On Tuesday morning, the student council at a middle school announced its plan to combat the chronic litter problem in the outdoor lunch area: The 16 large trash cans in the lunch area now each have the name of a popular band on them—they are now referred to as Band-Cans. The Band-Can containing the most trash at the end of each day wins; music from that band’s latest release will be played on the school’s public address system in between classes for the next day. The Band-Cans are 42 inches tall; at the end of each day, starting on Monday (to gather baseline data), the members of the student council will use a tape measure to record how full each Band-Can is (0 = Empty . . . 42 = Full).
Data set: Ch 08 – Exercise 06A.sav
Codebook
Variable: Band
Definition: Name of band on trashcan
Type: Alphanumeric
Variable: Monday
Definition: Inches of trash in trashcan (baseline)
Type: Continuous
Variable: Tuesday
Definition: Inches of trash in trashcan
Type: Continuous
a. Write the hypotheses.
b. Run the criteria of the pretest checklist (normality for posttest– pretest) and discuss your findings.
c. Run the paired t test and document your findings (means and Sig. [p value], hypothesis resolution).
d. Write an abstract under 200 words detailing a summary of the study, the paired t test results, hypothesis resolution, and implications of your findings.