Question: 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.