Is claiming to see the barn independent of being asked the


The ability to observe and recall details is important in science. Unfortunately, the power of suggestion can distort memory. A study of recall is conducted as follows: Subjects are shown a film in which a car is moving along a country road. There is no barn in the film. The subjects are then asked a series of questions concerning the film. Half of the subjects are asked: "How fast was the car moving when it passed the barn?" The other half of the subjects are not asked the question. Later, each subject is asked: "Is there a barn in the film?" Of those asked the first question concerning the barn, 17% answer "yes"; only 3% of the others answer "yes." What is the probability that a randomly selected participant in this study claims to have seen the nonexistent barn? Is claiming to see the barn independent of being asked the first question about the barn?

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