Does the type of school ( Schtyp ) and/or the type of program ( prog ) a student

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Does the type of school (Schtyp) and/or the type of program (prog) a student is in have an effect on reading scores (Read) for high school students?

a.   What is the correct statistical test to answer this research question?

A researcher wants to see if socioeconomic status (ses) has an effect on how a student preforms on the standardized science (science) exam. Conduct a test to see if there is a significant difference in science scores between SES.

a.   What is the correct statistical test to answer this research question?

A researcher wants to measure the relationship between social studies scores (socst) and writing scores (write).

a.   What is the correct statistical test to answer this research question?

Name Type width Decimals Label Values Missing Columns Align Measure Role Righ Scale Y Input Numeric None None 2 gender Numeric 9 2 00, male None E Right S Nominal Y Input 11.00, hispanic... None Y Input Right. Numeric 4 Ses Numeric 9 2 socioeconomic status 11.00, low None E Right Nominal Y Input 5chtyp Numeric 9 2 type of school G.00, public. None 8 Right Nominal Y Input Right Nominal Y Input Numeric 9 type of program 1.00, general) prog read Numeric 9 2 reading score None None B E Right Scale YInput 8 write Numeric 9 2 writing score None None 8 Right Scale Y Input math Numeric 9 2 math score None None 8 E Right Scale YInput 9 2 science score None None 8 E Right Scale Y Input 10 science Numeric E Right Scale Input 11 Soc st Numeric 9 2 social studies score None None 8

Explanation / Answer

1.) (a) Two-way ANOVA can be used.

Reason two-way ANOVA is used to understand if there is an interaction between the two independent variables on the dependent variable.

2.) (a)   Chi-Square test can be used.

Reason A chi-square test is used when you want to see if there is a relationship between two categorical variables.

3.) (a)   Independent two sample t-test can be used.

Reason A two sample independent t-test is used when you want to compare the means (scores here) of two independent groups.

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