Reference no: EM131713824

Question: Music and memory. Is it a good idea to listen to music when studying for a big test? In a study conducted by some Statistics students, 62 people were randomly assigned to listen to rap music, Mozart, or no music while attempting to memorize objects pictured on a page. They were then asked to list all the objects they could remember. Here are the 5-number summaries for each group:

                  n        Min       Q1        Median         Q3         Max

Rap            29         5         8            10            12           25

Mozart        20         4         7            10            12           27

None          13         8        9.5           13            17           24

a) Describe the W s for these data: Who, What, Where, Why, When, How.

b) Name the variables and classify each as categorical or quantitative.

c) Create parallel boxplots as best you can from these summary statistics to display these results.

d) Write a few sentences comparing the performances of the three groups.