Activity 2 - Final:

1. Does number of good friends depend on happiness?

(GSS data)
Very happy Pretty happy Not too happy
Mean 10.4 7.4 8.3
Std. dev. 17.8 13.6 15.6
n 276 468 87

Sum of Mean
Source squares df square F Sig
Between-groups 1627 2 813 3.47 0.032
Within-groups 193901 828 234
Total 195528 830
 I. Research Question:
 Does number of good friends depend on
happiness?
 2. Assumption:
 The distribution of data should be normally
distributed. ANOVA also assumes the
assumption of homogeneity, which means that
the variance between the groups should be
equal.
 The Data is Normally Distributed.
 What is normally distributed data called?
 Normal distribution, also known as
the Gaussian distribution, is a probability
distribution that is symmetric about the mean,
showing that data near the mean are more
frequent in occurrence than data far from the
mean. In graphical form, the normal distribution
appears as a "bell curve".
 Step 3: State your hypotheses
 Null Hypothesis: The happiness level does not
make a difference in the number of good friends
among people.

 Research Hypothesis: The happiness level makes

a difference in the number of good friends
among people.
 Step 4: The appropriate test statistics is
ANOVA.
 ANOVA is a hypothesis-testing technique used to test the equality
of two or more population (or treatment) means by examining
the variances of samples that are taken.
 or whether there are systematic treatment effects that cause the
mean in one group to differ from the mean in another.
❑Step No. 5
❑Decision Criteria
❑- Level of Significance, α = 0.05
❑Reject H0 if the p - value is less than or
equal to α.
❑FTR H0 if p - value is greater than α.
 Step 6:
 Step 7: Decision
• - Level of Significance, α = 0.05
 Since the p-value is less than 0.05, we can
reject the Ho and accept the RESEARCH
HYPOTHESIS.
Conclusion:

• That the person happiness level

makes a difference in the number of
good friends among people.
Implication:

 Based on the findings, the happiness level

makes a difference in the number of good
friends. This implies that being happier
helps a person make more good friends.
Implication:
 Happiness keeps and attracts more good
friends. This agrees with the study by the
University of Warwick and the University of
Manchester, where they found out that
happiness is contagious and that people who
are surrounded by happy people are more
likely to become happy themselves (Fowler &
Christakis, 2008).
 People who express happiness are more
attractive and likable than those who express
other emotions (Reis et al., 2010).