E HYPOTHESIS-TESTING PROCESS (A 5 STEP PROCESS USING SPSS) Step 1: Restate the question as a research hypothesis and a null hypothesis about the population. Step 2: Determine the level of significance (.05 or .01) Step 3: Run the test using SPSS Step 4: Identify the number under 'Sig 2-tail' and compare that to your level of significance Step 5: Decide whether to reject the null hypothesis. If p (Sig 2-tail) is < or = to the level of significance, than you reject the null hypothesis Always tell your reader what that means in regards to your research study! Statistics JOBSAT N Valid 20 Missing 0 Mean 36.9000 Median 37.0000 Std. Deviation 3.02446 Range 12.00 Minimum 30.00 Maximum 42.00