Julius has conducted a very small study of the amount of sleep his dorm mates get each night. He believes that those who are on one of the school’s sports teams will get more sleep (measured in hours per night) than those who are not. Julius surveyed 12 people. Of these, 6 played on a sports team and 6 did not. The descriptive statistics from his survey are given below. PLAYS SPORTS (Sample 1) DOES NOT PLAY SPORTS (Sample 2) 8 6 9 6 8 5 7 7 8 7 7 6 What is the alternative hypothesis?  What is the independent variable?  What is the dependent variable?

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Julius has conducted a very small study of the amount of sleep his dorm mates get each night. He believes that those who are on one of the school’s sports teams will get more sleep (measured in hours per night) than those who are not. Julius surveyed 12 people. Of these, 6 played on a sports team and 6 did not. The descriptive statistics from his survey are given below.

PLAYS SPORTS (Sample 1)

DOES NOT PLAY SPORTS (Sample 2)

8

6

9

6

8

5

7

7

8

7

7

6

What is the alternative hypothesis? 

What is the independent variable? 

What is the dependent variable?

What are the degrees of freedom for this test?

What is the null hypothesis? 

What is the critical value for this test? 

What is the t-obtained value for this t-test? 

Based on your t-obtained value, what should you conclude about the null hypothesis for this test? 

Based on your conclusion regarding the null hypothesis, what can you say about the relationship between the IV and DV? 

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