Please select which statistical test would be most appropriate for the scenario given.  Single Sample t-test Dependent Means t-test Independent Means t-test ANOVA     ___________ You want to know if a certain diet is effective at reducing cholesterol levels. You randomly select 20 individuals and measure their cholesterol level. You then have the 20 individuals participate in a diet program for three months. At the end of the three months, you measure the cholesterol levels of the same 20 individuals. ___________ A new test preparation company wants to convince high school students studying for the SAT that enrolling in their test preparation course would significantly improve the student’s SAT Scores. The company selects 20 students at random and assigns 10 to an experimental group and 10 to a control group. The students in the experimental group participate in the test preparation course. At the conclusion of the course, both groups of students take the SAT. The company is interested is see if there is a difference between the experimental and the control group on SAT scores. ___________ You want to know if there is a difference between sports that students play- soccer, basketball, or baseball and performance in college. ______ You are conducting an experiment to see if a given therapy works to reduce test anxiety in a sample of college students. A standard measure of test anxiety is known to have a mean of 20. In the sample you draw of 81 college students, the mean=18.

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Please select which statistical test would be most appropriate for the scenario given. 

  1. Single Sample t-test
  2. Dependent Means t-test
  3. Independent Means t-test
  4. ANOVA

 

 

  1. ___________ You want to know if a certain diet is effective at reducing cholesterol levels. You randomly select 20 individuals and measure their cholesterol level. You then have the 20 individuals participate in a diet program for three months. At the end of the three months, you measure the cholesterol levels of the same 20 individuals.
  2. ___________ A new test preparation company wants to convince high school students studying for the SAT that enrolling in their test preparation course would significantly improve the student’s SAT Scores. The company selects 20 students at random and assigns 10 to an experimental group and 10 to a control group. The students in the experimental group participate in the test preparation course. At the conclusion of the course, both groups of students take the SAT. The company is interested is see if there is a difference between the experimental and the control group on SAT scores.
  3. ___________ You want to know if there is a difference between sports that students play- soccer, basketball, or baseball and performance in college.
  4. ______ You are conducting an experiment to see if a given therapy works to reduce test anxiety in a sample of college students. A standard measure of test anxiety is known to have a mean of 20. In the sample you draw of 81 college students, the mean=18.

 

 

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