PSY107 Aug 21

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Tutorial 1: Independent t-test

Practice worksheets
Practice 1:
Professor Ellie is interested in the study of birth order. Past studies suggest that firstborns tend to be more
independent and mature, as they spend longer time learning from their parents and adults around them to take care
of their younger siblings. At the same time, they are also believed to be more neurotic especially with the high
expectations placed upon them. Lastborns, on the other hand tend to be more dependent, emotional, and
irresponsible as it is believed that they received the most care from parents and their older siblings. 
Inspired from her readings, she wonders if firstborns will have a greater emotional maturity as compared
to lastborns. She recruited 126 participants and grouped them accordingly to their birth order, as either first-child
or last-child. Within each group, participants were to complete the Emotional Maturity Scale (EMS) to the
participants, whereby a higher total score indicates higher level of emotional maturity. 

Name of variables/ levels Scale of measurement

IV: Click or tap here to enter text. Choose an item.

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DV: Click or tap here to enter text. Choose an item.

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Research Question: Click or tap here to enter text.

Non-directional null hypothesis: Click or tap here to enter text.

Alternative hypotheses
Non-directional: Click or tap here to enter text.

Directional: Click or tap here to enter text.

Research design: Click or tap here to enter text.

Name of statistical test: Click or tap here to enter text.

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Reporting
Assumption of normality: Click or tap here to enter text.
Assumption of homogeneity of variances: Click or tap here to enter text.
Descriptive statistics: Click or tap here to enter text.
Inferential statistics: Click or tap here to enter text.
Conclusion
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Practice 2
Dr Shun read from past research that exercising lowers the body’s stress hormones such as adrenaline and
cortisol, as well as stimulates the production of endorphins, which is the body’s natural mood elevator. Based on
his readings, he wants to examine whether there is an effect of exercise intensity on level of stress. He recruited
20 students from Brighton school who are in the midst of preparing for their finals and separated them into two
groups, each group with ten participants. The first group of participants were tasked to undergo high intensity
exercise, while the second group of participants were tasked to undergo low intensity exercise.
At the end of two weeks, he recorded the average stress from all the participant; lower average scores on the
Stress Management Scale (SMS) indicates lower level of stress.

Name of variables/ levels Scale of measurement

IV: Click or tap here to enter text. Choose an item.

IV levels: Click or tap here to enter text. -

DV: Click or tap here to enter text. Choose an item.

OD of DV: Click or tap here to enter text. -

Research Question: Click or tap here to enter text.

Null hypothesis: Click or tap here to enter text.

Alternative hypotheses
Non-directional: Click or tap here to enter text.

Directional: Click or tap here to enter text.

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Research design: Click or tap here to enter text.
Name of statistical test: Click or tap here to enter text.
Reporting
Assumption of normality: Click or tap here to enter text.
Assumption of homogeneity of variances: Click or tap here to enter text.
Descriptive statistics: Click or tap here to enter text.
Inferential statistics: Click or tap here to enter text.
Conclusion
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