Read the scenario below, what is the best type of t-test to give, and what would
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Read the scenario below, what is the best type of t-test to give, and what would your results be...
Independent sample t test
Paired sample t test
One sample t test
Scenario:
As an educational researcher, would like to know whether high school student’s perceptions about mathematical utility changed between their freshman and senior year. Each respondent is asked the same series of questions about the utility of mathematics in their future during their freshman and senior year. These questions are combined to form one variable of mathematical utility; higher values indicate higher levels of mathematical utility. Using the High School Longitudinal Survey, please provide: a 1–2 APA style paragraph statement that furnishes an answer to this question, note the relevant statistics, comment on meaningfulness, and include your relevant SPSS output.
Explanation / Answer
Here the two samples, freshman and senior year are used to test the hypothesis.
we want to know whether the mean value of the response is different for these two groups.
This can be done using Independent sample t test.
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