Question

Imagine that you and your colleague, who both do couples therapy, are discussing a new report that suggest that there is a positive association between a person's marital satisfaction and perception that their partner sees them in a highly positive way. your a bit curious so you read the report further and you find out that the study was conducted with a sample of 37 married individuals and resulted in an obtain correlation

what is the Null hypothesis?

what is the alternative hypothesis?

what is the DF?

What is the critical value?

Should the null be rejected? why or not?

Answer 1

what is the Null hypothesis?

H₀: There is no relationship between a person's marital satisfaction and perception that their partner sees them in a highly positive way.

what is the alternative hypothesis?

H_a: There is a relationship between a person's marital satisfaction and perception that their partner sees them in a highly positive way.

what is the DF?

DF = n - 2 = 37 - 2 = 35

What is the critical value?

0.325

Should the null be rejected? why or not?

Reject the null if r > 0.325.