Exam 9: Tests for Significance: Paired and Independent-Samples T-Test

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Degrees of freedom for an independent samples t-test is n-1.

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If your dataset contains twenty pairs of data, the degrees of freedom for your paired samples t-test will be ______.

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If t(25) = 2.9, we should reject the null.

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You collect a sample of 15 survey scores from customers of Company A and 15 survey scores from customers of Company B. If 1 =3.1 2= 1.9 and sp2 = 2.55, what is the critical value of t for a two-tailed test if = .05?

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You collect a sample of 20 monthly employee salaries from Branch A and 20 monthly employee salaries from Branch B. If 1 = 5100.8 , 2 = 3837.7, s1 = 945.199316 and s2 = 912.399099, what is the value of the pooled variance?

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Define and describe sDxˉ{ }^{s_{D_{\bar{x}}}}

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Paired samples, matched samples, and related samples t-tests are all the same.

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Unlike a paired samples t-test, an independent samples t-test examines 2 µ's simultaneously.

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All paired data are repeated measures data

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When we reject the null in an independent samples t-test, we conclude that our 2 samples are likely to come from the same population.

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\quad \quad \quad \quad  Revenues \text { Revenues } Customer service- oriented Not customer service- oriented 4540 1309 5402 5265 6326 5418 4745 2838 4538 2716 3715 2524 5647 5153 5442 1944 6566 2299 4258 3503 You're interested in differences in Revenue due to customer service orientation. Specifically, you want to know if organizations that are not customer service oriented have lower mean Revenues than organizations that are customer service oriented. 1) State the research question. 2) State the hypotheses. 3) State the critical value. 4) Provide the formal test of the hypothesis. 5) Is an effect size calculation appropriate? How do you know? If yes, calculate both a standardized and unstandardized effect size. 6) State all appropriate conclusions.

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You collect a sample of thirty pairs of production counts per hour. You hypothesize that production counts per hour have increased between Time 1 and Time 2. If D = 19.1 and sD = 16.058836, what is the appropriate conclusion if = .05?

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The parameter of interest in a paired samples t-test is ______.

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You collect a sample of 8 performance evaluation scores from Company A and 8 performance evaluation scores from Company B. Ifx̄ 1 =5 x̄2= 3 and sp2 = 1.25, what is the observed value of t?

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Of the following, the calculations for the paired samples t-test are most similar to ______.

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Independent samples come from independent sources.

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You collect a sample of 10 monthly production counts from Company A and 10 monthly production counts from Company B. You hypothesize that production counts for Company B will be greater than production counts from Company A. If x̄1 = 46 , x̄2 = 52.3 sp2 = 76.338889, what is the appropriate conclusion if = .05?

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Which of the following is an example of data appropriate for an independent samples test?

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Sales (1 year ago) Sales (today) 5546 3582 5536 5567 5896 4712 5768 5345 4864 5382 6269 7011 7462 4411 3793 4496 5895 4821 7186 3471 In the dataset above, sales numbers are recorded for each of our 10 employees both today and one year ago. Last year, we implemented a new training program and we would like to see if this has increased sales. 1) State the research question. 2) State the hypotheses. 3) State the critical value. 4) Provide the formal test of the hypothesis. 5) State the confidence interval. 6) Is an effect size calculation appropriate? How do you know? If yes, calculate both a standardized and unstandardized effect size. 7) State all appropriate conclusions.

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In a paired samples t-test when n = 10, must contain at least 20 data.

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