Empathy The Interpersonal Reactivity Index is a survey

Last updated: 12/13/2022

Empathy The Interpersonal Reactivity Index is a survey designed to assess four different types of empathy One type of empathy called Empathetic Concern measures the tendency to feel sympathy and compassion for people who are less fortunate The index ranges from 0 less empathetic to 28 more empathetic The following data representing random samples of 10 males and 10 females are consistent with results reported in psychological studies Boxplots show that it is reasonable to assume that the populations are approximately normal Can you conclude that the mean empathy score for men is greater than the mean empathy score for women Let denote the mean empathy score for men Use the 0 01 level and the P value method with the TI 84 Plus calculator 26 23 21 23 Send data to Excel Part 1 of 4 Females 19 20 22 20 23 19 16 15 23 21 17 State the null and alternate hypotheses Ho H H H 0 Part 2 of 4 Males 18 22 Part 3 of 4 0 The hypothesis test is a right tailed test 25 15 20 Part 3 4 Compute the P value Round the answer to at least four decimal places P value 0 2025 Part 4 of 4 Determine whether to reject Ho We do not reject the null hypothesis Ho at the a 0 01 level