Question

1a.) You want to know if psychology majors register for more hours, on average, than Upstate students in general. You ask 50 USC Upstate psychology majors how many hours they are taking, and acquire the population average (i.e., for all USC Upstate students) from administration. What kind of statistical test does this call for?

1. Dependent Samples t-test
2. Chi-square for independence
3. Single Mean
4. Correlation
5. Independent Samples t-test
6. ANOVA
7. Chi-square for goodness of fit

1b.) Imagine you have conducted the appropriate test for the above design, with α = .05 and p = .26. What would you conclude?

1. Psychology majors are not significantly different than Upstate students in general in terms of hours taken.
2. Psychology majors take fewer hours than expected.
3. Psychology majors take a significantly different number of hours than Upstate students in general.
4. Psychology majors take more hours than expected.

Answer 1

1a.) You want to know if psychology majors register for more hours, on average, than Upstate students in general. You ask 50 USC Upstate psychology majors how many hours they are taking, and acquire the population average (i.e., for all USC Upstate students) from administration. What kind of statistical test does this call for?

Ans : e.Independent Samples t-test

1b.) Imagine you have conducted the appropriate test for the above design, with α = .05 and p = .26. What would you conclude?

a) Psychology majors are not significantly different than Upstate students in general in terms of hours taken.