Homework Assignment #2

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Homework Assignment #2

Under 25 years old:

Participant Age Hours/Week Spent on Social Media

Sarah 22 8

John 24 10

Emily 23 7

David 21 9

Rachel 20 11

Alex 25 6

Over 25 years old:

Participant Age Hours/Week Spent on Social Media

Michael 32 5

Karen 45 4

James 50 3

Jessica 35 6

Daniel 40 8

Olivia 38 7
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Hypothesis Test:

Null Hypothesis: There is no significant difference in the amount of time spent on social

media between people under and over 25 years old.

Alternative Hypothesis: There is a significant difference in the amount of time spent on

social media between people under and over 25 years old.

Steps of the Hypothesis Test:

Formulate null and alternative hypotheses.

Choose an appropriate statistical test (e.g., two-sample t-test).

Calculate sample means and standard deviations for both groups.

Under 25 years old: n = 6, x̄ = 8.5, s = 2.5

Over 25 years old: n = 6, x̄ = 5.5, s = 1.5

Calculate the test statistic (t) using the formula:

t = (x̄ 1 - x̄ 2) / sqrt((s1^2 + s2^2) / (n1 + n2 - 2))

Example: t = 0.9375

Determine the critical region using a t-distribution table with df = n1 + n2 - 2 = 10.

Critical value for α = 0.05 is 1.78.

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Compare the test statistic to the critical value.

Since 0.9375 < 1.78, fail to reject the null hypothesis.

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Effect Size

The effect size can be calculated using Cohen's d, which measures the difference in means

divided by the pooled standard deviation. Using the sample means and standard deviations, we

calculate:

d = (x̄ 1 - x̄ 2) / (s_pooled)

= (8.5 - 5.5) / (sqrt(2.5^2 + 1.5^2))

= 3 / sqrt(3.25)

= 0.9375

Interpretation
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The effect size suggests that there is a small but non-significant difference in social media usage

between people under and over 25 years old. However, due to the lack of statistical significance,

it is uncertain whether this difference exists in the population.