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Indicate the appropriate statistical test for analyzing therelationship between

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Question

Indicate the appropriate statistical test for analyzing therelationship between the variables. An educational psychologist examined the effect of a summerschool learning program on reading skill.   A readingtest was administered to the same group of studnets before andafter the program, and the mean performances. at the two times werecompared. Indicate the appropriate statistical test for analyzing therelationship between the variables. An educational psychologist examined the effect of a summerschool learning program on reading skill.   A readingtest was administered to the same group of studnets before andafter the program, and the mean performances. at the two times werecompared.

Explanation / Answer

Matched-pairs t-test (the sample wouldbe the differences before-after for each student). It is 1-tailedif the reseracher is lookign for improvement, or two-tailed if(s)he is just looking for a significant difference.