Question: Q1. You conducted a study (using a matched-pairs design) to measure the differences in body weight (lbs) between identical twins to see if they are

Q1. You conducted a study (using a matched-pairs design) to measure the differences in body weight (lbs) between identical twins to see if they are significantly different. Each row displays twins (siblings are matched on the same row). You hypothesize that the older twin (older by a few seconds) will weigh less than the younger twin:

  1. Using SPSS, examine whether there is a difference between the older (twin 1) and younger twins (twin 2) at a .05 level of significance. Copy and paste the table generated by SPSS to this Word doc (3 pts).
  2. State the value of the test statistic and the decision to retain or reject the null hypothesis (1 pt).
  3. Compute effect size using omega-squared (1 pt).
  4. Did the results support your hypothesis? Explain (1 pt).

Body Weight (lbs)
Twin 1 Twin 2
120 115
132 126
128 113
111 142
110 103
119 125
133 113
107 134
127 120
101 119
128 107
139 138
129 115
119 121

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