T-Tests

 

Practice Problem


Description: Data on the time subjects required to complete a pencil and paper maze when they were smelling a floral scent and when they were not.

Number of cases: 21

Variable Names:

  1. 1.ID:

  2. 2.Sex: 1=male, 2=female

  3. 3.Age: Age in years

  4. 4.Smoker: 1 if subject smoked, 2 if did not

  5. 5.Opinion: "pos" if subject found the odor inherently positive, "indiff" if indifferent, "neg" if inherently negative

  6. 6.Order: 1 if did unscented trials first, 2 if did scented trials first

  7. 7.U-Trial 1: length of time required for first unscented trial

  8. 8.U-Trial 2 : length of time required for second unscented trial

  9. 9.U-Trial 3: length of time required for third unscented trial

  10. 10.S-Trial 1 : length of time required for first scented trial

  11. 11.S-Trial 2 : length of time required for second scented trial

  12. 12.S-Trial 3: length of time required for third scented trial

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Conduct a dependent t-test that compares the means scores for utrial1 and strial1.

  1. 1.Write a two-tail research hypothesis and a two tail null hypothesis for this experiment.

  2. 2.Report your results - be specific.

  3. 3.Report and interpret the 95% confident interval

Conduct a independent t-test that compares the means for utrial1 for smokers versus nonsmokers.

  1. 1.Write a two-tail research hypothesis and a two tail null hypothesis for this experiment.

  2. 2.Report your results - be specific.

Conduct a independent t-test that compares the means for utrial1 for men versus women.

  1. 1.Write a two-tail research hypothesis and a two tail null hypothesis for this experiment.

  2. 2.Report your results - be specific.