library(readxl)
library(ggpubr)
## Loading required package: ggplot2
library(effectsize)
library(effsize)
library(rstatix)
##
## Attaching package: 'rstatix'
## The following objects are masked from 'package:effectsize':
##
## cohens_d, eta_squared
## The following object is masked from 'package:stats':
##
## filter
library(readxl)
A6Q2 <- read_excel("C:/Users/jrutebuka/Desktop/A6Q2.xlsx")
Before <- A6Q2$Before
After <- A6Q2$After
Differences <- After - Before
mean(Before, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 76.13299
median(Before, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 75.95988
sd(Before, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 7.781323
mean(After, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 57.17874
median(After, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 58.36459
sd(After, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 14.39364
hist(Differences,
main = "Histogram of Difference Scores",
xlab = "Value",
ylab = "Frequency",
col = "blue",
border = "black",
breaks = 20)

#Histogram of Difference Scores
#The difference scores look abnormally distributed.
#The data is Asymmetrical and negatively skewed.
#The data does not have a proper bell curve.
boxplot(Differences,
main = "Distribution of Score Differences (After - Before)",
ylab = "Difference in Scores",
col = "blue",
border = "darkblue")

#Boxplot
#There is one dot outside the boxplot.
#The dot is close to the whiskers.
#The dot is not very far away from the whiskers.
#Based on these findings, the boxplot is normal.
shapiro.test(Differences)
##
## Shapiro-Wilk normality test
##
## data: Differences
## W = 0.89142, p-value = 0.02856
#Shapiro-Wilk Difference Scores
#The data is abnormally distributed, (p =0.02).
wilcox.test(Before, After, paired = TRUE, na.action = na.omit)
##
## Wilcoxon signed rank exact test
##
## data: Before and After
## V = 210, p-value = 1.907e-06
## alternative hypothesis: true location shift is not equal to 0
# Cohen.d (Before, After, paired= TRUE)
effsize::cohen.d(Before, After, paired= TRUE)
##
## Cohen's d
##
## d estimate: 1.572335 (large)
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## lower upper
## 0.7969027 2.3477670
df_long <- data.frame(
id = rep(1:length(Before), 2),
time = rep(c("Before", "After"), each = length(Before)),
score = c(Before, After)
)
wilcox_effsize(df_long, score ~ time, paired = TRUE)
## # A tibble: 1 × 7
## .y. group1 group2 effsize n1 n2 magnitude
## * <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <int> <int> <ord>
## 1 score After Before 0.877 20 20 large
#A Dependent T-Test was conducted to determine if there was a difference in Outcome Variable before Independent Variable versus after Independent Variable.
#Before scores (M = 76.13, SD = 7.78) were not significantly different from after scores (M = 57.17, SD = 14.39), t(df#) = 1.90, p =0.028.
#The effect size was large, Cohen's d = 1.572 .
#A Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test was conducted to determine if there was a difference in Outcome Variable before Independent Variable versus after Independent Variable.
#Before scores (Mdn = 75.95) were significantly different from after scores (Mdn = 58.36), V= 21, p = 1.907e-06.
#The effect size was small, r =1.57.