EBK STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMI
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.24ACI
Who is better at multi-tasking? In business, employees are often asked to perform a complex task when their attention is divided (ie., multi-tasking). Human Factors (May 2014) published a study designed to determine whether video game players are better than non–video game players at multitasking. Each in a sample of 60 college students was classified as a video game player or a non-player. Participants entered a street crossing simulator and were asked to cross a busy street at an unsigned intersection. The simulator was designed to have cars traveling at various high rates of speed in both directions. During the crossing, the students also performed a memory task as a distraction. Two variables were measured for each student: (1) a street crossing performance score (measured out of 100 points) and (2) a memory task score (measured out of 20 points). The researchers found no differences in either the street crossing performance or memory task score of video game players and non-garners. “These results,” say the researchers, “suggest that action video game players [and non-garners] are equally susceptible to the costs of dividing attention in a complex task”.
- a. Identify the experimental unit for this study.
- b. Identify the variables measured as quantitative or qualitative.
- c. Is this an application of
descriptive statistics orinferential statistics ? Explain.
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