Degrees of freedom
1. What do degrees of freedom (df) mean? Canbulat a al. (2015) did not provide the dft in
their study. Why is it important to know the cif for a t ratio? Using the dfformula, calculate
the df for this study.
2. What are the means and standard deviations (SDs) for age for the Buzzy intervention and
control groups? What statistical analysis is conducted to determine the difference in means
for age for the two groups? Was this an appropriate analysis technique? Provide a rationale
for your answer.
3. What are the t value and p value for age? What do these results mean?
4. What are the assumptions for conducting the independent samples t-test?