Question

A participant in a cognitive psychology study is given 50 words to remember and later asked to recall as many of the words as she can. She recalls 17 words. What is the​ (a) variable,​ (b) possible​ values, and​ (c) score?

Answer 1

A participant in a cognitive psychology study is given 50 words to remember and she recalls 17 words.

So, here variable will be the number of words the participant can remember, out of 50.

The possible values can be the whole numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, upto... 50.

And the score is 17. That is the score she remembers out of 50.