PSY 2116 University of Ottawa Development of SPSS Software Project

This assignment will allow you to practice conducting statistical analyses as a
researching psychologist. As you recall from class, prior to conducting a study
you need to ask a question that interests you. I provide an example below, but
you are instructed to create your own versions of interesting questions to ask
and to test using the supplied data.
You have been provided unique data sets so your statistics and answers
must be done on the data set that is assigned to you. A unique answer key
will be made for each data set and available to the TA to help them mark the
assignments. If your answers do not match the answer key, you will not receive
a full mark.
As discussed in class, hypothesis testing involves 4 steps.
1. Ask a question about the population and state the hypothesis
2. Use hypothesis to predict sample characteristics
3. Obtain sample, collect data, and perform statistical analyses
4. Compare result to prediction and make a decision