Art therapy is a common tool to use with children who have a hard time bonding

Art therapy is a common tool to use with children who have a hard time bonding with a therapist and opening up during therapy sessions. Dr. Contos wants to examine if children who participate in art therapy (M.48,SD.67) score lower on levels of anxiety(0-25) than children who participate in other forms of therapy (M.11,SD.58). She interviews 25 children in each group for a total of 50 children. (Total 29 pts)

A. What are the independent and dependent variables and how are each scaled (1 pt each; Total 4 pts)?

Independent:________________________ Scaling:_____________________________

Dependent:__________________________ Scaling:_____________________________

B. What test should Dr. Contos use (4 pts)?__________________________________________________

C. Why that test (2 pts)?

D. What are the null and alternative hypotheses for that test (4 pts)?

E. What are that tests assumptions (3 pts)?

F. What are the df (2 pts)?________________________

G. What is the critical value for p=.05 (2 pts)? _________________________

H. If Audi calculates a test statistic of 4.76, should they (2 pts)? Retain H₀ Reject H₀

I. Interpret the findings (6 pts):