Melanie, a school psychologist, wants to compare the test scores of students in her school to the national average.Which is the appropriate order of some of the steps she should follow?
A) state the hypotheses; determine the characteristics of the comparison distribution; identify populations, distribution, and assumptions; calculate the test statistic; reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis
B) identify populations, distribution, and assumptions; determine the characteristics of the comparison distribution; calculate the test statistic; state the hypotheses; reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis
C) identify populations, distribution, and assumptions; state the hypotheses; determine the characteristics of the comparison distribution; calculate the test statistic; reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis
D) identify populations, distribution, and assumptions; state the hypotheses; reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis; determine the characteristics of the comparison distribution; calculate the test statistic

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The appropriate order of steps for comparing the test scores of students to the national average involves first identifying the populations, distributions, and assumptions, then stating the hypotheses, determining the characteristics of the comparison distribution, calculating the test statistic, and finally, deciding whether to reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis. Therefore, option C is the best choice.

Melanie, a School Psychologist, Wants to Compare the Test Scores