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1. A sociologist is interested in whether or not level of parental occupation af

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Question

1. A sociologist is interested in whether or not level of parental occupation affects anxiety scores among ninth-grade students. The data below are scores on standardized anxiety test for students with parents in different occupation levels. Test appropriate hypothesis using alpha = 0.05. (20 points)

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Test the normality assumption. What is the conclusion about this assumption?

Test the homogeneity of the variance assumption. What is the conclusion about this assumption?

Complete ANOVA and state the results.

Complete post hoc test and state the results.

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Explanation / Answer

Data is normal.

One-way ANOVA: 1_1, 2

Method

Null hypothesis         All means are equal
Alternative hypothesis At least one mean is different
Significance level      = 0.05

Equal variances were assumed for the analysis.


Factor Information

Factor Levels Values
Factor       2 1_1, 2


Analysis of Variance

Source DF Adj SS Adj MS F-Value P-Value
Factor   1   63.30   63.30     3.01    0.101
Error   17 357.12   21.01
Total   18 420.42


Model Summary

      S    R-sq R-sq(adj) R-sq(pred)
4.58336 15.06%     10.06%       0.00%


Means

Factor   N   Mean StDev      95% CI
1_1     10 10.90   4.09 ( 7.84, 13.96)
2        9 14.56   5.08 (11.33, 17.78)

Pooled StDev = 4.58336


Tukey Pairwise Comparisons

Grouping Information Using the Tukey Method and 95% Confidence

Factor   N   Mean Grouping
2        9 14.56 A
1_1     10 10.90 A

Means that do not share a letter are significantly different.