Report writing of paired sample t-test

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Is there any significant difference between the mathematical skills and the reasoning skills of students in teachers’ perspectives?

NULL HYPOTHESIS

There is no significant difference between the mathematical skills and the reasoning skills of students in teachers’ perspectives.

STATISTICS TO BE USED

Since the variables represent interval level of the measurement, and students’ mathematical skills in perspective of their teachers are to be compared with students’ reasoning skills in perspective of their teachers, paired sample t-test will be used.

FINDINGS

Paired Samples Statistics

			Mean		N		Std. Deviation		Std. Error Mean
Pair 1	Mathematics		22.85	198		9.286			.660
	Reasoning		25.90	198		8.309			.590
		Paired Samples Correlations
					N		Correlation		Sig.
Pair 1	Mathematics & Reasoning				198		.714		.000

The results of Paired Sample t-test indicates that there is a significant difference between students’ mathematical skills and their reasoning skills in perspective of teachers.

(t = −6. 383, sig. = .000)

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The Null Hypothesis claiming no significant difference between the mathematical skills and the reasoning skills of students in teachers’ perspectives is, therefore, rejected.

CONCLUSION

Teachers think that the students having good mathematical skills are not necessarily good in reasoning.