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June 1, 2025 at 10:35 pm #8357
vkhanai1
ParticipantReflection Questions
What is the average perceived stress score among the students?
26.3Did males or females sleep more on average?
In this sample, males slept more on average (6.25 hours) than females (5.17 hours).
A one-tailed Welch’s t-test was conducted to assess whether males sleep significantly more than females.
The result was not statistically significant: t = –1.62, p = 0.076.
Therefore, we do not have sufficient evidence to conclude that males sleep more than females in the population.
Is there a relationship between stress and sleep? What does the correlation suggest?
There was a very strong negative correlation between perceived stress and sleep hours,
r = –0.97, p < 0.001.
This result was statistically significant, suggesting that individuals who slept more tended to report significantly lower stress scores.
The Pearson correlation test confirmed this relationship with a 95% confidence interval ranging from –0.99 to –0.89. -
June 2, 2025 at 1:46 pm #8366
Robbybay
ParticipantAccording to the information provided above, sleep and stress are correlated, as it suggests that a lack of sleep can lead to stress in psychology students, and the absence of stress is an indication that the psychology student has had a good night’s rest.
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June 4, 2025 at 1:54 pm #8421
AdrianPalmer
ParticipantThe average perceived stress score (PSS) among students in the sample was 26.30 scores.
On average females slept 5.18 hrs and males 6.25 hrs per night. While it appears that males slept more than females , the independent t-test indicated that difference in the means were not significantly different with a 95% CI: (-2.6252, 0.585) where the interval included the possiblity of zero.
It is however important to note that there is a strong negative correlation between perceived stress scores and hours slept per night, r = -0.976 (p = < 0.001) indicating that as stress increases the number of hours slept per night decreases. -
June 4, 2025 at 6:04 pm #8425
Giselle
ParticipantI used R. It used a Welch two-sample t-test, where t = -1.6174 and p = 0.1528. So, since p is greater than 0.05, then it’s not statistically significant. The mean sleep for females was 5.17 hours while the mean sleep for males was 6.25 hours. There was a strong negative correlation of -0.97 between pss score and hours slept.
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June 5, 2025 at 11:44 am #8429
Ftwniecey
Participant1. What is the average average perceived stress Score was
26.32. Did males or females sleep more on average?
On average females slept for 5.18 hours and males 6.25 per night it showed that males slept more than females however T- Test determined that the mean difference was not significantly different a 95% confidence interval resulting in a test value of 0
3. Is there a relationship between stress and sleep what does the correlation suggest?
There was a strong negative correlation of (-0.97) between PSS Score and Sleep hours
Making it negative 0.001 Showing as one variable Increase the other one decreases
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