Question5 2 pts A psychopharmacologist (a psycholgist interested in the effects

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Question5 2 pts A psychopharmacologist (a psycholgist interested in the effects of drugs and physiology) is interested in determining the effects of caffeine (from coffee) on exam performance. Twenty students from a large introductory psychology class volunteered to participate in the study; all were dedicated coffee drinkers and all drank caffeinated coffee. The volunteers were then randomly divided into two groups such that there were ten students in each group. One group of 10 students was asked to study the exam material while drinking their normal doses of coffee, and to take the exam while drinking their normal doses of coffee before the test. This group is called the "Coffee with Test" group. The second group of 10 students was asked to study the exam material while drinking their normal doses of coffee, but to take the exam without having consumed coffee for at the least 3 hours beforehand. This group is called the "No-Coffee with Test" group. One student from the "No-Coffee with Test" group became ill and was unable to sit for the exam. The researcher recorded the number of correct responses on the exam. One could get up to 15 items correct on the exam. The scores are below. Coffee with Test Number Correct) Group 1 8 10 14 12 No-Coffee with Test (Number Correct) Group 2 7 12

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   We are given that : 20 students from a large introductory psychology class volunteered to participate
in the study. These volunteers were randomly divided into two groups such that there were ten students
in each group.
    In one group of 10 students was asked to study the examination material while drinking their normal dose of coffee and to take examination while drinking their normal doses of coffee before the test. this group is called as Coffee with test group.
   The second group of 10 students was asked to study the examination matrial while drinking their normal doses of coffee but to take examination without having consumed coffee for at least 3 hours beforhead. This group is called as No Coffee with test group.

Here we have two independent groups , Thus to test if two independent groups have same population means or different population means , we need to use two sample independent t test .

Thus fourth option is correct.

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