A local foundation in Milwaukee has provided the Technical College of Milwaukee (TCM) with funding for a
Question:
A local foundation in Milwaukee has provided the Technical College of Milwaukee (TCM) with funding for a pilot program aimed at improving the academic performance of students who are single mothers. A number of these students have told school officials that laptop computers would help them immensely, due to unpredictable work and childcare scheduling issues that make it difficult for them to use the computer labs on campus. The foundation would like to see evidence on the program’s effectiveness before making a larger financial commitment. Accordingly, administrators at TCM randomly assign the available laptops to 100 students from the group of students who requested laptops (COMSTUD). Another 100 of the students who requested (but did not receive)laptops were selected as a control group (NSTUD). At the end of the semester, the administrators conduct a difference of means test on the semester grade point averages (GPAs) for the two groups (the average GPAs were roughly the same for both groups at the start of the semester). What can they tell the foundation based on these results?
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Applied Statistics For Public And Nonprofit Administration
ISBN: 9781111342807
8th Edition
Authors: Kenneth J. Meier, Jeffrey L. Brudney, John Bohte