30 randomly selected statistics students were first given 20 multiple-choice questions and then 20 open-ended questions – all on the same material. The lecturer was interested in determining which type of questions the students scored higher, on average. This experiment is an example of ______. a. a test of variances b. a two sample test of means c. a paired t test d. a two sample test of proportions
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30 randomly selected statistics students were first given 20 multiple-choice questions and then 20 open-ended questions – all on the same material. The lecturer was interested in determining which type of questions the students scored higher, on average. This experiment is an example of ______.
a. a test of variances
b. a two sample test of means
c. a paired t test
d. a two sample test of proportions
Solution
This experiment is an example of a paired t test (c).
Here's why:
In this experiment, the same group of students (the same "pair" of observations) is tested twice - once with multiple-choice questions and once with open-ended questions. The goal is to compare the means of these two sets of scores to see if there is a significant difference. This is exactly what a paired t test is used for - to compare the means of two related groups to determine if there is a statistically significant difference between them.
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