Question: Employee performance after several months on the job of seven participants randomly assigned to a special job skills program and seven participants randomly assigned to a standard job skills program. Assume equal variances. Is there greater performance in the special job skills program (α = .05)? (6pts)

Special program: 6, 4, 9, 7, 7, 3, 6

Standard program: 6, 1, 5, 3, 1, 1, 4

a. Identify the type of test of significance.

b. Is this a one or two tailed test?

c. What’s the test statistic?

d. What’s the critical value?

e. What’s the research decision?

f. If the researcher decides to fail to reject the null, she’s made

a. The correct decision

b. A Type I error

c. A Type II error