Question

A researcher performed an experiment with two groups. She found the difference of the means for each group. Then

she combined the groups, chose two new groups, and found the difference between the means of those groups. She
repeated this process 200 times. The normal distribution of the difference in the means she found is given below. How
great would the difference in means between the first two groups have to be in order to be considered significant?
At least 8
O At least 10
At least 9
At least 7

Answer 1

Explanation:

To determine the significance level for the difference in means between the first two groups, we need to refer to the provided normal distribution. However, you haven't provided the details or parameters of the normal distribution, such as the mean and standard deviation. Without this information, it is not possible to determine the exact significance level required.

In hypothesis testing, the significance level, typically denoted as α (alpha), is chosen by the researcher before conducting the experiment. It represents the threshold at which the researcher considers the results to be statistically significant. Commonly used significance levels are 0.05 (5%) or 0.01 (1%).

Please provide the necessary parameters or more information about the normal distribution to determine the specific significance level for the difference in means between the first two groups.