Independent-Samplest-Test

A researcher wants to assess if fasting cholesterol levels differ in Type A and Type B personality men (alpha= .05).

Group 1 (Type A personality): 233, 291, 312, 250, 246, 197, 268, 224, 239, 239, 254, 276, 234, 181, 248, 252, 202, 218, 212, 325

Group 2 (Type B personality): 344, 185, 263, 246, 224, 212, 188, 250, 148, 169, 226, 175, 242, 252, 153, 183, 137, 202, 194, 213

1. Write the hypothesis testing steps:
   1. Hypotheses:______________
   2. Degrees of freedom and test statistic (write only the formula and the values. You don't have to do the calculations).
   3. P-value (calculate the p-value using Excel or other software)
2. Enter these data into SPSS.
3. Compute an independent-samples t test on these data. Report the t values and pvalues assuming equal population variances and not assuming equal population variances.
4. Report descriptive statistics
5. Report results for the test evaluating homogeneity of variances (F=____; p = ____)

Write the results and submit SPSS output