Engagement Exercise: Dependent (Paired) Samples T-Test
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Question 1 of 10
What was the research question being examined in the video?
Is there a difference in education level between males and females
Is there a difference in education level among males
Is there a difference in education level among females
Is there a difference in fear of statistics scores between time 1 and time 2?
Question 2 of 10
Based on the video, which of the following is the independent variable?
time 1 and time 2
fear of statistics
time 1
time
Question 3 of 10
In general, when comparing a continuous measure across two time periods, the independent variable is...
nominal or interval scale
ordinal or ratio scale
nominal or ordinal scale
ratio or nominal scale
Question 4 of 10
When comparing a continuous measure across two time periods, the dependent variable is...
ratio or ordinal scale
interval or ratio scale
Question 5 of 10
The statistical test used to compare two time periods on a continuous variable is...
one-sample t-test
dependent samples t-test
paired samples t-test
options B and C
Question 6 of 10
The null hypothesis for dependent (paired) samples test states that...
there is a significant difference between time periods
the group are statistically nonequivalent
there is no significant difference between time periods
options b and c
Question 7 of 10
The alternative hypothesis states that...
there is no significant difference between groups
there is a significant difference between groups
the group are statistically equivalent
all of the above
Question 8 of 10
In a within-groups design, we are...
assessing differences between different groups of subjects
assessing differences between and within different groups of subjects
assessing differences across time periods between the different groups of subjects
assessing differences across time periods within the same group of subjects
Question 9 of 10
Which of the following is the dependent variable?
Question 10 of 10
If the results of the dependent samples t-test reveal a statistically significant differences in fear of statistics mean scores, then...
we reject the null
we fail to reject the null
we accept the null
we reject the alternative hypothesis