PSY/CJ 315-Week 6-Homework Assignment

Homework Assignment Week 6PSY/CJ 315Due 11/13/16 Name: ________________________ 1. The following sample was obtained from a population with unknown parameters.Scores: 13, 7, 6, 12, 0, 4a….pute the sample mean and standard deviation. (Note that these are descriptivevalues that summarize the sample data.)b….pute the estimated standard error for M. (Note that this is an inferential valuethat describes how accurately the sample mean represents the unknownpopulation mean.) 2. Find the estimated standard error for the sample mean for each of the following samples.a.n = 9 with SS = 1152b.n = 16 with SS = 540 3. Many animals, including humans, tend to avoid direct eye contact and even patterns thatlook like eyes. Some insects, including moths, have evolved eye-spot patterns on theirwings to help ward off predators. Scaife (1976) reports a study examining how eye-spotpatterns affect the behavior of birds. In the study, the birds were tested in a box with twochambers and were free to move from one chamber to another. In one chamber, two largeeye-spots were painted on one wall. The other chamber had plain walls. The researcherrecorded the amount of time each bird spent in the plain chamber during a 60-minutesession. Suppose the study produced a mean of M=37 minutes in the plain chamber withSS=288 for a sample of n=9 birds. (Note: If the eye spots have no effect, then the birdsshould spend an average of µ=30 minutes in each chamber.)a.Is this sample sufficient to conclude that the eye-spots have a significant influenceon the birds’ behavior? Use a one-tailed test with ?=.01.b….pute the estimated Cohen’s d to measure the size of the treatment effect.c.Construct the 95% confidence interval to estimate the mean amount of time spenton the plain side for the population of birds. 4. A random sample of n=9 scores is obtained from a population with a mean of µ=10.After a treatment is administered to the individuals in the sample, the sample mean isfound to be M=13.a.Assuming that the sample standard deviation is s=3, compute r2 and the estimatedCohen’s d to measure the size of the treatment effect.b.Assuming the sample standard deviation is s=6, compute r2 and the estimatedCohen’s d to measure the size of the treatment effect. 5. A researcher prepared an example of a vertical-horizontal illusion. Although the two linesare exactly the same, the vertical line appears to be much longer. To examine the strengthof this illusion, the researcher prepared the example in which both lines were exactly 10inches long. The example was shown to individual participants who were told that the horizontal line was 10 inches long and then were asked to estimate the length of thevertical line. For a sample of n=25 participants, the average estimate was M=12.2 incheswith a standard deviation of s=1.00.a….e a one-tailed hypothesis test with ?=.05 to demonstrate that the individuals inthe sample significantly overestimated the true length of the line (Note: Accurateestimation would produce a mean of µ=10 inches.)b.Calculate the estimated d and r2, the percentage of variance accounted for, tomeasure the size of this effectc.Construct a 90% confidence interval for the population mean estimated length ofthe vertical line.6. A psychologist has prepared an “Optimism Test” that is administered yearly tograduating college seniors. The test measures how each graduating class feels about itsfuture – the higher the score, the more optimistic the class. Last year’s class had a meanscore of µ=17. A sample of n=9 seniors from this year’s class was selected and tested.The scores for these seniors was 9, 15, 13, 16, 9, 10, 17, 11, and 8, which produced asample mean of M=12 with SS=100.On the basis of this sample, can the psychologist conclude that this year’s class has adifferent level of optimism than last year’s class? Use a two-tailed test with ?=.05. 7. The librarian at the local elementary school claims that, on average, the books in thelibrary are more than 20 years old. To test this claim, a student takes a sample of n=30books and records the publication date for each. The sample produces an average age ofM=23.8 years with a variance of s2=67.5. Use this sample to conduct a one-tail test with?=.05 to determine whether the average age of the library books is significantly greaterthan 20 years (µ>20). 8. Weinstein, McDermott, and Roediger (2010) report that students who were givenquestions to be answered while studying new material had better scores when tested onthe material compared to students who were simply given an opportunity to reread thematerial. In a similar study, an instructor in a large psychology class gave one group ofstudents, questions to be answered while studying for the final exam. The overall averagefor the exam was µ=73.4, but the n=16 students who answered questions had a mean ofM=78.3 with a standard deviation of s=8.4. For this study, did answering questions whilestudying produce significantly higher exam scores? Use a one-tail test with ?=.05. 9. Ackerman and Goldsmith (2011) found that students who studied text from printedhardcopy had better scores than students who studied from text presented on a screen. Ina related study, a professor noticed that several students in a large class had purchased thee-book version of the course textbook. For the final exam, the overall average for theentire class was µ=81.7, but the n=9 students who used e-books had a mean of M=77.2with a standard deviation of s=5.7. a)b)10. Is the sample sufficient to conclude that scores for students using e-books weresignificantly different from scores for the regular class? Use a two-tailed test with?=.05.Construct the 80% confidence interval to estimate the mean exam score if theentire population used e-books. Oishi and Shigehiro (2010) report that people who move from home to home frequentlyas children tend to have lower than average levels of well-being as adults. To furtherexamine this relationship, a psychologist obtains a sample of n=12 young adults whoeach experienced 5 or more different homes before they were 16 years old. Theseparticipants were given a standardized well-being questionnaire for which the generalpopulation has an average score of µ=35. The well-being scores for this sample are asfollows: 33, 32, 36, 30, 37, 35, 28, 28, 31, 33, 27, 34.a)On the basis of this sample, is well-being for frequent movers significantlydifferent from well-being in the general population? Use a two-tailed test with?=.05.b)Compute the estimated Cohen’s d to measure the size of the difference. Extra Credit (+1)a) Write a sentence (using symbols) demonstrating how the results from thehypothesis test and the confidence interval from problem #9 would appear in aresearch report.b)Write a sentence (using symbols) showing how the outcome of the hypothesis testand the measure of effect size from problem #10 would appear in a researchreport.(Hint: look at the section, “In the Literature”.)