An experiment was run to compare the effects of auditory and visual cues on speed of the response of a human subject. The variables for this experiment were type of stimuli – auditory or visual, and elapsed time between the warning that a stimuli was coming and the stimulus – 5, 10, or 15 sec. This gave a total of 6 treatment combinations, which can be coded as
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1=auditory, 5 sec |
4=visual, 5 sec |
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2=auditory, 10 sec |
5=visual, 10 sec |
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3=auditory, 15 sec |
6=visual, 15 sec |
The results of the study are given in
the table below. The response is in seconds. The experimenter
decides to use
= 0.10
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Treatment Number |
|||||
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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0.204 |
0.167 |
0.202 |
0.257 |
0.283 |
0.256 |
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0.17 |
0.182 |
0.198 |
0.279 |
0.235 |
0.281 |
|
0.181 |
0.187 |
0.236 |
0.269 |
0.260 |
0.258 |

An experiment was run to compare the effects of auditory and visual cues on speed of...
3. Reaction time experiment (L. Cai, T. Li, Nishant, and A. van der Kouwe, 1996) The experiment was run to compare the effects of auditory and visual cues on speed of response of a human subject. A personal computer was used to present a "stimulus" to a subject, and the reaction time required for the subject to press a key was monitored. The subject was warned that the stimulus was forthcoming by means of an auditory or a visual cue....
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1 Appendix B Present value of $1. PVF PV=FV Percent Period 1% 5% 8% 9% 12% 1 2. 3 0.893 0.797 012 4 6 7 8 9 10 .............. 11 12 0.990 0.980 0.971 0.961 0.951 0.942 0.933 0.923 0.914 0.905 0.896 0.887 0.879 0.870 0.861 0.853 0.844 0.836 0.828 0.820 0.780 0.742 0.672 0.608 2% 0.980 0.961 0.942 0.924 0.906 0.888 0.871 0.853 0.837 0.820 0.804 0.788 0.773 0.758 0.743 0.728 0.714 0.700 0.686 0.673 0.610 0.552 0.453 0.372...
1 Appendix B Present value of $1. PVF PV=FV Percent Period 1% 5% 8% 9% 12% 1 2. 3 0.893 0.797 012 4 6 7 8 9 10 .............. 11 12 0.990 0.980 0.971 0.961 0.951 0.942 0.933 0.923 0.914 0.905 0.896 0.887 0.879 0.870 0.861 0.853 0.844 0.836 0.828 0.820 0.780 0.742 0.672 0.608 2% 0.980 0.961 0.942 0.924 0.906 0.888 0.871 0.853 0.837 0.820 0.804 0.788 0.773 0.758 0.743 0.728 0.714 0.700 0.686 0.673 0.610 0.552 0.453 0.372...
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