Interest and familiarity positively predict comprehension of speeded audio clips, but the benefit of familiarity decreases as playback speed increases¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2–r3 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? In Experiment 1's multilevel model, both interest and familiarity positively predicted test performance. → Ashley Chen 2024 q2 i? The speed × familiarity interaction was significant, indicating the benefit of familiarity on performance decreased as speed increased. → Ashley Chen 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Ashley Chen 2024¶

Ashley Chen, Suchita E. Kumar, Rhea Varkhedi, Dillon H. Murphy. (2024). The Effect of Playback Speed and Distractions on the Comprehension of Audio and Audio-Visual Materials. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09917-7

q2 · i? · causal · r2

In Experiment 1's random intercept multilevel mixed-effects model with topic, speed, interest, familiarity and interactions as fixed effects (interest and familiarity centered within persons), both "interest and familiarity positively predicted" accuracy, each with p < 0.001 and /u1D6FD = 0.03.

"In addition, both interest and familiarity positively predicted perfor -mance, F(1, 191) = 17.83, p < 0.001, /u1D6FD = 0.03 and F(1, 191) = 19.03, p < 0.001, /u1D6FD = 0.03, respectively."

Ashley Chen 2024 (2)¶

Ashley Chen, Suchita E. Kumar, Rhea Varkhedi, Dillon H. Murphy. (2024). The Effect of Playback Speed and Distractions on the Comprehension of Audio and Audio-Visual Materials. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09917-7

q2 · i? · causal · r3

The same multilevel model in Experiment 1 tested the speed × familiarity interaction on comprehension accuracy; the article reports it was significant, F(1, 192) = 6.74, p = 0.010, with the benefit of familiarity decreasing as speed increased.

"The interaction between speed and familiarity was significant, F(1, 192) = 6.74, p = 0.010, /u1D6FD = -0.05, indicating that the benefit of familiarity on performance decreased as speed increased."

Discussion¶

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