INDEPENDENT-SAMPLES T TEST ASSIGNMENT

Independent-Samples t-Test Assignment Student Name Institution Professor Name Course Date Independent-Samples t-Test Assignment SPSS Homework: Independent-Samples t Test Assignment Instructions Overview This assignment is designed to increase your statistical literacy and proficiency in conducting and interpreting the independent-samples t test. You will be completing two independent-samples t tests in SPSS, using data that are related to specific research scenarios in the behavioral sciences, such as psychology, social work, and counseling. Behind the scenes knowledge of how this test is conducted is fundamental to being able to understand and apply research in your related field to your practice. Additionally, SPSS skills are professionally valuable, as it is one of the most commonly used statistical software packages in behavioral science settings, both academic and professional. Instructions * This assignment includes two problem sets that contain research scenarios and related questions. * For each scenario, you will run an analysis in SPSS. The required product will include the SPSS output, an APA-style Results section describing the results, and the appropriate graph inserted as a Figure in current APA style. * For each scenario, you will create a new SPSS data file with the data from the problem scenario. ALL variable names in your SPSS data files must include your initials, so that they show up in your SPSS output and graph. For example, for someone with the initials ABC creating a variable of memory scores, the variable could be named “ABC_mem_scores” or “Mem_Scores_ABC”, etc. * For all problems, interpret results based on an alpha level of a = .05. Please review the Watch: SPSS Homework Tutorial for the Independent Samples t test in this module for directions on how to run the statistical test, as well as the Watch: Results Sections for the Independent-samples t test in APA Style, which includes a template for completing the APA-style Results sections for the independent-samples t test. The scenarios begin on the next page. Problem Set 1: The independent-samples t testResearch Scenario: A social psychologist working for a marketing department wants to study the effect of scenario descriptions on charitable giving to a child hunger organization. He devises two scenarios: one in which an employee of the charity describes child hunger using facts and information (Group 1), and one in which an employee of the charity describes child hunger using an anecdotal example with one “identifiable victim” (Small, 2016) (Group 2). Eight people are interviewed in each group. After hearing the employee read the child hunger scenario, the participants are then asked to state how much money they would donate to the charity to help end child hunger. The data appear in the table below. Using this table, enter the data into a new SPSS data file and run an independent-samples t test to determine to determine whether there is a difference in the amount of money donated between the two groups. Remember to put your initials within any and all variable names. Create a boxplot to show the difference between the groups. Follow the directions below the table to complete this problem set.Problem Set 1: The independent-samples t testResea...