Step 1: Install the Required Packages

install.packages(“readxl”) install.packages(“ggpubr”) install.packages(“dplyr”) install.packages(“effectsize”) install.packages(“effsize”)

Step 2: Open the Installed Packages

library(readxl)
library(ggpubr)
## Loading required package: ggplot2
library(dplyr)
## 
## Attaching package: 'dplyr'
## The following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
## 
##     filter, lag
## The following objects are masked from 'package:base':
## 
##     intersect, setdiff, setequal, union
library(effectsize)
library(effsize)

Step 3: Import and Name Dataset

Dataset6.1 <- read_excel("C:/Users/pavan/Desktop/Assignments/Assignment 6/Dataset6.1.xlsx")

Dataset 6.1 was imported successfully.

Step 4: Calculate Descriptive Statistics for Each Group

Dataset6.1 %>%
  group_by(Group) %>%
  summarise(
    Mean = mean(Exam_Score, na.rm = TRUE),
    Median = median(Exam_Score, na.rm = TRUE),
    SD = sd(Exam_Score, na.rm = TRUE),
    N = n()
  )
## # A tibble: 2 × 5
##   Group        Mean Median    SD     N
##   <chr>       <dbl>  <dbl> <dbl> <int>
## 1 No Tutoring  71.9   71.5  7.68    40
## 2 Tutoring     78.4   78.7  7.18    40

Step 5: Create Histograms for Each Group

hist(Dataset6.1$Exam_Score[Dataset6.1$Group == "Tutoring"],
     main = "Histogram of Tutoring Scores",
     xlab = "Value",
     ylab = "Frequency",
     col = "lightblue",
     border = "black",
     breaks = 10)

hist(Dataset6.1$Exam_Score[Dataset6.1$Group == "No Tutoring"],
     main = "Histogram of No Tutoring Scores",
     xlab = "Value",
     ylab = "Frequency",
     col = "lightgreen",
     border = "black",
     breaks = 10)

The tutoring group appears approximately symmetrical with a bell-shaped distribution, while the no-tutoring group shows slight positive skewness and a somewhat flatter distribution

Step 6: Create Boxplots for Each Group

ggboxplot(Dataset6.1, x = "Group", y = "Exam_Score",
          color = "Group",
          palette = "jco",
          add = "jitter")

Step 7: Shapiro-Wilk Test of Normality

shapiro.test(Dataset6.1$Exam_Score[Dataset6.1$Group == "Tutoring"])
## 
##  Shapiro-Wilk normality test
## 
## data:  Dataset6.1$Exam_Score[Dataset6.1$Group == "Tutoring"]
## W = 0.98859, p-value = 0.953
shapiro.test(Dataset6.1$Exam_Score[Dataset6.1$Group == "No Tutoring"])
## 
##  Shapiro-Wilk normality test
## 
## data:  Dataset6.1$Exam_Score[Dataset6.1$Group == "No Tutoring"]
## W = 0.98791, p-value = 0.9398

The value of p>0.05 for both Tutoring and No tutoring groups so data is normal.

After checking the normality tests, I conclude that the data are normally distributed, and an independent samples t-test can be used.

Step 8: Conduct Inferential Test

t.test(Exam_Score ~ Group, data = Dataset6.1, var.equal = TRUE)
## 
##  Two Sample t-test
## 
## data:  Exam_Score by Group
## t = -3.8593, df = 78, p-value = 0.000233
## alternative hypothesis: true difference in means between group No Tutoring and group Tutoring is not equal to 0
## 95 percent confidence interval:
##  -9.724543 -3.105845
## sample estimates:
## mean in group No Tutoring    mean in group Tutoring 
##                  71.94627                  78.36147

The p value is less than 0.05 this means the results were SIGNIFICANT.

Step 9: Calculate the Effect Size Cohen’s D for Independent T-Test

cohens_d_result <- cohens_d(Exam_Score ~ Group, data = Dataset6.1, pooled_sd = TRUE)
print(cohens_d_result)
## Cohen's d |         95% CI
## --------------------------
## -0.86     | [-1.32, -0.40]
## 
## - Estimated using pooled SD.

The cohens_d_result is -0.86 which is in range of ± 0.80 to 1.29. so the difference between the groups is large.

Step 10: Report the Results

Tutoring (M = 78.4, SD = 7.18) group was significantly different from No tutoring (M = 71.9, SD = 7.68) group in exam scores, t(13) = −3.859, p = .0002. The effect size was medium (Cohen’s d =-0.86).