Parametric Test
Parametric Test
Parametric Test
TEST
EXAMPLE 1
The following are the scores in spelling of 10 male and 10 female AB students. Test
the null hypothesis that there is no significant difference between the performance of
male and female AB students in spelling. Use the t-test at .05 level of significance.
Male (X1) Female (X2)
14 12
18 9
17 11
16 5
4 10
14 3
12 7
10 2
9 6
17 13
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The test for correlated samples is applied when the mean before
and the mean after are being compared. The pretest (mean
before) is measured, the treatment of the intervention is applied
and then the posttest (mean after) is likewise measured. Then
the two means (pretest vs. posttest) are compared.
II.
Problem:
is there a significant difference between
the students pretest and the posttest
score on the use of programmed
materials in English?
Hypothesis: H0 there is no significant difference between
the pretest and the posttest, or the use of
programmed materials did not affect the
students performance in English.
H1 the posttestresult is higher than the
pretest result
Level of Significance:
a = .05
df = n-1
= 20-1
= 19
t.05 = -1.729
IV. Statistics:
t-test for correlated samples
V. Decision Rule:
if the computed value is greater than or
beyond the critical value disconfirm H0.
VI. Conclusion:
the t-computed value of -3.17 is beyond the t-critical
value of -1.73 at
.05 level of significance with 19 degrees of
freedom. The null
hypothesis is therefore disconfirmed in favor
of the research
hypothesis. This means that the posttest result
is higher than the
pretest result. It implies that the use of tha
programmed materials in
English is effective.
Like the t-test, the f-test is also a parametric test which has
to meet some conditions, and the data to be analyzed if they
are normal are expressed in interval or ratio data. This test is
more efficient than other test of difference.