Conducting and Analyzing Statistical Tests, assignment help

Content Type

User Generated

User

PvadSbb

Subject

Mathematics

Description

Conducting and Analyzing Statistical Tests. Please see attachment.

Unformatted Attachment Preview

M5A1 Conducting and Analyzing Statistical Tests By Monday, June 5, 2017, post your results to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox. Your written presentation to the following problem situation should be a formal academic presentation wherein APA guidelines apply. A study wants to examine the relationship between student anxiety for an exam and the number of hours studied. The data is as follows: Student Anxiety Scores Study Hours 5 1 10 6 5 2 11 8 12 5 4 1 3 4 2 6 6 5 1 2 1 Why is a correlation the most appropriate statistic? 2 What is the null and alternate hypothesis? 3 What is the correlation between student anxiety scores and number of study hours? Select alpha and interpret your findings. Make sure to note whether it is significant or not and what the effect size is. 4 How would you interpret this? 5 What is the probability of a type I error? What does this mean? 6 How would you use this same information but set it up in a way that allows you to conduct a t-test? An ANOVA? Assignment 1 Grading Criteria Maximum Points 36 20 Explain why a correlation is the most appropriate statistic. List the null and alternate hypothesis. Compute and correctly present the correlation between student 36 anxiety scores and number of study hours. List the alpha, statistical significance of the results and the effect 60 size. Provide an interpretation of the results. List the probability of a type I error and explain what it means. 36 Explain how the same information would be set up to allow one 48 to conduct a t-test and an ANOVA. Writing Components: Organization: Introduction, Thesis, Transitions, Conclusion Usage and Mechanics: Grammar, Spelling, Sentence structure 64 APA Elements: Attribution, Paraphrasing, Quotations Style: Audience, Word Choice Total: 300
Purchase answer to see full attachment

Tags: statistics tests analyzing statistical tests conducting statistical tests

User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following Studypool's honor code & terms of service.

Explanation & Answer

Kindly see attached file with the corresponding analysis and interpretation

Running head: CONDUCTING AND ANALYZING STATISTICAL TESTS

CONDUCTING AND ANALYZING STATISTICAL TESTS
ASSIGNMENT M5A1
(NAME)
(PROFESSOR’S NAME)
(COURSE)
(DATE)

1

CONDUCTING AND ANALYZING STATISTICAL TESTS

2

Introduction
The objective of the statistical test carried out is to evaluate if there is any relationship
between the anxiety level experienced by an average student before the exam and the time he has
spent studying. In this regard, the researcher carrying out the study can establish an educated
guess according to both variables will be related, since the student that experiences a higher
anxiety before the exam will be prone to study longer and therefore feel more confident.
To evaluate the accuracy of his guess, he asked a group of ten students about the hours
they had spent studying for an exam and asked them to measure the level of anxiety they felt.
The obtained results are presented in table 1.
Table 1. Data obtained by the researcher related to the study hours and anxiety scores of ten
stud...