The creators of a discovery-based learning system for statistics daim that students who are taught using their method experience greater success than
students taught with a strictly lecture-based method. To test the daim Professor Myers decided to teach one of his introductory courses using the
discovery-based method and the other using a lecture-based course Eighty introductory statistics students were randomly assigned to one of Professor
Myers' two sections. The summary statistics for his end-of-course assessment appear below.
s
n
Lecture Method
Discovery-based Method
r
80.6
84.2
5.2.
3.9
40
40
At a 0.01 significance level, test the daim that students who learn introductory statistics using a discovery-based approach show higher achievement that
those taught using a lecture-based approach
Reject He p-value < 0.01
Fail to reject He p-value < 0.01
Reject He p-value > 0.01
Fal to reject He p-value > 0.01