Question

The professor would also like to know whether viewing the presidential debate would influence students’ intention to vote and randomly assigns students to one of two groups. Group one viewed the last presidential debate of the major candidates while the second group did not view the debate. After the debate had aired, both groups were asked to report their intention to vote. The question was formatted in a five-point scale as follows: 1= “I do not intend to vote in the next presidential election” to 5= “I absolutely intend to vote in the next presidential election.” Did exposure to the presidential debate relate to whether undergraduate students intend to vote in the presidential election?

1. State the following:H₀ :H_A:

Answer 1

Solution)

According to the Problem,

Professor would like to know whether viewing the presidential debate would influence Students Intensions to Vote.

Professor randomly assigns students to one of two groups.

Group1 viewed the last presidential debate of the major candidates. and

Group2 did not view the debate.

After the debate had aired, both groups were asked to report their intention to vote.

The question was formatted in a five-point scale as follows:

1= “I do not intend to vote in the next presidential election” to 5= “I absolutely intend to vote in the next presidential election.”

Now, we have to State Null Hypothesis(H0) and Alternative Hypothesis(HA)

Our Null Hypothesis (H0) in this case is

H0 : There is not significant effect of Presidential debate on the Undergraduate students intend to vote in Presidential election.

Or

We can say exposure to the Presidential debate not relates to Undergraduate students intend to vote in Presidential election.

Our alternative hypothesis (HA) in this case is

HA : There is significant effect of Presidential debate on the Undergraduate students intend to vote in Presidential election.

Or

We can say exposure to the Presidential debate relates to Undergraduate students intend to vote in Presidential election.

We use independent sample t –test in this case as we have two independent groups.