A Study Was Completed to Determine Whether a Particular Teaching

question 43

Multiple Choice

A study was completed to determine whether a particular teaching method improved students' gymnastics abilities. The researcher was NOT interested in detecting whether the method decreased gymnastics ability. What is the smallest t-ratio that would allow rejection of the null hypothesis? (Assume 60 degrees of freedom, and use α = .05.)

• A) 1.671
• B) 2.000
• C) 2.390
• D) 2.660

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