While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
<ul> <li>Researcher 1 found that students who used handwriting for notes scored higher on conceptual questions.</li> <li>Researcher 2 found no significant difference between handwriting and laptop note-taking.</li> <li>Researcher 1 used a sample of 65 college students.</li> <li>Researcher 2 used a sample of more than 1,400 college students across multiple universities.</li> <li>Both studies measured outcomes a week after lectures.</li> </ul> The student wants to emphasize the tension between the two studies' results given their relative scales. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?Which choice most effectively makes the student's point?
- A
Researcher 1 found handwriting helped on conceptual questions.
- Bcheck_circle
Although Researcher 1's smaller study of 65 students favored handwriting, Researcher 2's larger replication with more than 1,400 students found no such difference.
- C
Both studies measured outcomes a week after lectures.
- D
Researcher 2 used a multi-university sample.
Explanation
The goal is the tension given relative scale. Choice C contrasts the small-sample finding with the larger-sample non-finding. The others give one side or no contrast.