Exam 1

1. Metainformation

   Tag	Value
   file	Inferential_Statistics_uu-Independent-samples-means-810-en_uu-Independent-samples-means-810-en
   name	uu-Independent-samples-means-810-en
   section	Inferential Statistics/Parametric Techniques/t-test/Independent samples means
   type	schoice
   solution	FALSE, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE
   Type	Case
   Language	English
   Level	Statistical Literacy

   Question

   The Minister of Education wants to find out whether high school students today have lower SAT scores on a writing test than students 10 years ago, when the national average was 50. The minister will have a sample of 130 high school students take the same writing test and administer a one-sided test with $\alpha$ = 5%. Evaluate the two statements below based on the SPSS output. Which of these statements is/are correct?

   

   1. The average SAT score of the students is between -2.5 and -0.12. II. Current SAT scores are significantly below 50 on average.
   
   
   1. FALSE: Pronunciation I is correct, pronunciation II is incorrect.
   2. TRUE: Utterance I is incorrect, utterance II is correct.
   3. FALSE: Both utterances are correct.
   4. FALSE: Both statements are incorrect.