Problem Set 2: The paired-samples t test

Research Scenario: A licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) is looking into communication issues in a sample of 9 married couples in his clinic. Specifically, he wants to know if there is a difference in how satisfied husbands and wives are with the communication in their marriage. Because he took research methods and statistics during college, he knows that he needs to use a matched-subjects design to compare related participants like spouses, which requires a paired-samples t test. Each husband and wife completes an inventory where scores range from 0 to 20, and higher scores indicate higher satisfaction with the communication in the marriage. The LMFT records their responses, shown in the table below.

Using this table, enter the data into a new SPSS data file and run a paired-samples t test to test the claim that there is a difference between husbands and wives on their satisfaction with the communication within their marriage. Create a boxplot to show the difference between the groups.Follow the directions below the table to complete this part.

1. figure out an APA-style Results section based on your analysis. Include your boxplot as an APA-style Figure, with figure number and title, as demonstrated in the Results Section presentation. (Results = 12 pts; Figure = 8 pts)

Husbands	Wives
12 9 14 5 8 11 4 4 7	8 10 16 7 6 9 7 3 6