QUESTION #9 (15 marks)
How can engaged couples improve their chances of a happy marriage? A study selected 19 couples and tested the quality of their communication skills 3 months before marriage. Leading up to the marriage, the couples were then asked to participate in a communication skills course aimed at strengthening their skills. Three months after their marriage they were then tested again using the same quality measurement scale (higher scores mean better quality of communication). Since this study was a pilot test of the communication skills course, the researchers were not sure if they intervention would improve their communication skills or not. What conclusion can be made? Test at an alpha at 0.05 and use all the steps of hypothesis testing for full marks.
Table 5. Quality of communication skills before and after a communication skills course.
able[[Couple,Before program,After Program98,109],[9,95,72],[10,120,104],[11,118,107],[12,126,118],[13,121,102],[14,116,115],[15,94,83],[16,105,87],[17,123,121],[18,125,100],[19,128,118]]
QUESTION#9 (15 marks)
How can engaged couples improve their chances of a happy marriage? A study selected 19 couples and tested the quality of their communication skills 3 months before marriage. Leading
aimed at strengthening their skills. Three months after their marriage they were then tested again using the same quality measurement scale (higher scores mean better quality of communication). Since this study was a pilot test of the communication skills course, the researchers were not sure if they intervention would improve their communication skills or not. What conclusion can be made? Test at an alpha at 0.o5 and use all the steps of hypothesis testing for full marks.
Table 5. Quality of communication skills before and after a communication skills course.
Couple 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Before program 126 133 126 115 108 109 124 98 95 120 118 126 121 116 94 105 123 125 128
After Program 115 125 96 115 119 82 93 109 72 104 107 118 102 115 83 87 121 100 118