A social and personality psychologist thinks that creativity differs by personality traits, rather than the traditional view that it is a cognitive process. Specifically, this psychologist thinks that introverts are more creative than extraverts. The researcher gives a personality test to a group of 16 university students and then separates them based on the assessment results into 2 groups: the extraverts and the introverts. The participants are then asked to write a short story which is rated on creativity by a well-known author. The creativity scores range from 0 to 20 on an interval scale, where higher scores indicate greater creativity. The results are shown in Table 2. Using the 0.05 alpha level, are introverts more creative than extroverts? Use all of the steps of hypothesis testing. extrovert introvert 8 18 7 17 11 10 3 14 5 16 8 15 7 19 4 12
A social and personality psychologist thinks that creativity differs by personality traits, rather than the traditional view that it is a cognitive process. Specifically, this psychologist thinks that introverts are more creative than extraverts. The researcher gives a personality test to a group of 16 university students and then separates them based on the assessment results into 2 groups: the extraverts and the introverts. The participants are then asked to write a short story which is rated on creativity by a well-known author. The creativity scores
extrovert | introvert |
8 | 18 |
7 | 17 |
11 | 10 |
3 | 14 |
5 | 16 |
8 | 15 |
7 | 19 |
4 | 12 |
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