A researcher conducts an experiment examining the effects of alcohol on college students' emotion. 120 participants are recruited from a large northeastern university to complete the study. Half of the participants are randomly assigned to an experimental condition in which they consume 3 alcoholic beverages and then complete a measure of emotion. Participants in the control condition consumed 3 non-alcoholic beverages before completing the same measure of emotion. 1. What is the population for the current study?
2. What is the sample for the current study?
3. What would be the null hypothesis for the current study?
4. What would be the alternative hypothesis for the current study?
5. In order to analyze the results of the current study, the experimenter would use a which is a(n): statistical test.
a. F-test; Descriptive
b. F-test; Inferential
c. t-test; Descriptive
d. t-test; Inferential