library(readxl)
library(ggpubr)
## Loading required package: ggplot2
library(dplyr)
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## Attaching package: 'dplyr'
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## filter, lag
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library(effectsize)
library(effsize)
library(rstatix)
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Between_Subjects <- read_excel("C:/Users/USER/OneDrive - Saint Louis University/AA 5221/Final Project/Between Subjects.xlsx")
View(Between_Subjects)
Within_Subjects <- read_excel("C:/Users/USER/OneDrive - Saint Louis University/AA 5221/Final Project/Within Subjects.xlsx")
View(Within_Subjects)
#Research Question 1: Is there an association between students' gender and whether they regularly use AI tools?
#Null hypothesis: There is no association between students' gender and regularly using AI tools.
#Alternative hypothesis: There is an association between students' gender and regularly using AI tools.
#Chi-Square Analysis
#frequency table
observed_F <- table(Between_Subjects$Gender)
observed_F
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## Female Male
## 78 72
#Bar Chart
barplot(observed_F,
main = "Gender",
xlab = "Gender",
ylab = "Count",
col = rainbow(length(observed_F)))

expectedF <- c(.50, .50)
#Chi-Square goodness of fit test
Chi_results <- chisq.test(x=observed_F, p=expectedF)
Chi_results
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## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
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## data: observed_F
## X-squared = 0.24, df = 1, p-value = 0.6242
#A Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit test was conducted to determine if there was a difference between the observed gender frequencies and the expected frequencies.
# The results showed that there was no significant difference, χ²(1) = 0.24, p > .05.
#Research Question 2: Is there a relationship between the number of hours students spend using AI tools for studying per week and their assignment scores?
#Null Hypothesis: There is no relationship between the number of hours students spend using AI tools for studying per week and their assignment scores.
#Alternative hypothesis: There is a relationship between the number of hours students spend using AI tools for studying per week and their assignment scores.
#Pearson correlation or Spearman correlation
ggscatter(
Between_Subjects,
x = "AI_Study_Hours",
y = "Assignment_Score_After",
add = "reg.line",
xlab = "AI_Study_Hours",
ylab = "Assignment_Score_After"
)

# The relationship is linear.
# The relationship is positive.
# There are no outliers.
#Descriptive statistics
mean(Between_Subjects$AI_Study_Hours)
## [1] 3.690667
median(Between_Subjects$AI_Study_Hours)
## [1] 3.35
sd(Between_Subjects$AI_Study_Hours)
## [1] 2.801566
mean(Between_Subjects$Assignment_Score_After)
## [1] 76.04
sd(Between_Subjects$Assignment_Score_After)
## [1] 7.150238
median(Between_Subjects$Assignment_Score_After)
## [1] 75
#Histograms
#For AI Study Hours
hist(Between_Subjects$AI_Study_Hours,
main = "AI_Study_Hours",
breaks = 20,
col = "lightblue",
border = "white",
cex.main = 1,
cex.axis = 1,
cex.lab = 1)

#For Assignment Score After
hist(Between_Subjects$Assignment_Score_After,
main = "Assignment_Score_After",
breaks = 20,
col = "lightcoral",
border = "white",
cex.main = 1,
cex.axis = 1,
cex.lab = 1)

#Histograms Interpretations
# Variable 1: AI_Study_Hours
# The AI_Study_Hours looks abnormally distributed.
# The data is positively skewed.
# The data does not have a proper bell curve.
# Variable 2: Assignment_Score_After
# The Assignment_Score_After looks normally distributed.
# The data is Symmetrical.
# The data has a proper bell curve.
#Shapiro Wilk test
shapiro.test(Between_Subjects$AI_Study_Hours)
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## Shapiro-Wilk normality test
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## data: Between_Subjects$AI_Study_Hours
## W = 0.89975, p-value = 1.281e-08
shapiro.test(Between_Subjects$Assignment_Score_After)
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## Shapiro-Wilk normality test
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## data: Between_Subjects$Assignment_Score_After
## W = 0.98333, p-value = 0.06655
#Shapiro Wilk Test Interpretations
# Variable 1: AI_Study_Hours
# AI_Study_Hours is abnormally distributed (p < .001).
# Variable 2: Assignment_Score_After
# Assignment_Score_After is normally distributed (p > .05).
#Conduct a Spearman Correlation
cor.test(
Between_Subjects$AI_Study_Hours,
Between_Subjects$Assignment_Score_After,
method = "spearman",
exact = FALSE
)
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## Spearman's rank correlation rho
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## data: Between_Subjects$AI_Study_Hours and Between_Subjects$Assignment_Score_After
## S = 82888, p-value < 2.2e-16
## alternative hypothesis: true rho is not equal to 0
## sample estimates:
## rho
## 0.8526378
# A Spearman correlation was conducted to test the relationship between AI Study Hours (Mdn = 3.35, SD = 2.80) and Assignment Score After (Mdn = 75.00, SD = 7.15).
# There was a statistically significant relationship between the two variables, rho = 0.85, p < .001.
# The relationship was positive and strong.
# As AI_Study_Hours increased, Assignment_Score_After increased.
#Research Question 3:Is there a difference in mean assignment scores between students who regularly use AI tools and those who do not?
#Null hypothesis:There is no difference in mean assignment scores between students who regularly use AI tools and those who do not.
#Alternative hypothesis:There is a difference in mean assignment scores between students who regularly use AI tools and those who do not.
#Independent t-test or Mann-Whitney U
#Descriptive Statistics
Between_Subjects %>%
group_by(Gender) %>%
summarise(
Mean = mean(Assignment_Score_After, na.rm = TRUE),
Median = median(Assignment_Score_After, na.rm = TRUE),
SD = sd(Assignment_Score_After, na.rm = TRUE),
N = n()
)
## # A tibble: 2 × 5
## Gender Mean Median SD N
## <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <int>
## 1 Female 76.2 75 7.09 78
## 2 Male 75.9 75.5 7.27 72
#Histograms
hist(Between_Subjects$Assignment_Score_After[Between_Subjects$Gender == "Female"],
breaks = 15,
col = "skyblue",
border = "white")

hist(Between_Subjects$Assignment_Score_After[Between_Subjects$Gender == "Male"],
breaks = 15,
col = "firebrick",
border = "white")

#Data for Female appears abnormally distributed.
#Data for Male appears abnormally distributed.
#Boxplots
ggboxplot(Between_Subjects, x = "Gender", y = "Assignment_Score_After",
color = "Gender",
palette = "jco",
add = "jitter")

# The Female boxplot does not have outliers.
# The Male boxplot does not have outliers.
#Shapiro Wilk Normality Test
shapiro.test(Between_Subjects$Assignment_Score_After[Between_Subjects$Gender == "Female"])
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## Shapiro-Wilk normality test
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## data: Between_Subjects$Assignment_Score_After[Between_Subjects$Gender == "Female"]
## W = 0.97918, p-value = 0.2308
shapiro.test(Between_Subjects$Assignment_Score_After[Between_Subjects$Gender == "Male"])
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## Shapiro-Wilk normality test
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## data: Between_Subjects$Assignment_Score_After[Between_Subjects$Gender == "Male"]
## W = 0.98016, p-value = 0.3138
#The Female group is normally distributed, (p > .05).
#The Male group is normally distributed, (p > .05).
#Conduct the Independent T-Test
t.test(Assignment_Score_After ~ Gender, data = Between_Subjects, var.equal = TRUE)
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## Two Sample t-test
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## data: Assignment_Score_After by Gender
## t = 0.20231, df = 148, p-value = 0.84
## alternative hypothesis: true difference in means between group Female and group Male is not equal to 0
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## -2.079515 2.553874
## sample estimates:
## mean in group Female mean in group Male
## 76.15385 75.91667
#Cohen's d (Effect Size)
cohens_d_result <- cohens_d(Assignment_Score_After ~ Gender, data = Between_Subjects,)
print(cohens_d_result)
## # A tibble: 1 × 7
## .y. group1 group2 effsize n1 n2 magnitude
## * <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <int> <int> <ord>
## 1 Assignment_Score_After Female Male 0.0330 78 72 negligible
#An Independent T-Test was conducted to determine if there was a difference in Assignment Score between Female and Male.
#Female score (M = 76.20, SD = 7.09) were significantly different from Male score (M = 75.90, SD = 7.27), t(148) = 0.20, p > .05.
#The effect size was medium, Cohen's d = .52.
#Research Question 4:Is there a mean difference in students' assignment scores before versus after using an AI writing tool?
#Null Hypothesis: There is no mean difference in students' assignment scores before and after using an AI writing tool.
#Alternative hypothesis: There is a mean difference in students' assignment scores before and after using an AI writing tool.
#Dependent t-test or Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
Before_A <- Within_Subjects$Assignment_Score_Before
After_A <- Within_Subjects$Assignment_Score_After
Differences <- After_A - Before_A
#Descriptive Statistics
mean(Before_A, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 74.62667
median(Before_A, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 74
sd(Before_A, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 6.540064
mean(After_A, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 81.8
median(After_A, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 83
sd(After_A, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 6.794194
#Histogram
hist(Differences,
breaks = 15,
col = "blue",
border = "white")

#Data for the difference scores appears normally distributed.
#Boxplot
boxplot(Differences,
main = "Distribution of Score Differences (After_A - Before_A)",
ylab = "Difference in Scores",
col = "blue",
border = "darkblue")

# The difference scores boxplot has one outlier.
#Shapiro Wilk Test
shapiro.test(Differences)
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## Shapiro-Wilk normality test
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## data: Differences
## W = 0.97346, p-value = 0.005296
#Shapiro-Wilk Difference Scores
#The data is abnormally distributed, (p < .05).
#Conduct the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test
wilcox.test(Before_A, After_A, paired = TRUE, na.action = na.omit)
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## Wilcoxon signed rank test with continuity correction
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## data: Before_A and After_A
## V = 0, p-value < 2.2e-16
## alternative hypothesis: true location shift is not equal to 0
#Effect Size
df_long <- data.frame(id = rep(1:length(Before_A), 2), time = rep(c("Before_A", "After_A"), each = length(Before_A)), score = c(Before_A, After_A))
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_A Before_A 0.870 150 150 large
#A Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test was conducted to determine if there was a difference in Assignment Score before Using AI writing tool versus after Using AI writing tool.
#Before scores (Mdn = 74.00) were significantly different from after scores (Mdn = 83.00), V = 0, p < .001.
#The effect size was large, r = .87.