Dr.Bauer is investigating the effects of a new drug on the capacity of short-term memory.To do this,he uses four doses of drug on different groups of patients: some take a high dose,others a medium dose,others a low dose,and finally some take a placebo sugar pill.He then measures each participant's short-term memory capacity by seeing how many words they can remember immediately after hearing a list of 50 words.What statistic would Dr.Bauer use to determine if there was a significant difference between groups?
A) correlation coefficient
B) t-test
C) analysis of variance
D) standard deviation

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Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is a statistical technique that compares the means of multiple groups to determine if there is a significant difference between them. In this case, Dr. Bauer is comparing the mean number of words remembered in four different groups: high dose, medium dose, low dose, and placebo. Therefore, ANOVA is the best choice among the given options to determine if there is a significant difference between these groups in terms of short-term memory capacity.

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