DrAugust Is Investigating Whether or Not Women Have More Job

Multiple Choice

Dr.August is investigating whether or not women have more job satisfaction after they are given praise or a gift card (different levels or rewards) .She has recruited 10 women from Intel and for 6 months the women received praise then the next 6 months they received a gift card.The conditions were counterbalanced and a survey on job satisfaction was distributed following the treatment conditions or every 6 months until the research was completed.After finishing her study Dr.August was busy writing a grant,therefore she has asked you to analyze her data below.Please note the survey was based on 1-5 Likert scale with high scores indicating high job satisfaction and low score indicating dissatisfaction.
After calculating the t-value can you reject the null hypothesis? (Note she used a nondirectional test with the alpha level set at 0.05 so the table t was 2.776) .

A) No,there was no affect of the independent variable
B) Yes,there was an affect of the independent variable
C) She needs to change her hypothesis
D) none of these