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M6-Assignment

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Q Please answer the question below. There is an extra credit SPSS question available below the required question. Data regarding age of first drug use are presented below. Conduct an independent samples t-test, two-tailed, with the variances assumed to be equal, and alpha = .05. Worth up to 10 points. Age of First Drug Use Male Female 15 16 18 20 17 19 14 15 12 17 20 18 male mean = 16 female mean= 17.5 male s = 2.90 female s = 1.87 Step 1: State the H0 and the H1. Step 2: Calculate the df: Step 3: Identify the critical value for ? = .05 and state the decision rule. Step 4: Calculate the obtained value of t. Step 5: Conclusion * Extra credit SPSS Analysis: Compute and interpret the following. You can attach or copy and paste your SPSS output tables to support your answer. Worth a total of 5 extra credit points. Run an independent samples t-test with “inlength” as the dependent variable (test variable) and “transfer” as the independent variable (grouping variable). Interpret the results of the Levene’s test for equality of variances and the results of the appropriate t-test.

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Null hypothesis: H0: There is no relationship between the gender and age of the first drug use Alternative Hypothesis: H1: There is a relationship between the gender and age of the first drug use It also can be stated: H0: ?1= ?2 H1: ?1!=