Prior to a Heart Health presentation, you administer a survey asking participants to indicate how many times they used the stairs (as opposed to the elevator) in the past week. A week after the lecture, you resurvey the attendees.
Data set: Ch 08 – Exercise 02B.sav
Codebook
Variable: ID
Definition: Participant ID
Type: Alphanumeric
Variable: Time1
Definition: Number of times the steps were used in the week before the seminar
Type: Continuous
Variable: Time2
Definition: Number of times the steps were used in the week after the seminar
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.