A researcher wanted to answer the following question: What is the difference in students' computer anxiety based on whether or not they own computers? The researcher surveyed 92 undergraduate education students via an online survey. In the survey, the researcher asked a yes-or-no question to determine if students owned computers. Participants' computer anxiety was measured using the Computer Anxiety Scale. Scores ranged from 0 to 40 with higher scores reflecting greater computer anxiety. This variable was measured on the interval scale. The researcher analyzed the data using what t test?
The researcher would analyze the data using a two-sample t-test.
To analyze the data and answer the research question of whether there is a difference in students' computer anxiety based on whether or not they own computers, the researcher can use an independent samples t-test.
An independent samples t-test is appropriate because the researcher has two independent groups (students who own computers and students who do not), and they want to compare the mean scores on the Computer Anxiety Scale between these two groups.
The t-test will allow the researcher to determine if there is a significant difference in the mean scores of the two groups, suggesting whether computer ownership is associated with differences in computer anxiety among undergraduate education students.
To answer the question regarding the difference in students' computer anxiety based on whether or not they own computers, the researcher conducted a t-test.
Specifically, the researcher used an independent-samples t-test because they compared the means of two independent groups: students who own computers and students who do not own computers.
The independent-samples t-test allows us to assess whether there is a statistically significant difference between the means of two groups. In this case, the researcher wanted to determine if there is a significant difference in computer anxiety scores between students who own computers and those who do not own computers.
To perform the independent-samples t-test, the researcher first gathered the data on computer anxiety scores for both groups of students (owning and not owning computers). The Computer Anxiety Scale was used to measure participants' computer anxiety, and the scores ranged from 0 to 40.
After collecting the data, the researcher computed the means of the computer anxiety scores for each group. The t-test then compares these means to determine if there is a significant difference.