A total of 60 flight students were instructed at the SimuFly Flight School. A total of 30 students were taught by the live instructor in real plane for all of their instructional flight time. The other half of students were taught by the live instructor in real plane for half of their instructional flight time and learned in simulator for half of their instructional flight time. A sample of 15 students who learned with live instructor (Group 1) and sample of 15 students who learned with both live instruction and in simulator (Group 2) were selected to complete the problemnaire. All 30 completed the survey.
5 item survey
1=strongly disagree; 2=disagree; 3=neutral; 4=agree; 5=strongly agree
1. I would like to take more flight instruction with the simulation.
2. I feel well prepared to perform maneuvers taught.
3. I learned as well with simulation as with live instruction.
4. I felt confident throughout the final flight.
5. The simulated flights felt realistic.
a. Determine the Null Hypothesis?
b. What is your Research Hypothesis?
c. What statistical test did you employ and why
d. Describe the statistics for test you've chosen.
e. Are your results statistically significant?
Responses for Group 1
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Student
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Item 1
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Item 2
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Item 3
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Item 4
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Item 5
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1
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3.00
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4.00
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2.00
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2.00
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2.00
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2
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3.00
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3.00
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2.00
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4.00
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2.00
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3
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4.00
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5.00
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2.00
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3.00
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2.00
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4
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4.00
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2.00
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4.00
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5.00
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2.00
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5
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4.00
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3.00
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3.00
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2.00
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2.00
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6
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4.00
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3.00
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5.00
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3.00
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2.00
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7
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4.00
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3.00
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2.00
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3.00
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4.00
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8
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5.00
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3.00
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3.00
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3.00
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3.00
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9
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5.00
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3.00
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3.00
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3.00
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5.00
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10
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2.00
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3.00
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3.00
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3.00
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2.00
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11
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2.00
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3.00
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3.00
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3.00
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3.00
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12
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4.00
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3.00
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3.00
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3.00
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3.00
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13
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3.00
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4.00
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3.00
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3.00
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3.00
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14
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5.00
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4.00
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3.00
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4.00
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3.00
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15
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2.00
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4.00
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3.00
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4.00
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3.00
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Responses for Group 2
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Student
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Item 1
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Item 2
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Item 3
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Item 4
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Item 5
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1
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3.00
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4.00
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4.00
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4.00
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3.00
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2
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3.00
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4.00
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4.00
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4.00
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3.00
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3
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3.00
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4.00
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4.00
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4.00
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3.00
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4
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3.00
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4.00
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4.00
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4.00
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4.00
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5
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3.00
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4.00
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4.00
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4.00
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4.00
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6
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3.00
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5.00
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4.00
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4.00
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4.00
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7
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3.00
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5.00
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4.00
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5.00
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4.00
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8
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3.00
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5.00
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4.00
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5.00
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4.00
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9
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4.00
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5.00
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5.00
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5.00
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4.00
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10
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4.00
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5.00
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5.00
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5.00
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4.00
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11
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4.00
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5.00
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5.00
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5.00
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4.00
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12
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4.00
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3.00
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5.00
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5.00
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5.00
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13
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4.00
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3.00
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5.00
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3.00
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5.00
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14
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4.00
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4.00
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5.00
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3.00
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5.00
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15
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4.00
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3.00
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3.00
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4.00
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5.00
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