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: 

  1. Do the data meet the assumptions of ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis? Explain in full.
     
     
     
  2. What kinds of data do the two columns of interest represent?
     
  3. How many independent variables and levels do the data have?
     
     
     
  4. Explain which statistic you ran and why.
     
     
     
  5. Copy the F-statistic or the H-statistic (whichever is relevant) and write if the .05 level of significance is attained.
     
     
     
  6. Does the result of the comparison of means tell you if there are differences the ways that participators and non-participators evaluate their instructors?
     
     
     
  7. If the results are significant, what is the direction of the differences?