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A physiological psychologist wanted to know if there is a gender difference in consuming a sweet...

A physiological psychologist wanted to know if there is a gender difference in consuming a sweet taste in rats. Ten male and ten female rats were allowed to lick on a tube of saccharin-sweetened water for ten minutes. The number of licks were 12, 11, 8, 9, 14, 10, 8, 9, 11, and 12 for the female rats and 6,7, 9, 5, 7, 9, 7, 8, 9, and 10 for the male rats.

Is there a significant difference between males and females in licks of saccharin water?

  • What is the IV? How many levels?
  • What is the DV
  • Construct a frequency distribution with that data above for each group (male/female)
  • What are the means of the 2 groups?
  • What is the df?
  • What type of t test needs to be conducted?
  • What is the calculated t statistic?
  • Is this a one tail or 2 tail test?

Are the findings significant at alpha .05? Explain what this means.

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