In: Statistics and Probability
1. A researcher conducts a study on the effects of amount of sleep on creativity. Twenty subjects come to the researcher’s clinic. The researcher divides the subjects into four groups, each containing five subjects. Each group sleeps at the clinic for a different amount of time (2, 4, 6, or 8 hours). After awakening, each subject takes a test of creativity. The following table shows the creativity scores for the subjects in each group:
Amount of Sleep (in hours) |
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2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
10 |
5 |
7 |
11 |
13 |
6 |
8 |
13 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
10 |
Source |
df |
SS |
MS |
F |
Between-groups |
187.75 |
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Within-groups |
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Total |
242.95 |
Comparison |
X-X |
Q |
2hrs – 4hrs |
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2hrs – 6hrs |
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2hrs – 8hrs |
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4hrs – 6hrs |
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4hrs – 8hrs |
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6hrs – 8hrs |
Ho: µ1=µ2=µ3=µ4
H1: not all means are equal
SS | df | MS | F | p-value | F-critical | |
Between: | 187.75 | 3 | 62.58 | 18.14 | 0.0000 | 3.24 |
Within: | 55.20 | 16 | 3.45 | |||
Total: | 242.95 | 19 |
F-critical |
3.24 |
F stat > f critical , reject Ho
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mean of all groups are not same
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yes we should post hoc test . because means are different
and pot hoc test tell us which means are different and which are not
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Level of significance | 0.05 |
no. of treatments,k | 4 |
DF error =N-k= | 16 |
MSE | 3.450 |
q-statistic value(α,k,N-k) | 4.0500 |
critical value = q*√(MSE/n) |
confidence interval | ||||||
population mean difference | critical value | lower limit | upper limit | result | ||
µ1-µ2 | -0.80 | 3.36 | -4.16 | 2.56 | means are not different | |
µ1-µ3 | -6.60 | 3.36 | -9.96 | -3.24 | means are different | |
µ1-µ4 | -6.40 | 3.36 | -9.76 | -3.04 | means are different | |
µ2-µ3 | -5.80 | 3.36 | -9.16 | -2.44 | means are different | |
µ2-µ4 | -5.60 | 3.36 | -8.96 | -2.24 | means are different | |
µ3-µ4 | 0.20 | 3.36 | -3.16 | 3.56 | means are not different |
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