Evaluating professors and types of variables Weinberg Fleish

Evaluating professors and types of variables: Weinberg, Fleisher, and Hashimoto (2007) studied almost 50,000 students\' evaluations of their professors in almost 400 economics courses at The Ohio State University over a 10-year period.

One finding was that the average levels of students\' learning (as assessed by grades in related future classes) were not statistically significantly different for those who had male and those who had female professors.

Which statistical test would the researchers have used for the above finding?

Pearson correlation

chi-square test for goodness-of-fit

independent-samples t test

chi-square test for independence

Solution

It is chi-square test for independence