A study of classroom seating location by Levine, McDonald, O'Neal, and Garwood (1980) was interpreted as supporting the self-selection rather than the environmental hypothesis. Due to certain flaws in the design of the Levine et al. study, their rejection of the environmental hypothesis is premature.
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