{"id":561,"date":"2020-06-08T14:59:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T14:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mixingin.com\/?p=561"},"modified":"2020-06-08T15:19:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T15:19:10","slug":"lab-activity-carmel-apples-and-the-single-sample-t-test-spss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/index.php\/lab-activity-carmel-apples-and-the-single-sample-t-test-spss\/561\/statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Activity: Caramel Apples and the single sample t-test (SPSS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mixingin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/71EB9ub8GrL._SL1200_-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-563\" width=\"357\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/71EB9ub8GrL._SL1200_-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/71EB9ub8GrL._SL1200_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/71EB9ub8GrL._SL1200_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/71EB9ub8GrL._SL1200_-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/71EB9ub8GrL._SL1200_.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an activity (created by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/mail.ccsf.edu\/maya-sen\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Maya G. Sen<\/a>) that has has students collect data that they analyze (by hand and with SPSS) using a single-sample t-test. They compare the weights of a sample of Caramel Apple Pops to the population mean (i.e., the advertised weight).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Materials Needed<\/strong><br>Enough Caramel Apple Pops for everyone (including you!). You can substitute other candy that has its weight listed on the individual pieces, but Caramel Apple Pops are very popular with the students. You can buy them <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Caramel-Apple-Pops-48-Count-Package\/dp\/B0015AWU7U\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.  You will also need a small scale, like the one found <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0012N1NAA\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The handout includes goals, background, and step-by-step  instructions for students. It also includes SPSS instructions and screenshots. It also includes sample output and answer key.  <br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Please click <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1cZMhUQ3vbAdorCEyAKr6NowdFTPkRk-L\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> for the file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an activity (created by Dr. Maya G. Sen) that has has students collect data that they analyze (by hand and with SPSS) using a single-sample t-test. They compare the weights of a sample of Caramel Apple Pops to the population mean (i.e., the advertised weight). Materials NeededEnough Caramel Apple Pops for everyone (including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,34,4],"tags":[54,55,61],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":566,"href":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions\/566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}