Assignment: Please submit by January 19

Part I. In each of the following research questions/problems, name/identify the

appropriate statistical tool (specify) to be used. (20 pts.) Write the answers
only.

Note: You can use a statistical tool/analysis more than once.

1. How would you know if there was a significant increase in the post test of the
students after they were exposed to a treatment (i.e. new method of teaching)?

2. Ten students were asked to rate three chicken dishes (1 to 10 ordinal scale).
Which chicken dish is the best?

3. A sample of 30 students were asked to answer the test twice, and the
researcher is interested to determine differences in students ranks in the two tests.

4. A researcher is interested to determine whether boys experience higher levels

of anxiety than girls.

5. Students were randomly assigned as group 1 (treatment group) and group 2

(control group). Is group 1 better than group 2 on the test?

6. Is gender associated with smoking withdrawal behaviour (measured on a scale

of 1- easy to withdraw to 10 –very difficult to withdraw).

7. A teacher is interested to know if the grades of her students for the 2nd grading
significantly improve compared to their first grading

8. Is type of school (public or private) associated with Licensure Examination for

Teachers (LET) performance (measured in terms of the actual percentage score)

9. Does educational attainment of the father (elementary, high school or college)

affect students IQ?

10. Is educational attainment of the father (elementary, high school, college)

associated with IQ (low, average or high) ?

11. Do the examinees’ gender, type of school, average grades in general

education, professional education, and major course predict performance in the
Licensure examination for Teachers (LET) measured as passed or failed

12. Are there significant difference between students stress levels (scores were
ranked from highest to lowest) after they were asked to drink chocolate milk,
coffee and tea.
13. Is there a relationship between students’ age, IQ and academic achievement
(grades)?

14. Do the examinees’ gender, type of school, average grades in general

education, professional education, and major course predict performance in the
Licensure examination for Teachers (LET) measured in terms of actual
percentage scores?

15. Is there a significant difference on the test scores (passed or failed) in terms
of whether they had self-review, pair review or group review)

16. Is type of school (public or private) associated with Licensure Examination

for Teachers (LET) performance (Passed or Failed).

17. Do motivation and anxiety predict test scores controlling for persistence?

18. Does gender affect English, Math and Science test scores making IQ
constant?

19. Does educational attainment of the father (elementary, high school or

college) affect students EQ and IQ?

20. Students were randomly assigned as group 1 (treatment group) and group 2
(control group). They were given test and scores were ranked.
Is group 1 better than group 2 ?
Part II. Using the data set (excel file) file name: “Stat Class Data 801” run the
appropriate analysis based on the research problems given. Write results and
interpret accordingly.
(10 points each = 100 points)

Categorical variables were coded as follows:

Gender 1 – male 2- female

Group (randomly assigned) 1- without practice 2-with practice

Type of school 1- public 2 – private

Type of review 1- self 2- pair 3- group

Opinion towards same sex marriage 1- positive 2- negative

SES (socio-economic status) 1-low 2-average 3-high

Example:

Problem: Is there a significant relationship between type of school and

socio-economic status.

ANSWER:

Statistical tool: Cramer’s V (3 points)

Note: If the statistical tool is NOT correct, the results and interpretation
will be automatically incorrect and shall be given a consideration score of
1 point only. Analyze carefully the nature of the variable ( level of
measurement, whether ranking was used, or the data is skewed).
Results and Interpretation: (7 points)

To determine the relationship between type of school (public and

private) and socio-economic status (low, average, or high), Cramer’s V
was computed. Results show that the relationship is significant, φc = .38,
p<.05. Results indicate that there are more students in the private school
with high SES than low SES ; and there are more students students in
public school with low SES than high SES. The null hypothesis is
therefore rejected. Type of school is related to socio-economic status.

Socio-economic status
Type of Low Average High
School
Public 14 7 7
Private 3 9 10

(Note: Do not copy and paste the entire SPSS output in your answer, present
only significant/important values in table.)

Problem 1. A study wants to find out the effect of type of review to Math
scores?

Problem 2. A researcher is interested to determine the association between

gender and exam ranks.

Problem 3. A study wants to find out if there is a significant difference on

the interview scores of those who practice and those who did not practice.

Problem 4. A study wants to find out if there is a significant interaction

between type of school and socio-economic status in influencing Science test
scores.

Problem 5. A researcher is interested to determine whether gender, type of

school, SES and interview scores could predict whether someone has a
positive or negative opinion on same sex marriage.

Problem 6. A researcher is interested to determine differences on English

tests scores of the students from Week 1 , Week 2 , to Week 3. Note: Scores
show a skewed distribution.
Problem 7. A study wants to find out the predictors of interview scores. (The
independent variables are gender, type of school, Math scores, Science scores
and anxiety).

Problem 8. A study aims to determine the effect of gender to Math and

Science test.

Problem 9. A study wants to find out whether Math scores predict interview
scores, controlling for the effects of anxiety.

Problem 10. A study wants to determine if type of review is associated with

English scores (week 1).
Note: English scores show a skewed distribution.