Table 1
Independent Samples T-Test of Students’ Happiness This Semester Caused by the Guest Policy
Guest Policy N Means SD T Df P
Yes Guest 93 5.23 2.703 -1.289 143.87 0.2057
No Guest 338 4.83 2.639
N=431
Note: P> 0.05*, P>0.01**, P>0.001***
In the sample, the variable was recoded to assume all answers that were not “No” as “Yes”. Mean scores of the students who answered “Yes” in favor of the guest policy scored higher on the self-evaluation of how happy they are this semester at Longwood. Even though both groups scored below the statistical average of the scale of 0-10 which is 5.5. According to the table, because my calculated t-score is less than the significant value at the 0.05 level, there is nothing significant between the means. The average means between students that are for and those against is not large enough to warrant significant findings.