Research Question #2: Multitasking increases \"cognitive load\" in the brain, wh

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Research Question #2: Multitasking increases "cognitive load" in the brain, which makes processing information less efficient. You want to assess whether males and females are able to multitask better. You recruit people from the Athens community of all ages, and randomly assign them to complete a series of moderately hard anagram puzzles in 1 minute while reciting the US Pledge of Allegiance. Performance on each task was measured by counting the number of anagrams completed correctly. You graph the results in a bar graph, and see the following: 3. Does the relationship look significant or nonsignificant? Why? (U pr) 3.5 2.5 1.5 4. What is the most appropriate conclusion you can draw based on these results? (1 pt) 0.5 Male Female Sex

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3. From graph we can see that bar of male for average performance is higher than that of female, which means relationship looks significant.

4. From graph we conclude that males can do multitask better than females.

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