QUESTIONS

1- State the method that best fits the description given

a- Ann is interested in exploring the possibility of gender differences in levels of perceived stress.

b-Ann would also like to explore the relationship between optimism and perceived stress. She suspects that higher levels of optimism would be associated with lower levels of perceived stress.

c- Bill is interested in exploring the effect of both sex and age group on self-esteem scores. He is interested in the effect of each variable individually, and any interaction that may exist.

d-Celia would like to know which would be a better predictor of negative effect: optimist or self-esteem.

e-David is interested in the question: Are younger people (18-29yrs) more likely to be smokers than older people (30-44yrs or 45+yrs)

2-Some data was run and produced the following outcome tables. Comment on the findings in each table.

A.TABLE A: Reliability Statistics
Cronbach's Alpha	N of Items
.701	47

B.TABLE B: Descriptive Statistics
	N	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Std. Deviation
Age	439	18	82	37.44	13.202
Smokenum	360	0	280	16.59	44.901
Valid N(listwise)	360