A developmental psychologist is examining problem solvingability for grade school children. Random samples of 5-year-old,6-year-old, and 7-year-old are obtained and a set of problems aregiven to them. The number of errors is reported below.
Number of errors
5-year-olds | 6-year-olds | 7-year-olds |
32 | 31 | 18 |
31 | 21 | 21 |
24 | 19 | 24 |
15 | 18 | 21 |
34 | 30 | 20 |
23 | 26 | 16 |
17 | 25 | 15 |
18 | 23 | 26 |
21 | 18 | 17 |
20 | 15 | 18 |
19 | 24 | 17 |
30 | 25 | 15 |
A.        State theIndependent Variable and the Dependent Variable.
B.        State the nullhypothesis in words and symbols.
C.        Compute theappropriate statistic.
D.        What is yourdecision?
E.         Statethe full conclusion in words, after computing,if necessary multiple comparisons .