document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1187490>Question 1187490</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Mathematical  Anxiety  Rating  Scale  (MARS)  measures  an individuals level of mathematical anxiety on a scale from 25 (no anxiety) to 100 (highest anxiety). A group of researcher administered the MARS to 50 students. One of the objectives of the study was to determine if there is  a  difference  between  levels  of  mathematical  anxiety  experienced  by male and female psychology students.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "alpha level=0.05level of significance, is there evidence of a difference in the mean mathematical anxiety experienced by male and female psychology students?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solution:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Step 1: State the hypotheses<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ho:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ha:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Step 2: The level of significance and the critical region<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Step 3: Compute for the value of t test.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Step 4: Decision rule.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Step 5. Conclusion.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help me with this problem, this is the only problem that I haven't finished yet 🥺 and the deadline will be this coming Wednesday. Thankyou in advance. GB <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Nov. 10 11:59 pm<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #818495 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=818495\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let M be the mean of the male students; F the mean of the female students.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ho: M=F<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ha:M NE F;they are unequal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "alpha=0.05 p{reject Ho|Ho true}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "test statistic is a t(0.975, df=48) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "critical value can be looked up for that test statistic. Reject if |t| > 2.01<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Compute the value where t=(M-F)/sqrt ((sdM^2/25)+(sdF^2/25)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or get the pooled variance and the denominator is sp * sqrt ((1/n1)+(1/n2)). Some use it, others don't.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Compare with critical value.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Reject the null hypothesis; the two are different OR fail to reject the null hypothesis, insufficient evidence to say the two are different. </SPAN>\n" );
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