Data for Methods Results For your methods and results sections of your paper, please use the following results and put into APA format.
- SEE DIRECTIONS IN SLIDES
- You should be reporting Ns, means, standard deviations, t values, and p values
- You should be including at least means and p values when you’re writing up about the results but you have more creative freedom here
- IN APA FORMAT: http://my.ilstu.edu/~jhkahn/apastats.html
- EXAMPLE OF PLAIN LANGUAGE: : http://statistics-help-for-students.com/How_do_I_report_independent_samples_T_test_data_in_APA_style.htm#.W7Om0xNKh0s
Group Statistics | |||||
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Group | N | Mean | Std. Deviation | Std. Error Mean | |
Popular | A | 16 | 4.8750 | 1.78419 | .44605 |
B | 16 | 3.6250 | 1.78419 | .44605 | |
Lazy | A | 16 | 2.8750 | 1.40831 | .35208 |
B | 16 | 4.3750 | 1.82117 | .45529 | |
Unhappy | A | 16 | 2.4375 | 1.26326 | .31582 |
B | 16 | 3.2500 | 1.23828 | .30957 | |
Intelligent | A | 16 | 4.7500 | 1.12546 | .28137 |
B | 16 | 4.3750 | 1.36015 | .34004 | |
Honest | A | 16 | 4.6875 | 1.30224 | .32556 |
B | 16 | 3.7500 | 1.91485 | .47871 | |
Irresponsible | A | 16 | 3.0000 | 1.63299 | .40825 |
B | 16 | 3.6250 | 1.92787 | .48197 | |
Helpful | A | 16 | 4.9375 | .99791 | .24948 |
B | 16 | 3.9375 | 1.73085 | .43271 | |
Unpopular | A | 16 | 2.4375 | 1.41274 | .35318 |
B | 16 | 4.3125 | 1.88746 | .47186 |
So you should report the M and SD’s of those values that are significant (according to P value in output on next page)
T-test results for individual attributes
t | df | Sig. (2-tailed) | ||
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Popular | Equal variances assumed | 1.982 | 30 | .057 |
Equal variances not assumed | 1.982 | 30.000 | .057 | |
Lazy | Equal variances assumed | -2.606 | 30 | .014 |
Equal variances not assumed | -2.606 | 28.214 | .014 | |
Unhappy | Equal variances assumed | -1.837 | 30 | .076 |
Equal variances not assumed | -1.837 | 29.988 | .076 | |
Intelligent | Equal variances assumed | .850 | 30 | .402 |
Equal variances not assumed | .850 | 28.985 | .402 | |
Honest | Equal variances assumed | 1.619 | 30 | .116 |
Equal variances not assumed | 1.619 | 26.430 | .117 | |
Irresponsible | Equal variances assumed | -.990 | 30 | .330 |
Equal variances not assumed | -.990 | 29.210 | .331 | |
Helpful | Equal variances assumed | 2.002 | 30 | .054 |
Equal variances not assumed | 2.002 | 23.980 | .057 | |
Unpopular | Equal variances assumed | -3.181 | 30 | .003 |
Equal variances not assumed | -3.181 | 27.792 | .004 |
If you are confused as to what the each of the results mean, please refer to the slides first and if you’re still confused send me an email. Remember, if the p value is less than .05 then you can state that there is a significant difference between the ratings of the two groups. Refer to the means of the groups to see which one was higher or lower.
I also made two composites (adding together) of all the positive attributes and the negative attributes. See the following data.
Statistics for composites (analyzing all positive and negative attributes together at once)
Group Statistics | |||||
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Group | N | Mean | Std. Deviation | Std. Error Mean | |
Positive_Composite | A | 64 | 4.8125 | 1.30779 | .16347 |
B | 64 | 3.9219 | 1.69317 | .21165 | |
Negative_Composite | A | 64 | 2.6875 | 1.42400 | .17800 |
B | 64 | 3.8906 | 1.76489 | .22061 |
T-tests for composites
t | df | Sig. (2-tailed) | ||
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Positive_Composite | Equal variances assumed | 3.330 | 126 | .001 |
Equal variances not assumed | 3.330 | 118.439 | .001 | |
Negative_Composite | Equal variances assumed | -4.244 | 126 | .000 |
Equal variances not assumed | -4.244 | 120.611 | .000 |