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PSY2032 Statistical Methods in Psychology I

Assignment (100 marks) – 50%


[Answer round off to 4 decimal places]
Submission Deadline : 18 March 2022 (HKT : 23:59)
Part A) Data Analysis
Question 1) (50 marks)
Following table gives the 26 randomly selected tourists from China about their expenditure in Hong Kong.
($ in thousands dollars).
($ ‘000)
No. Expenditure City
1 (X+Y) Beijing
2 19 Beijing
3 13 Beijing
4 25 Beijing
5 10 Beijing
6 19 Beijing
7 4 Beijing
8 15 Beijing
9 9 Shanghai
10 6 Shanghai
11 11 Shanghai
12 14 Shanghai
13 5 Shanghai
14 9 Shanghai
15 3 Shanghai
16 11 Shanghai
17 18 Shanghai
18 17 Shanghai
19 5 Fujian
20 8 Fujian
21 2 Fujian
22 3 Fujian
23 10 Fujian
24 9 Fujian
25 4 Fujian
26 6 Fujian

Where X is the last number of your Student ID number, and Y is the number of your Surname as follows.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

For Example, s1234567 Chan Tai Man, (X + Y) = (7 + 3) = 10


1.1) At a 95% confidence interval,
complete the following Excel – Data Analysis – Descriptive Statistics output table. (14 marks)

Mean
Standard Error
Median
Mode
Standard Deviation
Sample Variance
Kurtosis
Skewness
Range
Minimum
Maximum
Sum
Count
Confidence Level (95.0%)

Assume population follows normal distribution


1.2) What is the point estimate for the true population mean of their expenditure in Hong Kong?
Please show the formula and calculation procedure. (2 marks)
1.3) a) Develop a 90% confidence interval for the true population mean of their expenditure in
Hong Kong? Please show the formula and calculation procedure. (8 marks)
b) One survey claimed that the average expenditure for those tourists from China is $18,000.
Based on your answer in (1.3a) do you believe it? Explain your answer. (2 marks)
1.4) Suppose the researcher wants to carry out the similar survey next year, how large a sample should the
researcher take so that the estimate is within $1,500 of the population mean at a 99% confidence
interval? Please show the formula and calculation procedure. (6 marks)
1.5) a) At the 0.05 significance level, conduct a one – sample t test to check whether it is
reasonable to conclude that the mean expenditure for those tourists from China is less than $13,000?
Use five-steps hypothesis testing procedure to answer this question.
Please show the formula and calculation procedure. (12 marks)
b) At the 0.05 significance level, complete the following SPSS output table. (6 marks)
One-Sample Test
Test Value = 13
95% Confidence Interval
Sig. (2- Mean of the Difference
t df tailed) Difference Lower Upper
expenditure
Question 2) (20 marks)
Now, the researcher wants to further investigate tourists from Beijing and Shanghai.

2.1) Assume the two population variances are Equal. at the 0.02 significance level, is it reasonable
to conclude that the mean expenditure of tourists from Beijing is not equal to those from Shanghai?
Use five-steps hypothesis testing procedure to answer this question.
Please show the formula and calculation procedure. (12 marks)

2.2) At a 0.02 significance level, complete the following SPSS output table. (8 marks)

Independent Samples Test

Levene's Test for


Equality of Variances t-test for Equality of Means

98% Confidence
Interval of the

Sig. Mean Std. Error Difference

F Sig. t df (2-tailed) Difference Difference Lower Upper

Equal variances
assumed
Equal variances
not assumed

Part B) Application
Question 3 (30 marks)
Develop a simple questionnaire and collect data (n ≥ 15) to investigate interesting topics related to
psychology, education, or business issues. (Please consult your proposed topic with the Lecturer).

3.1) Please design questions to collect information including the following types of data:
Qualitative (A), Quantitative (Q), Discrete (D), Continuous (C),
Nominal (N), Ordinal (O), Interval (I), Ratio (R). (4 marks)
Use SPSS to conduct following statistical analysis.
3.2) Please plot at least ONE Pie chart and ONE Bar chart. (2 marks)
3.3) Please conduct basic statistics calculation including following:
Sample mean, Sample Standard Deviation, Median, Mode, Skewness, (5 marks)
3.4) Please conduct at least ONE confidence interval with explanation of its implication. (3 marks)
3.5) Please conduct at least ONE one-sample t test with explanation of its implication. (3 marks)
3.6) Please conduct at least ONE two-sample t test with explanation of its implication. (3 marks)
3.7) Please write a brief report on your study including the following sections:
Introduction, Research Questions, Findings, Conclusion and Recommendation. (10 marks)
Please also submit the Questionnaire and SPSS data file.

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