Dr. Kingston predicted that swearing can help reduce pain. In the study, each participant was asked to plunge a hand into icy water and keep it there as long as the pain would allow. In one condition, the participants repeatedly yelled their favorite curse words while their hands were in the water. In the other condition the participants repeated a neutral word. The table below presents the amount of time that participants kept their hand in the ice in each condition.
Swear Words
Neutral Words
98
56
70
61
52
47
87
60
46
32
120
92
72
53
41
31
1. Calculate the mean for the Swear Words condition:_______________
