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NOTE: A COPY OF THE ARTICLE MUST BE INCLUDED.
Name: Alia Alsulaim
1 pt.
1 pt. What type of data continuous or discrete? (Mark #7) If the article
doesnt specify, what type of data do you think they have?
The article doesnt specify, but the Fig (1,2,3) show Histogram
= flat top and no space between longhand and laptop column,
so it is discrete data.
1 pt. What measurement scale(s): nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio? (Mark
#8) If the article doesnt specify, what scale(s) do you think they have?
The article doesnt specify, but the Fig (1,2,3) show Histogram
= flat top and no space between longhand and laptop column,
so it is a Ratio measurement scale
1 pt. Are limitations discussed? What are they? Can you think of any that
were omitted? (Mark #14)
Yes.
In study 1, Two participants were excluded, 1 because he had
seen the lecture serving as the stimulus prior to participation,
and 1 because of a data-recording error.
In study 2, Two participants were removed because of datacollection errors.
In study 3, One hundred forty-two participants completed
Session 1 (presentation), but only 118 returned for Session 2
(testing). Of those 118, 8 participants were removed for not
having taken notes or failing to respond to the test questions,
and 1 was removed because of a recording error.
1 pt. What do the authors suggest for future studies to resolve ambiguities
in the present study or to answer questions raised by the present study?
(Mark #15)