Statistics for Social Science

DCE5950

Assignment 4

1. In a one-sample pre-test and post-test experimental design, a researcher is interested to

test the effect of using a statistical learning tool to improve students’ knowledge on
statistics. Data collected from the experiment follow:
(3 points)

Subject Pre-test Post-test

1 56 68
2 74 78
3 58 64
4 66 69
5 70 76
6 64 67
7 48 47
8 57 62
9 61 67

Test the hypothesis that the statistical learning tool is effective to improve students’
knowledge on statistics at .01 level of significance.

a. State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses

b. Calculate the test statistic
c. Determine the critical value
d What would be your decision and conclusion. Justify your answer.

2. Data on grade point average (GPA) for male and female students are presented in the
following table. Test the significance of difference in GPA between the two groups at .05
level of significance
(4 points)
Table 1: Grade Point Average by Gender

Respondent Male Female

1 3.45 2.87
2 3.57 3.25
3 3.75 2.51
4 3.26 2.87
5 2.98 2.75
6 3.51 2.84
7 3.77 3.52
8 3.33 3.03
9 2.96 3.58
10 3.56

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 a. State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses
b. Calculate the test statistic
c. Determine the critical value
d What would be your decision and conclusion. Justify your answer.
e. Calculate and interpret eta-squared.

3. Select TWO relevant variables from “5950 2020 Assignment DATA” and run independent
sample t-test. Then respond to the questions below:
(3 points)
a. Does the data meet the assumption of normality? Justify your answer
b. Run the independent sample t-test and present the results in a table (complete with
title and contents)
c. Use the 5-step procedure to test for the hypothesis at .05 level of confidence
d. Prepare a write up on the results using APA presentation style

Note: Please attach the results of SPSS output for Q3

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