Question

Researchers study the relationship between interpersonal violence and health in college age women. The selected an alpha of 0.05. The researchers examined the average score on a psychological distress scale and compared the score for abused versus non abused women. A p value of 0.016 is reported. Based on this information, you know:

Answer 1

There exists a relationship between interpersonal violence and health.

Explanation:

The relationship between interpersonal violence and health :

The null hypothesis will be ; the is no relationship between interpersonal violence and health while the alternative will negate the Null ;

If no relationship exists, correlation Coefficient = 0 and if a relationship exists, then correlation Coefficient is not = 0

H0 : ρ = 0

H1 : ρ ≠ 0

α = 0.05

Reported Pvalue = 0.016

Decison region :

Reject H0 ; If Pvalue < α

Therefore, Since Pvalue < α ; we reject H0 and conclude that there exists a relationship between interpersonal violence and health.