A school administrator is interested in whether a new program will help with children's reading scores. The existing program is the standard curriculum, and the new program is the Brooks Enhanced Reading Approach, or BERA. One hundred kids participate in this research project, and 50 are randomly assigned to each group. At the end of the semester reading scores (from a standardized test) are compared between the two groups. Which statistical test would you use?

Which statisitical test would be most appropriate?

Identify the variables (and levels if applicable)

Identify the scale of measurement

CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS: DEPENDENT-SAMPLES t TEST ONE-FACTOR (ONE-WAY) REPEATED MEASURES ANOVA INDEPENDENT-SAMPLES t TEST (TWICE) ONE-WAY ANOVA (TWICE) ONE-FACTOR (ONE-WAY) ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE FACTORIAL (TWO-WAY) ANOVA