out of the 50 words given. In this case, the score is 17, indicating that the participant correctly recalled 17 out of the 50 words.
(a) In this problem, the variable is the number of words that the participant recalls.
(b) The possible values for this variable range from 0 (no words recalled) to 50 (all words recalled).
(c) The score would be the number of words recalled, which in this case is 17.
So, to summarize:
(a) Variable: Number of words recalled
(b) Possible values: 0 to 50
(c) Score: 17