The research design that Doctor Larson is using is called an experiment.
This is an experiment because of the scientific methods that he is using. The experiment is made up of two subject group
The treatment group are the people listening to music
The control group are those that are not listening to any music play.
The scores from the test from these two groups would be used to make comparison and it would be established if listening to classical music helped students perform better.
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