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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.

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