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An Experiment in Human Memory

One hypothesis was tested in this current research. This hypothesis was stated as follows:

It is hypothesized that subjects receiving the transfer of information accompanied by questions that encouraged subjects to pay attention to the interrelationships between the ideas contained in a sequence of information will exhibit higher retention than will control subjects who experience no questioning during the transfer of information.

Retention was measured in terms of the number of questions that subjects are able to answer during a test of their ability to recall the prose information presented to them. Subjects exposed to questions during the information transfer process were defined as experimental subjects, while subjects receiving information unaccompanied by questions during the transfer process were defined as control subjects.

The research sample was comprised of 14 females and 10 males ranging in age from 20 to 27 years old. These 24 subjects, through the use of random procedures, were divided into two groups of 12 subjects each. One of these two groups was designated as the control group, while the other group was designated as the experimental group.

The research hypothesis formulated for this study was tested through the application of analysis of variance procedures to the data. Statistical significance of the analysis of variance relationship was established through the calculation and evaluation of the F statistic. Statistical significance was

established at p<.05, as the criterion for the rejection of the null form of the research hypothesis.

The results of the study found that the members of the experimental group of the research sample had a higher mean retention (4.6667) than did the members of the control group of the research sample (3.9167). The analysis of variance found that the retention differences between the two groups resulting from the method of presenting the prose information was...

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