Question:
Refer to the Journal of Adolescence (Apr. 2010) study of adolescents' disclosure of their dating and romantic relationships, Exercise 1.33 (p. 23). Recall that a sample of 222 high school students was recruited to participate in the study. One of the variables of interest was the level of disclosure to an adolescent's mother (measured on a 5-point scale, where 1 = "never tell," 2 = "rarely tell," 3 = "sometimes tell," 4 = "almost always tell," and 5 = "always tell"). The sampled high school students had a mean disclosure score of 3.26 and a standard deviation of .93. The researchers hypothesize that the true mean disclosure score of all adolescents will exceed 3. Do you believe the researchers? Conduct a formal test of hypothesis using α = .01.