Assignment 2: Tests of Significance

Throughout this assignment you will review mock studies.  You will needs to follow the directions outlined in the section using SPSS and decide whether there is significance between the variables.  You will need to list the five steps of hypothesis testing (as covered in the lesson for Week 6) to see how every question should be formatted.  You will complete all of the problems.  Be sure to cut and past the appropriate test result boxes from SPSS under each problem and explain what you will do with your research hypotheses.  All calculations should be coming from your SPSS.  You will need to submit the SPSS output file to get credit for this assignment.  This file will save as a .spv file and will need to be in a single file.  In other words, you are not allowed to submit more than one output file for this assignment.

The five steps of hypothesis testing when using SPSS are as follows:

1. State your research hypothesis (H₁) and null hypothesis (H₀).
2. Identify your confidence interval (.05 or .01)
3. Conduct your analysis using SPSS.
4. Look for the valid score for comparison.  This score is usually under 'Sig 2-tail' or 'Sig. 2'.  We will call this "p".
5. Compare the two and apply the following rule:
   1. If "p" is < or = confidence interval, than you reject the null.

Be sure to explain to the reader what this means in regards to your study.  (Ex: will you recommend counseling services?)

* Be sure that your answers are clearly distinguishable.  Perhaps you bold your font or use a different color.