Dr. Woz want to test whether violent video games have an effect on aggressive th

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Dr. Woz want to test whether violent video games have an effect on aggressive thinking. In order to test aggressive thinking, Woz and Yaz are going to use a test developed at GTA university: scores greater than 70 on the test indicate agreement with that endorse aggressive behavior. They select a sample of n = 100 children from a local primary school for the study. Each of the students spends an hour playing a first-person shooter-type video game and then takes the test. The mean and standard deviation for the sample is M = 73 and s = 20. Woz and Yaz would like to know if the sample mean of 73 is statistically significantly different from 70 using a two-tailed test with a

Explanation / Answer

a)null hypothesis: mean =70

b)estimated std error =std deviation/(n)1/2 =2

c)value of t =(X-mean)/std error =(73-70)/2 =1.5

d)we acccept as t is inside critical region

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