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Both before and after seeing a movie designed to reduce sexism,five males responded to a symbolic sexism questionnaire. Thisquestionaire measured covert sexist attitudes (moe subtle ones).The symbolic sexism questions were included in a large battery ofpersonality questions that were completed one week before and afterseeing the movie. Hence, it was unlikely that any participant wouldhave guessed the researcher's hypothesis. High scores reflectgreater sexism.

Before After

35     32

40     35

47     46

68     50

78     36

a. State the null hypothesis using symbols

b. Compute the appropriate test statistic, showing all of yourcomputations.

c. For this analysis, the cutoff = + - 2.776. Can you reject thenull hypothesis? Explain your response.

d. Draw the comparison (null) distribution and indicate valuesat 3 levels (data, t-values, probabilities).

e. Write out the statistic as if you were reporting this in ajournal article.

f. Compute the 95% confidence interval. Hint: use the t valuesprovided above.

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Part a The null and alternative hypotheses are given as below Null hypothesis H0 There is no significant difference in average sexism score before and after seeing a movie Alternative hypothesis Ha The average sexism    See Answer
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