Question

Save Start your free one month trial of Office 365 or sign in to activate an existing subscription. 1. Make up your own very simple research question (similar to the examples we've done in class). Make sure that this is your own idea. a. Describe your research question/study (5 points) b. State your independent variable (2 points) C. State your dependent variable (2 points) d. State your null hypothesis (3 points) e. State your alternative hypothesis (3 points) 1. Describe the statistical test you would use to analyze your data and why you chose this test. (5 points)

Answer 1

(a)

Research question/ study:
Is the average score of our class in the examination is greater than the average score in the examination of the entire college?

(b)

Independent variable: score of our class in the examination

(c)

Dependent Variable: score in the examination of the entire college

(d)

H0: Null Hypothesis: $\mu \leq \mu _{0}$    (The average score of our class in the examination is not greater than the average score in the examination of the entire college)

(e)

HA: Alternative Hypothesis: $\mu > \mu _{0}$    (The average score of our class in the examination is greater than the average score in the examination of the entire college) (Claim)

(f)

One Sample t test because population standard deviation is not provided and Sample Size = n < 30, Small Sample