Table A1 level of class attendance and final exam scores in a certain paper for a sample of 11

students

Student Level of attendance Final exam score (%)

L=Low; H=High;
A L 56
B L 76
C H 58
D H 80
E L 46
F L 30
G H 70
H H 50
I L 47
J H 65
K L 60
You are to analyses the data and write a sketch report in the findings. Apart from the main title, your
report should have the following sections:

1. Introduction
the level of class attendance Significantly affects the final exam scores of students
The purpose of this study if to find out the following:
The relationship between level of attendance and final exam score
If the level of attendance significantly affects the final exam scores of students
Hypothesis
We have a null hypothesis(H0) and an alternative hypothesis (H1)
H0 The level of class attendance significantly affects the final exam scores of students based
on the research above
H0 = µ (this means that the null hypothesis equals to
H1 The level of class attendance significantly does not affect the final exam scores of
students based on the research above
H1 ≠ µ

2. Description of respondents
2.1. Respondents by level of attendance (frequency table, relative frequencies and interpret
it)

Level of
attendance of
students
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid High 5 45.5 45.5 45.5
Low 6 54.5 54.5 100.0
Total 11 100.0 100.0

2.2. Respondents by final exam score

 i. Arithmetic mean
ii. Standard deviation and interpret them

Report
Final exam score in %
Level of attendance of students Mean Std. Deviation
High 64.6000 11.43678
Low 52.5000 15.48871
Total 58.0000 14.56709

3. Test of hypothesis: level of attendance and final exam score restate the pertinent

Based on the data about we shall use the Independent Samples t Test because we have got
categorical data (level of attendance) and numeric data (final exam score).
Independent Samples Test
t-test for
Equality
of
Means            
95%
Confidence
Sig. Interval of
(2- Mean Std. Error the
  F  Sig t df tailed) Difference Difference Difference  
                  Lower Upper
Final Equal 0.393 0.546 -1.444 9 0.183 -12.10000 8.37759 -31.05143 6.85143
exam variances
score assumed
in %
  Equal     -1.488 8.914 0.171 -12.10000 8.13286 -30.52504 6.32504
variances
not
assumed

 Levene's Test for Equality of Variances: This section has the test results for
Levene's Test. From left to right:

 F is the test statistic of Levene's test (0.393)

 Sig. is the p-value corresponding to this test statistic. (0.546)

The p-value of Levene's test is printed as ".000" (but should be read as p < -1.444--
i.e., p very small), so we reject the null of Levene's test and conclude that the variance
in the level of attendance of students is significantly affects the final scores of
students. This tells us that we should look at the "Equal variances not
assumed" row for the t test (and corresponding confidence interval)
results. (If this test result had not been significant -- that is, if we had
observed p > α -- then we would have used the "Equal variances assumed" output.)
t-test for Equality of Means provides the results for the actual Independent
Samples t Test. From left to right:

 t is the computed test statistic, using the formula for the equal-variances-
assumed test statistic (first row of table) or the formula for the equal-
variances-not-assumed test statistic (second row of table)
 df is the degrees of freedom, using the equal-variances-assumed degrees of
freedom formula (first row of table) or the equal-variances-not-assumed
degrees of freedom formula (second row of table)
 Sig (2-tailed) is the p-value corresponding to the given test statistic and
degrees of freedom
 Mean Difference is the difference between the sample means, i.e. x1 − x2; it
also corresponds to the numerator of the test statistic for that test
 Std. Error Difference is the standard error of the mean difference estimate; it
also corresponds to the denominator of the test statistic for that test

Confidence Interval of the Difference: This part of the t-test output

complements the significance test results. Typically, if the CI for the mean difference
contains 0 within the interval -- i.e., if the lower boundary of the CI is a negative
number and the upper boundary of the CI is a positive number -- the results are not
significant at the chosen significance level.

4. Conclusion

Since p < .001 is less than our chosen significance level α = 0.05, we can reject the
null hypothesis, and conclude that the mean mile time for athletes and non-athletes
is significantly different.

Based on the results, we can state the following:

 There was a significant difference in mean of the class attendance between

final scores in the exam (t-1.444= 15.047, p < .001).
5. Recommendation