Introduction

Experimental Psychology NAMES:

Exercise One

GOAL: Introduction to Excel as a data analysis tool, using Excel's functions to make calculations of s
statistics.

SAVING The first thing you should do is save your own copy of this data file onto your
own hard drive or some other data saving device.

1) Go to File on the menu bar and drag down to Save As A dialog box will appear.

2) Type in a filename that contains Ex1 and my first and last initials For example, for
"Bob Jones", the filename would be: Ex1bj.xls Then click the Save button.

3) Periodically after you make additions and changes to this new file, select Save from
the File menu. You only need to use Save As the first time you save.

There are six worksheets in this exercise. Move on to the next sheet now.

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 The Research Question

The Research Problem

Choosing the college that is right for you was no doubt a difficult task. There
were many factors involved. Probably one of these factors was the academic
reputation of the schools.

In this exercise you will look at IQ scores from students at three different
schools. There are 20 students at each school. You have two tasks. One task
is to describe the schools and decide if and how they differ from one another.
The second task is to decide which is the "best school".

The data for each of the Schools (X, Y, and Z) are each listed on separate
worksheets. First go to each sheet and answer the questions on that sheet.
Then go on to the conclusions worksheet.

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 School X

School X

In cell A10 is the name School_X and in cells A11 - A30 are the IQ scores for 20 students in School X. Fill in the
table ("Summary of School X) of summary statistics for this school, then go on to Schools Y and Z. Make sure to
use the label "School_X" in the functions

1) Fill in the table of summary statistics for School X. See the handout for directions.

School_X Summary of School X

106
96 Average
88 Max Score
82 Min Score
74 Range
91
114
98
115
100
100
107
104
96
81
107
79
117
130
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ols Y and Z. Make sure to

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 School Y

School Y

For these data, make sure to specify the range of cells (e.g., A11:A30) when using the function wizard.

2) Fill in the table of summary statistics for School Y.

School_Y Summary of School Y

83
126 Average
101 Max Score
111 Min Score
139 Range
110
110
120
94
115
111
117
135
100
100
88
91
107
116
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 School Z

School Z

For these data, first define a label for the data (see instructions handout section 11b) then compute the descriptive
statistics using the created label.

3) Fill in the table of summary statistics for School Z.

School_Z Summary of School Z

77
140 Average
108 Max Score
105 Min Score
127 Range
88
160
137
154
86
140
111
99
103
88
55
120
88
99
108

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 School Z

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 Conclusions

Conclusions

Answer the questions below. To do so, you will want to look each of the summary statistics for each of the three
schools. Write your answers in the text boxes in which the question appears. The box will continue scrolling
down so if you need more space than that given, don't worry.

4) In what ways are Schools X, Y, and Z similar? That is, where do they have similar statistics?

5) In what ways are Schools X, Y, and Z different? That is, where do they have different statistics?

6) Using the responses you have given above, which school would you say is the "best"? Give your
reasons why.

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