Strength - standardised procedure so all participants experience the same - easily replicated and tested for reliablility
Weakness - lacks generalisablilty - samll smaple size and more female participants
Improvements - use straitified sampling and complete study outside of school setting to have wider range of participant age so better generalisablility
Ethical issues addressed - consent - not informed as would make results less accurate, right to withdraw, competence and debrief
IV - how participants process information - word semantically or structurally processed
DV - how many of 40 words recognised from list of 80 in recognition task
EVs controlled - distraction and noise level - library setting
EVs not controlled - participant mood, light and temperature
Operationalised IV - how participan ts process - upper case of lower case, word meaning
Operationalised DV - how many words recognised
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