... and willing to take part in the experiment. The chosen sample was from both London and Manchester aged 16-47. Results: 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 behind the students on the quiet side of the building. The 6th grade children that were exposed to noisy trains complained that the noise made it hard for them to concentrate and ...

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