The University of the Rockies
Introduction
Does gender and number of study hours impact exam scores?
Methods
10 male and 10 female students.
Procedures
Independent variable 1… gender … nominal / categorical
Indepandant variable 2… group 1 study 5 hours per week, group study for at least 10 hours.
Nominal / qualitative
Depedndt variable .. exam scores ratio / discreet
Anova 2 by 2 … each depdnact variable has 2 levels… 2 by 2 facotial anova.
No diffene in exam scores within gender groups..
2 no difference in average exam scores in 2 groups.. 5 hours and 10 hours..
3.. no interaction between groups.. .type 1.. no difference in male or female but conclude there is a difference .
Results
· Describe the statistical test that will be conducted. Be sure to include why the test was chosen and why it is appropriate for this study. Include in the discussion the necessary assumptions that should be met for the chosen test and how these will be addressed.
· Identify the information that will be obtained from the results of this test and what will be needed to draw conclusions regarding the hypotheses. Be sure to include a discussion of applicable critical and calculated values, p levels, confidence intervals, effect sizes, post-hoc tests, and/or tables.
Discussion
· Identify any expected biases, assumptions, or faults with the proposed study and the use of the identified statistical test.
· Explain what conclusions can and cannot be made for this study, and using this statistical test.
· Describe the practical significance or importance of the results.
References
Sukal, M. (2013). Research methods: Applying statistics in research. San Diego, CA:
Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
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