USE SSPS FOR THIS APPLICATION EXERCISE!!! A nurse at a health clinic hypothesizes that ear thermometers measure...

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USE SSPS FOR THIS APPLICATION EXERCISE!!!

A nurse at a health clinic hypothesizes that ear thermometersmeasure lower body temperature than oral thermometers. The nurseselects a sample of healthy staff members and took the temperatureof each with both thermometers. The temperature data are below.What can the nurse conclude with ? = 0.05?

earoral
97.4
98.6
98.9
97.9
99.1
98.2
97.4
97.9
96.3
97.4
98.1
97.7


a) What is the appropriate test statistic?
---Select--- na, z-test, One-Sample t-test, Independent-Samplest-test, Related-Samples t-test

b)
Condition 1:
---Select--- oral thermometer, body temperature, health clinic,staff members, ear thermometer
Condition 2:
---Select--- oral thermometer, body temperature, health clinic,staff members, ear thermometer

c) Compute the appropriate test statistic(s) tomake a decision about H0.
(Hint: Make sure to write down the null and alternative hypothesesto help solve the problem.)
p-value =   ;Decision:  ---Select--- Reject H0, Fail to rejectH0

d) Using the SPSS results,compute the corresponding effect size(s) and indicatemagnitude(s).
If not appropriate, input and/or select "na" below.
d =   ;   ---Select--- na,trivial effect, small effect, medium effect, large effect
r2 =   ;  ---Select--- na, trivial effect, small effect, mediumeffect, large effect

e) Make an interpretation based on the results.(select one)

-The ear thermometer measured significantly higher temperaturesthan the oral thermometer.

-The ear thermometer measured significantly lower temperaturesthan the oral thermometer.    

-There was no significant temperature difference between the earand oral thermometer.

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