Question: A researcher believes there is a positive relationship between Calorie consumption and Weight. They measure the average weekly calorie consumption of 10 average height males and obtain their corresponding weight.

a) What is the IV and scale of measurement?

b) What is the DV and scale of measurement?

c) How many levels are there of the IV and DV, if applicable?

d) What is the null hypothesis?

e) Are you making a one tailed or two tailed hypothesis?

f) What is the alternative hypothesis?

g) What statistical test would you use? (Note if this is incorrect-all else below will be assumed incorrect).

h) Calculate the appropriate statistic (Note if this is incorrect-all else below will be assumed incorrect).

i) Would you reject or retain the null hypothesis.

j) What type of error might you have made (Type I or Type 2).