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)
Dataset6_1 <- read_excel("C:/Users/user/Downloads/Dataset6.1.xlsx")
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
# Histograms for Each Group
hist(Dataset6_1$Exam_Score[Dataset6_1$Group == "Tutoring"],
main = "Histogram of Tutoring",
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",
xlab = "Value",
ylab = "Frequency",
col = "lightblue",
border = "black",
breaks = 10)

#For the tutoring histogram, the data appears symmetrical (normal). The kurtosis also appears bell-shaped (normal).
#For the No tutoring histogram, the data appears symmetrical (normal). The kurtosis also appears bell-shaped (normal).
#Boxplots
ggboxplot(Dataset6_1, x = "Group", y = "Exam_Score",
color = "Group",
palette = "jco",
add = "jitter")

#The tutoring boxplot appears normal. There are no dots past the whiskers.
#The No tutoring boxplot appears abnormal. There are several dots past the whiskers. Although some are very close to the whiskers, some are arguably far away.
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 data for Tutoring was abnormal (p < .05).
#The data for No Tutoring was abnormal (p < .05).
#Mann-Whitney U
wilcox.test(Exam_Score ~ Group, data = Dataset6_1)
##
## Wilcoxon rank sum exact test
##
## data: Exam_Score by Group
## W = 419, p-value = 0.0001833
## alternative hypothesis: true location shift is not equal to 0
# p-value less than .05, the results were SIGNIFICANT
#Independent T-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
# p < .05, this means the results were SIGNIFICANT
#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.
#Group no tutoring (M = 71.95, SD = 7.63) was significantly different from Group tutoring (M = 778.36, SD = 7.18), t(78) =3.86, p = .001.
#The effect size was large (Cohen's d = 0.86).