What type of data is being presented? (Levels of measurement, from Chapters 3 4) AND, what is the independent


  1. What type of data is being presented? (Levels of measurement, from Chapters 3 & 4) AND, what is the independent and dependent variable (if any) of your mystery research study?
  2. WHICH statistical analysis is the best for your mystery problem data (t-test, chi-square, or correlation)? WHY? (provide your rationale for using a particular statistical analysis)
  3. Calculate and provide DESCRIPTIVE statistical information about the data? (previous chapters from beginning of semester)
  4. What is the null and alternative/research hypotheses for the dataset
  5. ATTACH: full hand-written calculations of the statistics. You may use the textbook to do the step-by-step guide through the process of calculations
  6. ATTACH: A computer printout of your results (using SPSS or Fox's statistics) calculator, but should validate your findings through the hand calculations. Please indicate on your print-out the relevant parts to pay attention to - and what part of the print-out help you make your conclusions.
  7. Research paragraph statement. A full paragraph summary <typed> of your statistical process, results, and conclusions. (This should read exactly like one would read in a research journal in the Results section. Pretend that I have no knowledge of any of the things preceding this paragraph - tell the story, scientifically, of the research problem, hypothesis, briefly describe which statistical analysis was used, results from the analysis, and conclusion from the analysis.)

To investigate the influence of frustration on prejudice, 10 subjects were asked to assign negative adjectives - such as lazy, dirty, and immoral - to describe the members of a minority group (a measure of prejudice). All subjects described the minority group both before and after they had taken a series of lengthy and difficult examinations (the frustrating situation). The following results were obtained (higher scores represent greater prejudice):

Before After
22 26
39 45
25 24
40 43
36 36
27 29
44 47
31 30
52 52
48 59
Price: $8.39
Solution: The downloadable solution consists of 4 pages, 439 words and 2 charts.
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