Statistics Assignment

Scenario 1

The researcher wants to find out if there is any difference in smoking status on the following variables, health status, race, education, type of pharmacotherapy used, desire to quit, number of friends who smoke, and Medicaid eligibility type. (Definitions are located in Appendix A)

1. State the null hypotheses.
2. State the research (alternative) hypotheses.
3. The SPSS output follows. Explain why the researcher selected this statistical test procedure. Explain why post hoc analyses were not done. Is the assumption that this is the correct test the right one?
4. Summarize the analysis. You may use a combination of narrative and tables format if necessary. Use correct APA formatting to express your findings. Quit rates are important to report for this study. Be sure you have included those.
   Scenario 2
   The research wants to know if there is a difference in the length of time (in days) subjects use their prescribed pharmacotherapy. Figure 1 plots the difference in the means.
5. State the null hypothesis.
6. State the research (alternative) hypothesis.
7. The SPSS output follows. Explain why the researcher selected this statistical test procedure. Did she select the correct test?
8. Summarize the analysis. You may use a combination of narrative and tables format if necessary. Use correct APA formatting to express your findings.

Scenario 3

The research wants to know if the following variables are related; the number of days the prescribed drug was used (use_time), time-to-first-cigarette of the day before treatment (ttf_pre), subject’s age, number of serious quit attempts, age of subject when she/he began to smoke, and the average number of cigarettes smoked the month before treatment. (Abbreviations are located in Appendix A.)

9. State the null hypotheses.

10. State the research (alternative) hypotheses.

11. The SPSS output follows. Explain why the researcher selected this statistical test procedure and what assumptions had to be met.

12. Summarize the analysis. You may use a combination of narrative and tables format if necessary. Use correct APA formatting to express your findings. The narrative should be worded for inclusion in a publication.

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