... with 34 words on to study that they then had to recall. I used an opportunity sample that consisted of 20 participants that consisted of both family and friends as they were available and willing to take part in the experiment. The chosen sample was from both London and Manchester aged 16-47. The results of my study showed that: as the calculated value of U is higher than the critical value, the hypothesis can be rejected and the null hypothesis has to be accepted. Background: Previous research carried out in this area was a study by Banzaft and McCarthy (1975) which looked at reading scores of children attending classes facing a noisy train structure and compared their scores with children in the same school attending classes on a quieter side in the building. Banzaft and McCarthy found that by the 6th grade, children on the noisy side of the building were nearly a year ...

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