Question

Test the age of the participants (AGE1) against the null hypothesis H0 = 34. Use a one-sample t-test. How would you report the results?

Answer 1

t = -1.862, df = 399, p > 0.05

Explanation:

The null hypothesis is the statement which is test for its validity. The decision to accept or reject the null hypothesis is based on the test statistics value. In the given question the null hypothesis is H0 = 34. There is one sample t-test for the testing of null hypothesis. The null hypothesis will be same for each type of one sample t-test. The null hypothesis assumes that the difference between the true mean and comparison value is zero.