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Assignment: Learning and Applying Tests of Significance
In this portion of the assignment, you will review five mock studies. Follow the step-by-step instructions:
1. Mock Studies 1 & 2 requires you to enter data from scratch. You need to create a data set for each of the three mock studies by yourself.
2. Mock Studies 3 - 5 require you to use the GSS dataset. The variables are specified in each Mock Study.
3. Go through the five steps of hypothesis testing (below) for EVERY mock study.
4. All calculations should be coming from your SPSS. You will need to submit the SPSS output file (.spv) to get credit for this assignment.
The five steps of hypothesis testing when using SPSS are as follows:
I. State your research hypothesis (H1) and null hypothesis (H0).
II. Identify your significance level (alpha) at.05 or .01, based on the mock study.
III. Conduct your analysis using SPSS.
IV. Look for the valid score for comparison. This score is usually under ‘Sig 2-tail' or ‘Sig. 2' or ‘Asymptotic Sig.' We will call this "p."
V. Compare the two and apply the following rule:
1. If "p" is < or = alpha, then you reject the null.
2. Explain what this decision means in regards to this mock study. (Example: Does counseling affect ADL? Do you recommend counseling services?)