Problem Set 3.5:One-Sample ttest in SPSS

Criterion:Calculate a one-sample t test in SPSS.

Data:Riverbend City online news advertises that it is read longer than the national news. The mean for national news is 8 hours per week. The following sample of the Riverbend City online news readers is: 5, 7, 6, 2, 4, 8, 5, 4, 18, 21, 8, 7, 4, 5, 6.

Instructions: Complete the following:

1. Enter the data from Problem Set 3.5 into SPSS and name the variable as Time.
2. In the Toolbar, click Analyze, select Compare Means, and then select One-Sample t Test.
3. Select Time, then click Arrow to send it over to the right side of the table. In the box labeled Test Value, enter 8.
4. Click OK and copy and paste the output into the Word document.
5. State the nondirectional hypothesis.
   

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