What steps do I take on SPSS to do data screening for a T-Test?

The federal government recently granted funds for a special program designed to reduce crime in high-crime areas. A study of the results of the program in high-crime areas of Miami, Florida, are being examined to test the effectiveness of the program. The difference in crimes reported is calculated as (crimes after - crimes before). You want to test whether the average number of crimes reported after are different from the average number of crimes reported before. What are the hypotheses for this test? O 11 Ho: HD 2 0 HA: HD 0 HA: HD 0

A 2x2 experiment looks at how obesity and hunger affect the amount of food people eat. The results are shown below. n=10 participants per condition. Additional info if needed: N=40, G=120, ∑?2=640∑x2=640    please conduct a twoway ANOVA and draw conclusions about the main effects and interaction of obesity and hunger on food intake.      Obesity (Factor B)       B1 (Obese) B2 (normal weight) Hunger A1 (not hungry) M=4 SS=50 M=1 SS=30 Factor A A2 (hungry) M=5 SS=60 M=2 SS=40

This research was conducted with Korean adolescents in the Los Angeles area. Would you be willing to generalize the results of this study to Korean adolescents who live in other regions of the country? Why or why not.

What are post-hoc tests and why should you do these instead of multiple t-tests?

A research team is interested in the effect of the Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) in reducing children’s disruptive behaviors for children with disruptive behavior disorders (DBD). The research team recruited 12 families with child with DBD and interviewed the parents about the number of the disruptive behaviors the child has at home. After 3 weeks’ therapy, the research interviewed again about child’s disruptive behaviors. The disruptive before and after the therapy is list below. Test the researcher’s hypothesis at a 0.05 significant level. List 4 steps.

A researcher wants to examine the effect of daily mental exercises on cognitive performance of people in early stages of Alzheimer's disease. She enrolled to her study n = 16 patients diagnosed with the early stage of Alzheimer's disease and all participants conducted daily mental exercises for a month. At the end of the program all enrolled patients took the MMSE test (i.e., Mini-Mental State Examination). The results show that the sample mean on the MMSE test was M = 23.6  with the standard deviation, s = 7. It is known that the MMSE mean in the population of patients with early Alzheimer's disease is µ = 20. Do these data show a significant effect of daily mental exercises on cognitive performance in early stages of Alzheimer's disease?

What is tcrit for a paired, two tailed t-test, with 15 individuals examined pre and post and α=0.05?

Bruce was reading an article.  In the Methods section it said that a within subjects ANOVA was carried out.  In the Results section, he saw that an SPSS phrase, F (8, 192) = 23.00, p < 0.05.  How many levels of the factor did the study have?\

Which best illustrates the distinction between statistical significance and practical importance?     Multiple Choice   "This year, 360 of 440 statistics students at Oxnard Technical College rented their textbooks, compared with 110 of 330 students last year. This is a significant increase."     "Our new manufacturing technique has increased the life of the 80 GB USB AsimoDrive external hard disk significantly, from 240,000 hours to 250,000 hours."     "In 50,000 births, the new vaccine reduced the incidence of infant mortality in Morrovia significantly from 14.2 deaths per 1000 births to 10.3 deaths per 1000 births."     "The new Sky Penetrator IV business jet’s cruising range has increased significantly from 3,975 miles to 4,000 miles."