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1. Enter the data into SPSS 20 using Gender ( 1= Male, 2= Female) and Scores as below.
2. Select [Analyze] on the menu bar then click on [Compare Means] then [Independent-samples t test] to open the dialogue box 3. Select [Scores] then move to [Test Variables] box and [Gender] then move to [Grouping Variable] box.
4. Click on [Define Groups] to open the sub-dialogue box. Type [1] in [Group 1] box then type [2] in [Group 2] box. Click [Continue], then [OK]
This table shows, the total no of students for each gender, the mean, SD and Std Error. The mean for Male = 72.95 which is higher than the Female (mean = 65.25)
If p = 0.922 which is > 0.05 for Levenes test , use the information on the first row. If p < 0.05 where thee variances are significantly different, then use the information on the second row. In this case use the first row.
For equal variance, t = 3.195, DF = 38 is significant at p = 0.003 for two-tailed level. For one-tailed level p = 0.003/2 = 0.0015 = 0.002 (3 dp)
Reporting the results 1. Levenes test for equality of variance shows a probability of p = 0.922. This value is greater than 0.05. Therefore there is no significant difference in the variances of the test scores between the boys and the girls. Therefore the data came from a homogenous population sample.
4 2. As the significant level > 0.05 use the first row where t = 3.195 and the variances for boys and girls are equal because p > 0.05 is not statistically significant. The data fulfilled the assumption that the data is drawn from a normally distributed population.
3. Conclusion and Report: The result shows that there is a significant difference in the mean scores between the boys and the girls at p < 0.025 (for 2-tailed test) (Here p = 0.003). The boys (mean = 72.95) perform significantly better than the girls (mean = 65.25) in the test. COURSEWORK A pretest was administered to 22 Year 10 students from SOAS prior to a course in History on certain subject, and then again after the course was complete as posttest. The students are classified as 1=male, 2=female. You are interested to answer the following research question. Does the understanding of History on certain subject before and after the course differ amongst the boys and girls? 1=Male, 2=Female Tips: Move [Pretest] and [Posttest] into [Test Variables] box and [Sex] into [Grouping Variable]