An educational psychologist is testing the new reading technique. According to her hypothesis, students will be able to read faster by using her technique. Students are told to read a page of the journal and the time took to read a page is recorded. Then, the time is compared with the average reading time of the population. She thinks students read faster when they use her new reading method. A). What is the type of test you will use? (z-test, single-sample t-test, paired-samples t-test, or independent samples t-test) and why (what information provided in the problem) B). What are the hypotheses (Be Specifi

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An educational psychologist is testing the new reading technique. According to her hypothesis, students will be able to read faster by using her technique. Students are told to read a page of the journal and the time took to read a page is recorded. Then, the time is compared with the average reading time of the population. She thinks students read faster when they use her new reading method.

A). What is the type of test you will use? (z-test, single-sample t-test, paired-samples t-test, or independent samples t-test) and why (what information provided in the problem)

B). What are the hypotheses (Be Specific)

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