Homework Study 2
Are undergraduate students' evaluations of their English instructors
influenced by the students' self-reported participation in class activities?
Answer this question based on the "evals.sav" data.
Data file: evals.sav
Variables: Q8, Q27
Answer the following questions:
- Do the data meet the assumptions of ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis? Explain
in full.
- What kinds of data do the two columns of interest represent?
- How many independent variables and levels do the data have?
- Explain which statistic you ran and why.
- Copy the F-statistic or the H-statistic (whichever is relevant)
and write if the .05 level of significance is attained.
- Does the result of the comparison of means tell you if there are differences the ways that participators and non-participators
evaluate their instructors?
- If the results are significant, what is the direction of the differences?