The Independent t-test would be appropriate for a study comparing the credit scores of 20 students who have taken a financial literacy course in the last year against a group of 20 students who did not take a financial literacy course.

I failed to reject the null hypothesis in assignment 11. My obtained value was .518, which was smaller than the critical value of 2.049

My decision to accept the null hypothesis would not change with a one-tailed test because the critical value of 1.701 would still be larger than the obtained value of the t-test.

Questions:

1. Is the independent samples t-test the appropriate test for their study example?If yes, state why, using examples to support your agreement or if no, state why not, using examples to support your disagreement.

2. Is your group member's decision to reject or not reject the null hypothesis correct?Explain why or why not.