Null Hypothesis (HO): There is no significant
difference in school performance between the three
groups (no ADHD symptoms, mild symptoms, and
severe ADHD symptoms).
Alternative Hypothesis (H1): There is a
significant difference in school performance
between at least one pair of groups (i.e., the
school performance means of the three
groups are not all equal).
a (alpha): The significance level or alpha is the
probability of making a Type | error, which is rejecting
the null hypothesis when it is true. The value of alpha
is usually set beforehand by the researcher and
commonly used values are 0.05 (5%) and0.01 (1%).Sampling: The sample in this study consists of 90
children recruited from elementary schools, with
each group having 30 students. The sample size is
balanced across the three groups (equal number of
participants in each group), which can help improve
the representativeness of the sample.
However, the representativeness of the
sample depends on how the children were
selected and whether they are representative
of the larger population of elementary school
children with varying degrees of ADHD
symptoms. Without more information about
the sampling method and population of
reference, it is challenging to determine the
exact representativeness.
Test the null and alternative hypothesis: To test the
null hypothesis and determine if there is a significant
difference in school performance between the three
groups, a statistical test such as Analysis of Variance
(ANOVA) can be used. ANOVA compares the means
of multiple groups to determine if there are
significant differences among them.Interpret your findings: After conducting the ANOVA
test, if the p-value is less than the chosen significance
level (alpha), typically 0.05, then we would reject the
null hypothesis (HO) and conclude that there is a
significant difference in school performance among
at least one pair of groups. In other words, there
would be evidence to suggest that ADHD symptoms
have an impact on school performance. On the other
hand, if the p-value is greater than alpha, we would
fail to reject the null hypothesis, indicating that there
is no significant difference in school performance
among the groups, and we do not have enough
evidence to support the claim that ADHD symptoms
affect school performance.