Scenario Exam
Joe collected a
questionnaire from thirty students in his school on their attitudes toward the
local science fair. Joe wanted to test the following null hypothesis:
H01: There is
no significant difference among the attitude
toward science fairs of students’ who either won 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or no award at
all at the local science fair.
See
questionnaire sheet below:
Award Question:
What award did
you win? (1 = 1st place, 2 = 2ndplace, 3 = 3rdplace,
4 = I did not win an award)
Science Fair Attitude Questions (12 possible points):
Item 1: I
enjoyed competing in the science fair: 4 = strongly agree, 3 = agree, 2 =
disagree, 1 = strongly disagree
Item 2: The
science fair was exciting: 4 = strongly agree, 3 = agree, 2 = disagree, 1 =
strongly disagree
Item 3: The
science fair was fun: 4 = strongly agree, 3 = agree, 2 = disagree, 1 = strongly
disagree
Data Collection Sheet: (Note:
See the data collection sheet below. You may cut and paste or type the data set
into SPSS. Remember to leave off the header row when copying into SPSS).
|
Student ID |
Award |
Attitude |
|
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
2 |
2 |
9 |
|
3 |
4 |
3 |
|
4 |
2 |
8 |
|
5 |
4 |
3 |
|
6 |
1 |
7 |
|
7 |
1 |
9 |
|
8 |
2 |
7 |
|
9 |
4 |
3 |
|
10 |
4 |
4 |
|
11 |
3 |
8 |
|
12 |
4 |
5 |
|
13 |
3 |
9 |
|
14 |
2 |
7 |
|
15 |
4 |
3 |
|
16 |
2 |
5 |
|
17 |
4 |
5 |
|
18 |
1 |
9 |
|
19 |
3 |
8 |
|
20 |
2 |
6 |
|
21 |
4 |
4 |
|
22 |
4 |
5 |
|
23 |
3 |
7 |
|
24 |
4 |
4 |
|
25 |
4 |
4 |
|
26 |
4 |
3 |
|
27 |
3 |
8 |
|
28 |
2 |
8 |
|
29 |
2 |
8 |
|
30 |
3 |
7 |





