The Stats Test

State your Null hypothesis

Chi squared and Standard error:
There is no statistically significant difference between .
Spearmans rank:
There is no statistically significant association between..
Give your choice of statistical test
Choose one of the three on the Students Statistics Test Sheet
Give reasons for your choice of statistical test
I chose..because (Use the Students Statistics Test Sheet terminology and apply to the
actual experiment)
Calculate your test statistic
Make your layout clear tabulate where possible.
Clearly state your final values
Interpret your test statistic in relation to your Null hypothesis (use the words probability and chance
in your answer)
Chi Squared
Work out degrees of freedom and write down (number of categories 1)
Establish critical value write it down!
Compare your test statistic (your calculated value) with the critical value if test statistic is greater than the
critical value then there less than 0.05 (5%) probability that the difference between is due to
chance (or the converse)
Therefore the null hypothesis can be rejected (or the converse)
Spearmans rank
State the number of paired values and write it down
Establish critical value (numbers of pairs of measurements and then read off table) write it down!
If a positive correlation, compare your test statistic (your calculated value) with the critical value if test
statistic is greater (closer to 1) than the critical value then there less than 0.05 (5%) probability that the
association between is due to chance (or the converse)
Therefore the null hypothesis can be rejected (or the converse)
If a negative correlation.
Standard error
We can be 0. 95 (95%) certain that the true means lie between 2XSE above and below the mean so:
If the confidence limits do not overlap, there is there less than 0.05 (5%) probability that difference in the
means occurred by chance (or the converse)
Therefore we can reject our null hypothesis (or the converse)