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Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences by Frederick J. Gravetter, Larry B. Wallnau ISBN 10: 1305504917 ISBN 13: 9781305504912

Statistics is one of the most practical and essential courses that you will take, and a primary goal of this popular text is to make the task of learning statistics as simple as possible. Straightforward instruction, built-in learning aids, and real-world examples have made STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 10th Edition the text selected most often by instructors for their students in the behavioral and social sciences. The authors provide a conceptual context that makes it easier to learn formulas and procedures, explaining why procedures were developed and when they should be used. This text will also instill the basic principles of objectivity and logic that are essential for science and valuable in everyday life, making it a useful reference long after you complete the course.

Statistics is one of the most practical and essential courses that you will take, and a primary goal of this popular text is to make the task of learning statistics as simple as possible. Straightforward instruction, built-in learning aids, and real-world examples have made STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 10th Edition the text selected most often by instructors for their students in the behavioral and social sciences. The authors provide a conceptual context that makes it easier to learn formulas and procedures, explaining why procedures were developed and when they should be used. This text will also instill the basic principles of objectivity and logic that are essential for science and valuable in everyday life, making it a useful reference long after you complete the course.

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SECTION 9.3 | Measuring Effect Size for the t Statistic 279

2. A sample is selected from a population with μ = 40, and a treatment is administered

to the sample. If the sample variance is s 2 = 96, which set of sample characteristics

has the greatest likelihood of rejecting the null hypothesis?

a. M = 37 for a sample of n = 16

b. M = 37 for a sample of n = 64

c. M = 34 for a sample of n = 16

d. M = 34 for a sample of n = 64

3. A sample is selected from a population and a treatment is administered to the

sample. If there is a 2-point difference between the sample mean and the original

population mean, which set of sample characteristics has the greatest likelihood of

rejecting the null hypothesis?

a. s 2 = 12 for a sample with n = 25

b. s 2 = 12 for a sample with n = 9

c. s 2 = 32 for a sample with n = 25

d. s 2 = 32 for a sample with n = 9

ANSWERS

1. D, 2. D, 3. A

9.3 Measuring Effect Size for the t Statistic

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

5. Calculate Cohen’s d or the percentage of variance accounted for (r 2 ) to measure

effect size for a hypothesis test with a t statistic.

6. Explain how measures of effect size for a t test are influenced by sample size and

sample variance.

7. Explain how a confidence interval can be used to describe the size of a treatment

effect and describe the factors that affect with width of a confidence interval.

8. Describe how the results from a hypothesis test using a t statistic are reported in the

literature.

In Chapter 8 we noted that one criticism of a hypothesis test is that it does not really evaluate

the size of the treatment effect. Instead, a hypothesis test simply determines whether

the treatment effect is greater than chance, where “chance” is measured by the standard

error. In particular, it is possible for a very small treatment effect to be “statistically significant,”

especially when the sample size is very large. To correct for this problem, it is

recommended that the results from a hypothesis test be accompanied by a report of effect

size such as Cohen’s d.

■ Estimated Cohen’s d

When Cohen’s d was originally introduced (page 251), the formula was presented as

Cohen’s d 5

mean difference

standard deviation 5 m treatment 2 m no treatment

s

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