In: Statistics and Probability
A research lab has developed a new instructional technique for statistics. They chose five class topics and completed five separate studies. For each study, they selected a new sample of students, used the new technique to teach the specific topic, then gave the sample of students a test on that topic. Below are the mean test scores for each of the five studies, along with the population means for students taking the test after the 'traditional' instructional technique. For each of the five studies:
Topic | Sample Test Score Mean | Sample Test Score SD | N | Population Test Score Mean | Population Test Score SD |
Topic A |
87 | 16 | 40 | 82 | 20 |
Topic B | 82 | 21 | 44 | 75 | 18 |
Topic C | 60 | 17 | 49 | 67 | 22 |
Topic D | 81 | 20 | 45 | 74 | 24 |
Topic E | 92 | 11 | 38 | 87 | 14 |