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PARTI:WorkingTogether
1. UsingtheHWdatafile,calculatetheDescriptiveStatistics.Reportthen,M,andSDforboth
HWCountandFinalPointsintheAPAformattedtablebelow.
Table1
DescriptiveStatisticsforHomeworkandFinalPoints,GirlsandBoysCombined
n
SD
Numberofhomeworkassignmentscompletedduringtheyear
(100possible)
Finalpointsintheclass(100possible)
2. UsingtheHWdatafile,calculatethecorrelationbetweennumberofhomeworkassignments
completedandfinalpointsearnedintheclass.ReporttheresultsintheAPAformattedtable
below.
Table2
CorrelationBetweenNumberofHomeworkAssignmentsCompletedduringtheYearandFinal
PointsEarnedintheClass
#ofHomeworkAssignments
FinalGradeinClass
#ofHomeworkAssignments
FinalGradeinClass
3. Showascatterplotoftherelationshipbetweennumberofhomeworkassignmentscompleted
duringtheyearandfinalpointsearnedintheclass.
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4. ComparetheperformanceofboystothatofgirlsusingtheHWdatafile.Reportthe
resultsintheAPAformattedtablebelow.
Table3
DescriptiveStatisticsforHomeworkandFinalPoints,GirlsandBoysCompared
Girls
n
Boys
S
D
S
D
Numberofhomeworkassignmentscompletedduringtheyear
(100possible)
Finalpointsintheclass(100possible)
5. Makeaboxplottoillustratethedifferencebetweenboysandgirlshomework
completionandpasteithere.
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PARTII:IndependentPractice,UsingMergedDataFile
6. UsingtheMergedDatafile,calculatetheDescriptiveStatistics.Reportthen,M,andSDfor
allthreedependentmeasuresintheAPAformattedtablebelow.
Table4
DescriptiveStatisticsforAllDependentMeasures,ExperimentalandControlGroupsCombined
n
SD
Pretest
Posttest
StateTest
7. UsingtheMergedDatafile,calculatethecorrelationbetweenPretest,Posttest,andStateTest.
ReporttheresultsintheAPAformattedtablebelow.
Table5
CorrelationBetweenPerformanceonPretest,Posttest,andStateTest
Pretest
Posttest
StateTest
Pretest
Posttest
StateTest
8. ShowascatterplotoftherelationshipbetweenperformanceonthePretestandperformance
onthePosttest.
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9. ComparetheperformanceofstudentsintheExperimentalGrouptothatofstudentsinthe
ControlgroupusingtheMergedDatafile.ReporttheresultsintheAPAformattedtable
below.
Table6
DescriptiveStatisticsforHomeworkandFinalPoints,ExperimentalandControlGroups
Compared
Experimental
n
Control
SD
SD
Pretest
Posttest
StateTest
10. MakeaboxplottoillustratethedifferencebetweentheExperimentalandControlgroup
performanceonthePosttestandpasteithere.
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11. TesttoseeifthedifferencebetweentheExperimentalandControlgroupsperformance
isstatisticallysignificant.Reporttheresultsintext,usingtheproperAPAformat
(examplebelow).
AnalysisofVariance(AOV)indicatesthat_____(M=,SD=)significantlyoutperformed
_______(M=,SD=)onthePosttest[F(,)=,p<.05].
PARTIII:IndependentPractice,UsingMathReadingDataFile
12. UsingtheMathReadingDatafile,calculatetheDescriptiveStatistics.Reportthen,M,and
SDforalldependentmeasuresinanAPAformattedtable.
13. UsingtheMathReadingDatafile,calculatethecorrelationbetweenORF,Read30,andRead
20.ReporttheresultsinanAPAformattedtable.WhatThreattoInternalValiditymight
thesescoresleadyoutoconsiderexploring,particularlyasrelatedtoRead20?
14. ShowascatterplotoftherelationshipbetweenperformanceontheORFandperformanceon
theRead30test.
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