The document describes a psychological statistics lab assignment involving hypothesis testing. Students are asked to generate true and false statements and have their peers guess which are true. They also analyze data from a study on workplace aggression to test if a training session significantly reduced aggression scores.
The document describes a psychological statistics lab assignment involving hypothesis testing. Students are asked to generate true and false statements and have their peers guess which are true. They also analyze data from a study on workplace aggression to test if a training session significantly reduced aggression scores.
Lab
Assignment
#
5:
Hypothesis
Testing
Due
the
week
of
February
24th,
2020
Part
A.
“Lie
Detection”
Hypothesis
Testing
Game
For
this
part
of
the
lab,
we
will
play
a
game.
(If
you
did
not
attend
lab,
do
this
activity
with
a
friend
or
family
member.)
In
groups
of
2
–
6
have
each
person
generate
as
many
statements
as
needed
to
get
6
statements
total
(e.g.
in
a
group
of
6
each
person
would
generate
1
statement
each).
Statements
should
be
interesting
facts
about
yourself
that
may
or
may
not
be
true
(example:
“I
have
visited
12
countries”).
Be
clever
and
write
statements
that
your
classmates
will
have
trouble
guessing
whether
they
are
true
or
false.
Make
sure
your
TRUE
statements
are
facts
about
yourself
that
you
are
comfortable
to
have
your
group
know:
you
will
tell
your
answers
later.
Null
Hypothesis
(H0):
They
are
telling
the
truth.
Alternative
Hypothesis(HA):
They
are
telling
a
lie.
Your
decision:
Reality:
Did
you
make
an
error?
Do
you
accept
Is
the
null
the
null
hypothesis
(mark
an
“x”
in
hypothesis?
actually
true?
appropriate
the
column)
(mark
yes
or
no)
(mark
y
es
or
no)
Statements
1
through
6
YES
NO
YES
NO
Nope!
Type
I
Type
2
as
noted
above
error
error
Statement
1
Statement
2
Statement
3
Statement
4
Statement
5
Statement
6
Remember:
• Type
1
error
=
rejecting
the
null
when
it
was
actually
true
(deciding
the
statement
was
a
lie
when
it
was
actually
true)
• Type
2
error
=
failing
to
reject
null
when
it
was
actually
false
(deciding
the
statement
was
true
when
it
was
actually
a
lie)
1 Part
B.
Hypothesis
Testing
Problems
1. In
the
population
of
young
workers
in
the
retail
industry
in
Canada,
the
mean
workplace
aggression
score
on
the
Workplace
Aggression
Questionnaire
(WAQ)
is
μ=
6
with
a
standard
deviation
of
σ=
4.
You
are
a
psychologist
specializing
in
interpersonal
relations
and
violence
intervention.
You
provide
a
sample
of
n=15
young
workers
working
in
retail
with
a
3
hour
training
session
on
managing
workplace
aggression.
You
measure
the
experiences
of
workplace
aggression
of
the
young
workers
two
weeks
after
the
training
session
and
get
the
following
scores:
4,
7,
2,
8,
3,
10,
8,
2,
3,
9,
7,
5,
4,
10,
6.
a. What
is
the
mean
of
the
sampling
distribution
for
this
population?
(Hint:
This
is
not
the
sample
mean)
b. What
is
the
standard
error
of
the
sampling
distribution
(what
is
σM;
hand
calculation
question)?
c. Use
SPSS
to
find
out:
what
is
the
sample
mean
of
the
15
young
workers
after
the
training
session?
d. What
is
the
z
of
the
sample
mean
(Hypothesis
Testing
chapter
of
your
text)
of
the
15
young
workers
after
training
(hand
calculation
question)?
2.
Conduct
a
hypothesis
test
of
whether
the
training
significantly
changed
the
experiences
of
workplace
aggression
among
the
young
workers
with
a
rejection
region
or
alpha
of
α=.05
by
following
these
steps:
a. State
your
hypotheses,
and
define
your
population
parameters.
• What
is
your
Null
Hypothesis?
• What
is
your
Alternative
Hypothesis?
b. Define
your
critical
region.
• What
are
the
value/s
of
z
that
define
your
rejection
region?
c. Run
your
test.
• You
already
did
this
in
1.d.
What
is
the
value
of
your
test
statistic?
d. Compare
your
sample
statistic
to
your
population
parameter.
• Is
your
sample
mean
z
score
extreme
enough
to
reject
the
null
hypothesis?
e. State
your
conclusion
from
this
statistical
hypothesis
test.
f. State
your
research
conclusion:
What
does
your
study
tell
us?
Print
out
(and
hand
in)
your
data
file,
output
file,
and
all
hand
calculations.
Remember
to
edit
your
output
to
include
your
name,
student
ID,
TA’s
name
and
Lab
Section!
This
lab
assignment
is
due
at
the
beginning
of
the
scheduled
lab
time
the
week
of
February
24th
(this
is
after
reading
week)
to
your
TA
in
lab,
or
to
drop-‐‑off
box
in
MS
on
the
third
floor,
in
either
case
by
the
start
of
your
scheduled
lab
class
2