Hypotheses, Descriptive Statistics, Assumptions & Conditions

 

 

Posted on December 13, 2018 Updated on December 13, 2018

General Instructions

For each Assignment:

1. Attach your word document for review and grading. Other file formats are not accepted and will not be graded. Use the following filename format:

LastName_BUSI720_AssignmentX.docx

2. Include an APA title block with your name, class title, date, and the assignment number.

3. Include a table of contents and a reference section. Number your pages in the footer along with

the date. Include a header starting on page 2 with the Course and assignment number.

4. Write the problem number and the problem title as a level one heading (Example ‐ A.1.1:

Chapter 2, Problem 2.1, Check the Completed Questionnaires) and then provide your response.

5. Use level two headings with short titles for multi part questions (Example ‐ A1.1.a, Short Title,

A1.1.b, Short Title II, etc.)

6. Use appropriate level headings for key elements of your discussion such as Research Questions,

Hypotheses, Descriptive Statistics, Assumptions & Conditions, Interpretation, Results, and

others. Your goal is to make your analysis easy to follow and logical.

7. Ensure that all tables and graphs are legible and include a figure number.

8. Carefully review your document prior to submission for formatting, flow, and readability. Keep

in mind that running the statistical tests is only the first half of the challenge; you must be able to clearly communicate your findings to the reader!

Assignment 7

A7.1: Chapter 10, Problem 10.1, One‐Sample t Test. Write a short narrative of your process and interpretation of your findings. ,

Cut and paste the One‐Sample Statistics and One‐Sample Test tables directly into your document and refer to them in your interpretation.

A7.2: Chapter 10, Problem 10.2, Independent Samples t‐Test. Write a short narrative of your process, an interpretation of your findings, and write your results to include tables.

Cut and paste the Group Statistics, Independent Samples t Test, tables directly into your document and refer to them in your interpretation.

A7.3: Chapter 10, Problem 10.3, The Nonparametric Mann‐Whitney U Test. Write a short narrative of your process, an interpretation of your findings, and write your results.

Cut and paste the Ranks and Test Statistics tables directly into your document and refer to them in your interpretation.

A7.4: Chapter 10, Problem 10.4, Paired Samples t Test. Write a short narrative of your process, an interpretation of your findings, and write your results.

Cut and paste the Paired Samples Statistics and Paired Samples Test tables directly into your document and refer to them in your interpretation.

A7.5: Chapter 10, Problem 10.5, Nonparametric Wilcoxen Test for Two Related Samples. Write a short narrative of your process, an interpretation of your findings, and write your results.

Cut and paste the Wilcoxen Signed Ranks Test and Test Statistics tables directly into your document and refer to them in your interpretation.

A7.6, Application Problem ‐ Comparing Two Groups. Using the “college student data.sav” and “hsbdata.sav” files, do the following problems. Write a short narrative of your process, an interpretation of your findings, and write your results.

Cut and paste your outputs directly into your document and refer to them in your interpretation.

a. Write a research question and a null hypothesis exploring the difference between genders on student’s average height from the “college student data.sav” file.

Conduct an independent samples t test to test the difference. Include Group Statistics, Independent Samples t Test tables and refer to them in your interpretation. Prior to running the analysis, discuss how the data meets the assumptions and conditions for the tests you are going to conduct. Support your assertion with the appropriate descriptive statistics.

b. Write a research questions and a null hypotheses exploring the difference between raters in the mosaic pattern test score between rater 1 and rater 2 in the “hsbdata.sav” file.

Conduct a paired samples t test to test the for possible differences between the raters. Include Paired Samples Statistics and Paired Samples Test tables and refer to them in your interpretation. Prior to running the analysis, discuss how the data meets the assumptions and conditions for the tests you are going to conduct. Support your assertion with the appropriate descriptive statistics.