The cuttlefish, a cephalopod and first cousin of the octopus, has the ability to camouflage to almost any natural sea environment instantaneously (within a few milliseconds). They are also able to camouflage to non-natural environments but not quite as quickly. A cognitive psychologist is interested in whether cuttles exhibit learning (by showing a reduction in reaction time) after repeated exposure to the same environment. Initially, 10 baby cuttlefish are individually placed in a tank with a checkerboard bottom and their reaction time (time to camouflage) is recorded. Over the next month the samecuttlefish are exposed to the same environment daily and at the end of the month each cuttlefish's reaction time is recorded again. The data are recorded in the table below.      Reaction Time (seconds) Subject Before After 1 58 41 2 48 45 3 54 40 4 56 42 5 55 48 6 55 41 7 43 32 8 51 44 9 62 38 10 35 36     Use an alpha of 0.05 to determine if the repeated exposure to the checkerboard indeed changed reaction time.     What type of error is possible based on the outcome?     On average, do the cuttlefish take longer to react before or after the training? Report the means for both testing times.

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  1.     The cuttlefish, a cephalopod and first cousin of the octopus, has the ability to camouflage to almost any natural sea environment instantaneously (within a few milliseconds). They are also able to camouflage to non-natural environments but not quite as quickly. A cognitive psychologist is interested in whether cuttles exhibit learning (by showing a reduction in reaction time) after repeated exposure to the same environment. Initially, 10 baby cuttlefish are individually placed in a tank with a checkerboard bottom and their reaction time (time to camouflage) is recorded. Over the next month the samecuttlefish are exposed to the same environment daily and at the end of the month each cuttlefish's reaction time is recorded again. The data are recorded in the table below. 

 

 

Reaction Time

(seconds)

Subject

Before

After

1

58

41

2

48

45

3

54

40

4

56

42

5

55

48

6

55

41

7

43

32

8

51

44

9

62

38

10

35

36

  1.     Use an alpha of 0.05 to determine if the repeated exposure to the checkerboard indeed changed reaction time.

 

  1.   What type of error is possible based on the outcome?

 

  1.   On average, do the cuttlefish take longer to react before or after the training? Report the means for both testing times.

 



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