Question

You are a social worker who works in a community center in a lower-income neighborhood. You have been asked to work with a university researcher who wants to determine whether residents of this neighborhood support capital punishment. To do this, you recruit 16 residents to participate in your study and you administer the Support for Capital Punishment Scale (30 dichotomous items, range 0-30) to a sample of 16 individuals who are equally divided among four age categories. The scores are reported in the table below. Higher scores on the Support for Capital Punishment indicate more support for capital punishment.

By hand, run a 5-step hypothesis test to determine if there are differences in support for capital punishment by age.

Use an F Table to determine your Critical Value.

First, list all 5 steps of the Hypothesis Test

Then, complete the test.

Finally, write up your conclusions.

18-29	30-45	46-64	65+
7	10	12	17
8	12	15	20
10	13	17	24
15	17	20	27

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