Do the familiarity of the words in a word search make it harder.

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Do The Familiarity Of The Words In a Word Search Make It Harder

Plan

I am going to investigate whether the words the familiarity of the words in a word search make it harder. I could also investigate whether the age of the person means they find it easier. I will ask ten people under 18 and ten people over 35to do two word searches. One word search with familiar words and the other with unfamiliar words. I will time how long it will take them to find six out of ten words on each word search.
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Hypotheses

I think that the times for familiar word searches will be less than the times for unfamiliar word searches.

In general the median times for familiar word searches will be less than the median for unfamiliar word searches.

I think that the times for familiar word searches will be less varied than the times for unfamiliar word searches.

In general the iqr times for familiar word searches will be less spread out than the iqr times for unfamiliar word searches.

I think that people who are good at one word search ...

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