In an effort to affordably boost productivity, the Acme Company has started providing free unlimited gourmet coffee to all employees. The manager will track the weekly total productivity (units produced) of each employee before and after the coffee machine is installed.
Data set: Ch 08 – Exercise 05B.sav
Codebook
Variable: Name
Definition: Employee name
Type: Alphanumeric
Variable: Productivity_1
Definition: Number of units produced during week 1 (baseline)
Type: Continuous
Variable: Productivity_2
Definition: Number of units produced during week 2
Type: Continuous
a. Write the hypotheses.
b. Run the criteria of the pretest checklist (normality for posttest– pretest) and discuss your findings.
c. Run the paired t test and document your findings (means and Sig. [p value], hypothesis resolution).
d. Write an abstract under 200 words detailing a summary of the study, the paired t test results, hypothesis resolution, and implications of your findings.