WS2b Stat
WS2b Stat
WS2b Stat
1. A graduate student performed a pilot study for his dissertation. He wanted to examine the
effects of animal companionship on elderly males. He selected 10 male participants from
a nursing home. Then he used an ABAB research design where A represented a week
with the absence of a cat and B represented a week with the presence of a cat. At the end
of each week, he administered a 20-point survey to measure quality of life satisfaction.
The survey results are presented in Table 5.9.
Use a Friedman test to determine if one or more of the groups are significantly
different. Since this is pilot study, use a = 0.10. If a significant difference exists, use
Wilcoxon signed ranks tests to identify which groups are significantly different. Use
the Bonferroni procedure to limit the Type I error rate. Report your findings.
TABLE 5.9
PARTICIPANT WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4
S
1 2 1 3 4
2 3 2 4 1
3 1 4 2 3
4 2 1 3 4
5 1 2 3 4
6 1 4 3 2
7 2 4 1 3
8 4 2 1 3
9 3 2 4 1
10 1 4 2 3
WEEK 1 = 2+3+1+2+1+1+2+4+3+1 = 20
WEEK 2 = 1+2+4+1+2+4+4+2+2+4 = 26
WEEK 3 = 3+4+2+3+3+3+1+1+4+2 = 26
WEEK 4 = 4+1+3+4+4+2+3+3+1+3 = 28
5. DETERMINE THE VALUE FOR REJECTION OF THE NULL
HYPOTHESIS USING THE APPROPRIATE TABLE OF CRITICAL VALUES
FOR THE PARTICULAR STATISTICS
k= 4
n= 10
a= 0.10
Table B.5 returns a critical value for the Friedman Test of 6.360
Use a Friedman test with a = 0.05 to determine if one or more of the groups are
significantly different. The teacher is expecting performance gains, so if a significant
difference exists, use one-tailed Wilcoxon signed ranks tests to identify which groups are
significantly different. Use the Bonferroni procedure to limit the Type I error rate. Report
your findings.