Research Study: We want to figure out what characteristics of boys are most attractive to high-school girls. High-school girls were randomly assigned three groups to hear about a guy with trendy clothes, a nice car, or a confident attitude. There were 9 girls in each group. They gave ratings on a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 being "not interested" and 10 being "very interested."
Question: Is there a significant difference between the attractiveness ratings given by the three groups of girls?
What is the factor?
What are the levels of the factor?
Step 1: State Hypotheses
Null:
Research:
Step 2: Determine Comparison Distribution
What is the distribution shape and degrees of freedom for the comparison distribution?
Step 3: Set the Criteria for a Decision
Alpha = .05
dfB =
dfW=
Critical value:
Is the rejection region placed in the upper or lower tail? How do you know?
Step 3: Compute the Test Statistic
Trendy Clothes
Nice Car
Confident Attitude
8
6
10
6
7
9
9
8
10
6
6
10
8
4
8
6
5
9
7
5
10
6
6
9
6
8
8
Step 5: Make a Decision
Reject/Fail to Reject the null?
What does this mean (be sure to talk about significance)?