Psychological stats 2

Psychological stats 2 Assignment 2: Conducting a z-Test A researcher predicts that watching a film on institutionalization will change students’ attitudes about chronically mentally ill patients. The researcher randomly selects a class of 36 students, shows them the film, and gives them a questionnaire about their attitudes. The mean score on the questionnaire for these 36 students is 70. The score for people in general on this questionnaire is 75, with a standard deviation of 12. Using the five steps of hypothesis testing and the 5% significance level (i.e. alpha = .05), does showing the film change students’ attitudes towards the chronically mentally ill? What does it mean to set alpha at .05? What is your null hypothesis? Alternate hypothesis? Is this a one-tailed or two-tailed hypothesis? What is the critical z? Calculate the obtained z. Do you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis? State in words what you have found. Assignment 2 Grading Criteria Maximum Points Explained what it means to set alpha at .05. 11 Correctly identified the null and alternative hypotheses. 11 Correctly identified and explained whether theirs is a one-tailed or two-tailed hypothesis. 11 Correctly identified the critical z. 11 Used obtained z and explained whether one would reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis, and state in words what the findings were. 20 Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. 16 Total: 80