Activity in Statistics

Name of Students: Juanerio, John Time Schedule: 7:30 AM-7:30PM, Saturday

Carreon, Rovilisa G.

Activity 5
Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) informed classroom teachers that some of their students showed
unusual potential for intellectual gains. Eight months later, the students identified to teachers as having
potential for unusual intellectual gains showed significantly greater gains performance on a test said to
measure IQ than did children who were not so identified.

MEAN SD STD ERROR

Group N
MEAN
1 20 27.15 12.508 2.797
2 20 11.95 14.612 3.267

Statistical Test = 3.534, df = 38 and P value < 0.05.

Answer:
1. Research Question:
Do students show unusual potential for intellectual gains after 8 months?

2. Assumption:
The data is normally distributed.

3. Hypotheses:
H0: μ1 = μ2
The students are not showing or having potential for unusual intellectual gains.

H1: μ1 ≠ μ2
The students are showing or having potential for unusual intellectual gains.

4. Characteristics of the comparison distribution

The Appropriate Test Statistics is Unpaired Sample T-Test

5. Decision Criteria:

1. if the computed value of t > the critical (Table) value, Reject the NULL Hypothesis.
2. if the computed value of t LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO critical (Table) value, DO NOT Reject
the NULL Hypothesis.
 6. Calculate

Critical value is = 2.03

7. Decide: Since the computed value of t > the critical (Table) value, we will reject the NULL
Hypothesis.

8. Conclusion:
Students are showing potential for unusual intellectual gains after 8 months and the
differences is not due to chance variation.

9. Implication:
A teacher's perception/prediction of their students' capabilities does influence their
overall scholarly performance which is reflected in their IQ scores and academia.

Activity 6

A sample of 6 children was selected, data about their age in years and weight in kilograms was recorded
as shown in the following table. It is required to find the correlation between age and weight.

Answer:
1. Research Question:
Does relationship exist between age and weight?
2. Assumption:
The data is normally distributed.
3. Hypotheses:
H0: ρ = 0
- There is no significant relationship between age and weight.
H1: ρ ≠ 0
- There is a significant relationship between age and weight.
4. Characteristics of the comparison distribution
The Appropriate Test Statistics is Pearson Correlation Coefficient.

Correlation Coefficient measures the degree of association between two intervals (or
better)-level variables.

5. Decision Criteria:
Level of Significance, α = 0.05
 Reject Ho if the p - value is less than or equal to α.
 Do not reject Ho if the p - value is greater than or equal to α.
6. Calculate
Pearson correlation of Age and Weight = 0.760
P-Value = 0.080
7. Decide:
Since the P value = 0.080 is greater than α = 0.05

Do Not Reject the Null Hypothesis

8. Conclusion:
There is positive strong relationship between age and weight because the
correlation coefficient is not significantly different from zero.
9. Implication:
This implies that when the age of the person increases the weight of the person
increases as well.