Question: SPSS Assignment 2

The Oak Harbor School used the Dumbarton University Math Battery (DUMB) to test the math achievement of the two 6th-grade sections. The principal was able to obtain the student scores from an administration of the same test the prior year. Using these earlier scores as a pre-test, she would like to know if the students have demonstrated significant growth in achievement.

? Use the data table created in Week 9 Assignment 1.

? State the null and alternative hypotheses for testing the means of these related samples.

? Conduct a two-tailed t test for related (related/repeated) samples at the .05 level.

? Copy or copy object and paste relevant output from the statistical test.

? State whether or not the null hypothesis is accepted or rejected based on the results of the statistical test. Use the conventions described by Gravetter and Wallnau on pages \(282-285\) to present your report.

? In a brief paragraph, explain what your findings mean in relation to the experiment discussed in the problem.