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EDUR 8131

Correlated Samples t-test Exercise

Instructions:

Present results using the table format presented in the notes entitled "Reporting
Statistical Outcomes." Do not include SPSS output or hand-worked calculations;
present only result tables and written comments on results.

1. Suppose you are a researcher interested in the factors influencing paper grading
by professors. You have a hunch (and/or previous research) might lead you to
predict that papers that are typed are rated higher than papers that are
handwritten. So you have 10 freshman students currently taking English as well as
an introductory psychology course each write one paper. They should each provide
two copies of their paper (one typed and one handwritten). Next, we enlist the aid of
20 English instructors. We randomly assign 10 instructors to each of two groups.
Each instructor in one group (the control group) will grade each of the 10 papers
that are hand written, while the second group (the experimental group) will grade
the same papers that are typed. Does typing a paper influence the grade it
receives?

Student Written Typed

a 81 84
b 81 89
c 79 89
d 80 81
e 84 87
f 87 82
g 75 87
h 83 85
i 88 89
j 79 83

2. Investigators propose that students have elevated blood pressure during finals
week due to stress and anxiety associated with testing. To assess this hypothesis,
eight students volunteered to have their blood pressure taken at the beginning of
the semester and then again during finals week. The blood pressure data (diastolic)
is listed below. Is there any evidence that blood pressure levels do differ during
finals week?

Table: Blood pressure data

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Student Week 1 Finals Week

Rod 89 92
William 76 78
Barbara 84 92
Marvin 89 94
Dennis 74 93
Karen 66 74
Mora 56 65
Michael 74 73

3. A study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of hypnotism in reducing

pain. Results for randomly selected subjects are given below. At the 5% level of
significance, test the claim that the sensory measurements are different for each
student before and after hypnotism (scores are on a pain scale with higher scores
indicating more pain). Assume sensory measurements are normally distributed.

Table: Pain

Before 6.6 6.5 9.0 10.3 11.3 8.1 6.3 11.6

After 6.8 2.4 7.4 8.5 8.1 6.1 3.4 2.0

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