Answer the Questions That Follow This SPSS Output

question 9

Essay

Answer the questions that follow this SPSS output:
 
Your research hypothesis is "In the population, the average number of hours spent using the Internet is greater than 3.00." (   )
A) State the null hypothesis being tested.
B) Is this a one-tailed or two-tailed hypothesis?
C) Are your sample results consistent with the null hypothesis or the research hypothesis? (null / research)
D) What is the probability of getting the sample results you got if the null hypothesis is true? (If this step in hypothesis testing can be skipped, write the word "SKIP".)
E) What is your conclusion? (In other words, do you "reject" or "not reject" the null hypothesis based on these results?)
F) Are your results statistically significant? (yes / no)
G) You can be 95% sure that the true average number of hours spent using the Internet for the population is between __________ and __________.

• A) State the null hypothesis being tested.
• B) Is this a one-tailed or two-tailed hypothesis?
• C) Are your sample results consistent with the null hypothesis or the research hypothesis? (null / research)
• D) What is the probability of getting the sample results you got if the null hypothesis is true? (If this step in hypothesis testing can be skipped, write the word "SKIP".)
• E) What is your conclusion? (In other words, do you "reject" or "not reject" the null hypothesis based on these results?)
• F) Are your results statistically significant? (yes / no)
• G) You can be 95% sure that the true average number of hours spent using the Internet for the population is between __________ and __________.

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Definitions:

Variable on the Vertical Axis

In graphing data, this refers to the dependent variable that is quantified along the vertical axis of a graph.

Variable on the Horizontal Axis

Refers to the independent variable in a graph that is plotted along the horizontal or x-axis and determines the values of other variables.

Slope

A measure of the steepness or incline of a line, indicating the rate at which values change along the line.

Positive Slope

A line or curve on a graph that moves upward from left to right, indicating a positive relationship between two variables.