In: Statistics and Probability
Ken and Billy both live in the same neighborhood, and work at
the university. Ken drives to work, Billy rides his bicycle. You -
a budding statistician - have been asked to settle an argument. Ken
believes that more often than not, his commuting time via his drive
is less than Billy's. Billy believes that this is not so, due to
traffic volume and traffic lights. Over the period of one month,
the statistician randomly selects eight days for Ken and eight days
for Billy. On each day, they will be asked to measure, to the
nearest tenth of a minute, the amount of time it takes them to get
from their home to the university campus.
The commuting times are given on each randomly chosen day, for each
person.
Ken: 8.8, 1.7, 23.5, 16.3, 10.6, 13.8, 11.7, 14.4;
Billy: 18.5, 17.9, 17.9, 18.2, 18.1, 20.8, 18.1, 21.6;
Using the technology available to you, visually and
statistically inspect this data. From this, construct the most
appropriate statistical hypotheses.
A. H0:μD=0HA:μD>0H0:μD=0HA:μD>0
B. H0:μD=0HA:μD≠0H0:μD=0HA:μD≠0
C.
H0:μ~Ken=μ~BillyHA:μ~Ken>μ~BillyH0:μ~Ken=μ~BillyHA:μ~Ken>μ~Billy
D.
H0:μ~Ken=μ~BillyHA:μ~Ken≠μ~BillyH0:μ~Ken=μ~BillyHA:μ~Ken≠μ~Billy
E. H0:μD=0HA:μD<0H0:μD=0HA:μD<0
F.
H0:μKen=μBillyHA:μKen>μBillyH0:μKen=μBillyHA:μKen>μBilly
G.
H0:μ~Ken=μ~BillyHA:μ~Ken<μ~BillyH0:μ~Ken=μ~BillyHA:μ~Ken<μ~Billy
H.
H0:μKen=μBillyHA:μKen≠μBillyH0:μKen=μBillyHA:μKen≠μBilly
I.
H0:μKen=μBillyHA:μKen<μBillyH0:μKen=μBillyHA:μKen<μBilly
(b) Find the value of the test statistic for this test, use at
least one decimal in your answer.
Test Statistic =
(c) Determine the P-value of your statistical test in part (c), and
report it to at least three decimal places.