- How is sample size related to statistical tests and outcomes? Give a specific example. Why is it important to plan the sample size before collecting data? (One peer-reviewed journal article)
- Provide the necessary information for a possible study on “assessing whether men or women are more likely to suffer from depression”: provide one independent variable, one dependent variable, and two conditions/treatments and answer the following questions:
- a) How do you know this dependent variable is measured on a continuous scale?
- b) How would you word the null hypothesis for your sample study?
- c) How would you word the alternative hypothesis for your sample study?
- d) What alpha level would you set to test your hypothesis? Why?