Dr. Vegapunk thinks that watching anime (Japanese animated shows) decreases soci

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Dr. Vegapunk thinks that watching anime (Japanese animated shows) decreases social skills in college students. To test this, Dr. Vegapunk randomly selected 30 brooklyn college students and assigned them to watch an episode of anime everyday for a week. After the week, each of the students answered a questionnaire about their social skills. The results showed that the sample had a mean social skills score of 7.3 and a standard deviation of 2.4. A previous study showed that the overall population of brooklyn college students had a mean social skills score of 6.2, but the standard deviation was not reported. Dr. Vegapunk decides to use an alpha level of 0.05. e) what is the obtained statistic?

Explanation / Answer

Intermediate values used in calculations:
  t = 2.5104
  df = 29
  standard error of difference = 0.438

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