A researcher was interested in the effect of anxiety on intelligence measurement. A group of 100 individuals were placed in an anxiety-provoking situation before being given an IQ test. The scores for this group were then compared to the IQ population mean of 100. The appropriate statistical test to analyze the data in this study is ______.
A) a one-sample t test
B) an independent samples t test
C) a paired/related samples t test
D) an ANOVA

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A one-sample t test is appropriate for comparing the scores of the group of individuals in the anxiety-provoking situation to the IQ population mean. The other statistical tests listed are not relevant for this comparison.

A Researcher Was Interested in the Effect of Anxiety on Intelligence