TABLE 9-9 The President of a University Claimed That the Entering Class

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TABLE 9-9
The president of a university claimed that the entering class this year appeared to be larger than the entering class from previous years but their mean SAT score is lower than previous years. He took a sample of 20 of this year's entering students and found that their mean SAT score is 1,501 with a standard deviation of 53. The university's record indicates that the mean SAT score for entering students from previous years is 1,520. He wants to find out if his claim is supported by the evidence at a 5% level of significance.
-Referring to Table 9-9, state the alternative hypothesis for this study.

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Definitions:

Functional Analysis

A set of procedures used in FBA to analyze contextual variables, primarily focusing on consequences to reduce students’ problem behaviors. It is also used to describe the second stage of FBA, testing hypotheses.

Functional Assessment

A detailed investigation into the factors contributing to problematic behaviors, leading to targeted interventions for improvement.

Conditioned Stimuli

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Response

A naturally occurring response to a given stimulus without prior learning or conditioning.