An Experiment Was Conducted to Compare Participant Responses to Two

question 32

Multiple Choice

An experiment was conducted to compare participant responses to two different social situations. All participants viewed a scene with two children playing cooperatively and a scene with two children arguing while playing. Participants responded to a questionnaire measuring anxiety after viewing each scene to determine if the type of scene viewed had an effect on anxiety scores. The appropriate statistical test to analyze the data in this study is ______.

• A) a one-sample t test
• B) an independent samples t test
• C) a paired samples t test
• D) an ANOVA

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Definitions:

Type I Error

The incorrect rejection of a true null hypothesis in hypothesis testing, also known as a false positive.

Type II Error

The error made by failing to reject a false null hypothesis, also known as a false negative.

Increasing

A term indicating that something is growing or becoming larger in size, number, value, or quality.

Type I Error

The incorrect rejection of a true null hypothesis, also known as a "false positive".