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A. Based on this data can the college conclude that the students in the new program performed better than the rest of the class> A one-tailed test is used equalling .05

b. Can the college conclude that the students in the new program are significantly different from the rest of the freshman class? A two-tailed test is used with .05

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A sample of n = 36 college freshmen were to participate in a training program, and to evaluate the new program the sample is compared to the rest of the freshmen class. All students must take a EL skills course and the mean score of on the final exam was u = 74. The students in the new program had a mean score of M = 79.4 with a sd of s = 18.
a. Based on this data can the college conclude that the students in the new program performed better than the rest of the class> A one-tailed test is used equaling .05
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