a sociology professor measures the relationship between gender male female and salaries in order to study wage gaps

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1. A researcher is interested in studying the relationship between viewing violent television and aggressive behavior of 5-year-old boys.  Television preferences are obtained by interviewing each child.  Based on the interview results, the boys are divided into two groups:  those who prefer violent television and those who prefer non-violent television.  Then aggressive behavior is measured by observing the children during an outdoor play period to determine if there is any difference between the two groups.

            (a) What is/are the independent variable(s)?

            (b) What are the levels of each independent variable?

            (c)  What is the scale of measurement of the independent variable?

            (d) What is the dependent variable?

            (e) What is the scale of measurement of the dependent variable?

            (f) What is the appropriate hypothesis test to analyze the data?  Explain.

2. DIRECTIONS:  Identify the appropriate hypothesis test for each of the following research situations labeled (a) - (d).  Make sure to label your responses clearly!

(a) A statistics professor wants to know if there is a relationship between time spent in tutoring and final exam scores.

(b) A psychologist wants to determine if a psychoeducation program before beginning therapy has a significant impact in anxiety levels of schizophrenic patients. The anxiety levels for a group of 12 participants is measured before and after therapy.

 (c) A sociology professor measures the relationship between gender (male, female) and salaries in order to study wage gaps.

 

 (d)  A researcher wants to study if social media activity (activity, no activity) has a significant impact on self-esteem (low, high).

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