Standardized measures seem to indicate that the average level of anxiety has increased gradually over the past 50 years. (Twenge, 2000). In the 1950s , the average score on the Child Manifest Anxiety Scale was μ= 15.1. A sample of n = 16 of today’s children produces a mean score of M = 23.3 with SS = 240. Based on the sample, has there been a significant increase in the average level of anxiety since the 1950s? Use a one-tail test with α= .05.
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b. State the hypotheses and select alpha
c. Locate critical region for stated alpha
d. Compute test statistic (t-score)
Sample variance s²:
Estimated standard error sₘ:
Computed t statistic:
e. Make a decision about the null hypothesis and state a conclusion.
