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David Anderson has been working as a lecturer at Michigan State University for the last three...

David Anderson has been working as a lecturer at Michigan State University for the last three years. He teaches two large sections of introductory accounting every semester. While he uses the same lecture notes in both sections, his students in the first section outperform those in the second section. He believes that students in the first section not only tend to get higher scores, they also tend to have lower variability in scores. David decides to carry out a formal test to validate his hunch regarding the difference in average scores. In a random sample of 20 students in the first section, he computes a mean and a standard deviation of 85.2 and 25.9, respectively. In the second section, a random sample of 21 students results in a mean of 85.0 and a standard deviation of 1.18.

Sample 1 consists of students in the first section and Sample 2 represents students in the second section.

a.

Construct the null and the alternative hypotheses to test David’s hunch.

H0: μ1μ2 = 0; HA: μ1μ2 ≠ 0
H0: μ1μ2 ≥ 0; HA: μ1μ2 < 0
H0: μ1μ2 ≤ 0; HA: μ1μ2 > 0
b-1.

Calculate the value of the test statistic. (Round all intermediate calculations to at least 4 decimal places and final answer to 2 decimal places.)

  Test statistic   
b-2. What assumption regarding the population variances is used to conduct the test?
Known population standard deviations.
Unknown population standard deviations that are equal
Unknown population standard deviations that are not equal
c. Implement the test at α = 0.10 using the critical value approach.
Reject H0; there is evidence that scores are higher in the first section.
Reject H0; there is no evidence that scores are higher in the first section.
Do not reject H0; there is evidence that scores are higher in the first section.
Do not reject H0; there is no evidence that scores are higher in the first section.

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SUMMARY OUTPUT Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.195389 R Square 0.038177 Adjusted R Square 0.037333 Standard Error...

SUMMARY OUTPUT

Regression Statistics

Multiple R

0.195389

R Square

0.038177

Adjusted R Square

0.037333

Standard Error

36578.71

Observations

1142

ANOVA

df

SS

MS

F

Significance F

Regression

1

6.05E+10

6.05E+10

45.2492

2.74E-11

Residual

1140

1.53E+12

1.34E+09

Total

1141

1.59E+12

Coefficients

Standard Error

t Stat

P-value

Lower 95%

Upper 95%

Lower 95.0%

Upper 95.0%

Intercept

17779.38

3518.846

5.052617

5.07E-07

10875.24

24683.53

10875.24

24683.53

X Variable 1

522.0407

77.60665

6.726752

2.74E-11

369.7728

674.3086

369.7728

674.3086

Income using age

  1. Write the regression equation.
  2. Discuss the statistical significance of the model as a whole using the appropriate regression statistic at a 95% level of confidence.
  3. Discuss the statistical significance of the coefficient for each independent variable using the appropriate regression statistics at a 95% level of confidence.
  4. Discuss the statistical significance of the coefficient for each independent variable using the appropriate regression statistics at a 99% level of confidence.
  5. What percentage of the observed variation in income is explained by the model?
  6. Determine the predicted income of a person who is 50 years old, with 22 years of education, 1 additional family member earning income and works 45 hours per week.    

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1) Let   x be a continuous random variable that follows a normal distribution with a mean...

1) Let   x be a continuous random variable that follows a normal distribution with a mean of 321 and a standard deviation of 41.

(a) Find the value of   x > 321 so that the area under the normal curve from 321 to x is 0.2224.

Round your answer to the nearest integer.
The value of   x is_______

(b) Find the value of x so that the area under the normal curve to the right of x is 0.3745.

Round your answer to the nearest integer.
The value of   x is ______

2) A study has shown that 24% of all college textbooks have a price of $80 or higher. It is known that the standard deviation of the prices of all college textbooks is $10.00. Suppose the prices of all college textbooks have a normal distribution. What is the mean price of all college textbooks?

Round your answer to the nearest integer.

μ=

3) Use a table, calculator, or computer to find the specified area under a standard normal curve.

Round your answers to 4 decimal places.

a) More than a z-score of 2.48; area = _____________

b) More than a z-score of 1.7; area =_____________

c) More than a z-score of -0.41; area = _____________

d) More than a z-score of 00; area = _____________

4)

The highway police in a certain state are using aerial surveillance to control speeding on a highway with a posted speed limit of 55 miles per hour. Police officers watch cars from helicopters above a straight segment of this highway that has large marks painted on the pavement at  1-mile intervals. After the police officers observe how long a car takes to cover the mile, a computer estimates that cars speed. Assume that the errors of these estimates are normally distributed with a mean of  0 and a standard deviation of  3.58 miles per hour.

a. The state police chief has directed his officers not to issue a speeding citation unless the aerial units estimate of speed is at least 66 miles per hour. What is the probability that a car travelling at 61 miles per hour or slower will be cited for speeding?

Round your answer to four decimal places.

The probability that a car travelling at 61 miles per hour or slower will be cited for speeding is ______

b. Suppose the chief does not want his officers to cite a car for speeding unless they are 99% sure that it is travelling at 61 miles per hour or faster. What is the minimum estimate of speed at which a car should be cited for speeding?

Round your answer to the nearest integer.

The minimum estimate of speed is __

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In polynomial regression, what assumptions underlie the (strict) validity of the various p-values and confidence intervals?

In polynomial regression, what assumptions underlie the (strict) validity of the various p-values and confidence intervals?

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9.9. Is gender independent of education level? A random sample of people were surveyed and each...

9.9. Is gender independent of education level? A random sample of people were surveyed and

each person was asked to report the highest education level they obtained. Perform a hypothesis

test. Include all 5 steps.

High School Bachelors Masters
Female 30 60 54
Male 25 40 44

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A 9 monthold boy is insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (DDM) was seen in a pediatric diabetic...

A 9 monthold boy is insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (DDM) was seen in a pediatric diabetic clinic in London. He was well and had no gastrointestical symptoms. He was screened for antibodies. The screening test has a sensitivity of .93 and specificity of .90. The prevalence is 4.5 It was estimated that the patient.s CD willo be 4.5%. What will his post test probability be?

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An engineer designed a valve that will regulate water pressure on an automobile engine. The engineer...

An engineer designed a valve that will regulate water pressure on an automobile engine. The engineer designed the valve such that it would produce a mean pressure of 4.2 4.2 pounds/square inch. It is believed that the valve performs above the specifications. The valve was tested on 240 240 engines and the mean pressure was 4.3 4.3 pounds/square inch. Assume the variance is known to be 0.64 0.64 . A level of significance of 0.02 0.02 will be used. Determine the decision rule. Enter the decision rule.

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Irena Blazes, the fire chief of Flares, Oregon, wants to introduce volunteers into the department but...

Irena Blazes, the fire chief of Flares, Oregon, wants to introduce volunteers into the department but fears that employees will resist volunteers. Chief Blazes would like to use volunteers and wants to avoid potential labor problems. She has decided to introduce volunteers if 60 percent of the employees agree to work with them. She administers a survey to all 150 paid firefighters, and 90 respond. Among these 90 firefighters, 62 say that they agree to work with volunteers and accept them in the work place. Given the results of this survey, should Chief Blazes procced with her plans to introduce volunteer firefighters? What is the probability that she could obtain the survey results if 60% or fewer of the paid firefighters were willing to accept volunteers?

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Please note that for all problems in this course, the standard cut-off (alpha) for a test...

Please note that for all problems in this course, the standard cut-off (alpha) for a test of significance will be .05, and you always report the exact power unless SPSS output states p=.000 (you’d report p<.001). Also, remember when hand-calculating, always use TWO decimal places so that deductions in grading won’t be due to rounding differences.

Read the scenario and pick the most appropriate nonparametric statistical test (assume several assumptions of parametric tests were violated).

  1. Imagine that marketing researchers working for a food company want to determine whether children would prefer ketchup of a different color. They develop green to compare to their standard red. Both taste the same. They have children taste both ketchups (a correlated-groups design) and rank them on a scale of 1 – 10.

Answer:

  1. A researcher is interested in whether type of music influences how much money is spent in a department store. Repeat customers are asked to turn in their receipts over the last three months to participate in the study. Each month, music varied – one month, classical music was played; another month, jazz was played, and in the third month, country was played. Average money spent per transaction for each month was compared across the three music types for each customer. (Only customers who submitted receipts for all three months were allowed to participate). Data was skewed.

Part 3 – CUMULATIVE can include theoretical, hand-calculations, and use of SPSS over any concepts covered thus far. (3 pts).

Use the following scenario to answer the next three questions:

A researcher wants to examine whether there is a relationship between gender and salary.

  1. Name the two variables and the scale of measurement for each. (2 pts)

Answer:

  1. What statistical test is most appropriate? (1 pt)

Answer:

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The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is a test required for admission to many U.S. graduate schools....

The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is a test required for admission to many U.S. graduate schools. Students' scores on the quantitative portion of the GRE follow a normal distribution with mean 150 and standard deviation 8.8. In addition to other qualifications, a score of at least 165 is required for admission to a particular graduate school.

A) Describe how you would shade the region under the normal curve that represents test takers who scored above 165 in the quantitative portion of the GRE.

B) What proportion of GRE scores can be expected to be over 165? (rounded to hundredths)

C) What proportion of GRE scores can be expected to be under 165?

D) What proportion of GRE scores can be expected to be between 155 and 165?

E) What is the probability that a randomly selected student will score less than 145 points?

F) Determine the 75th percentile of the GRE scores (rounded to a whole number)

G) Determine the range of scores that make up the middle 90% of all scores (rounded to whole numbers). Low bound and high bound?

Suppose n = 16 randomly selected students take the GRE on the same day.

Describe the sampling distribution of the sample mean for the quantitative GRE Scores for the 16 students.

H) The Shape is

I) The Mean is

J) The Sd is

K) What is the probability that a random sample of 16 students has a mean score on the GRE that is less than 147?

L) Would this (K) be an unusual outcome?

M) What is the probability that a random sample of 16 students has a mean score on the GRE that is greater than 165?

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In each scenario below, specify each variable as a response variable, an explanatory variable, or neither....

In each scenario below, specify each variable as a response variable, an explanatory variable, or neither. Explain your choices.

a. A climatologist wishes to predict future monthly rainfall in Los Angeles. To inform his predictive model, for each month of the past 30 years, he records the name of the month (Jan.-Dec.), total rainfall (mm), and the Oceanic Niño Index (a measure of sea surface temperature differences, in ºC).

b. A researcher conducts an experiment in a residence for senior citizens to investigate the effect of floor type on the risk of fall-related injury. For each individual in the facility, she records the type of flooring (either standard flooring or a new, rubber flooring that absorbs the impact of falls) in their room, their age, and the number of fall-related injuries that they sustained over the previous two years. my question : are the age and the number of fall related injuries over the previous two year also the explanatory variables?

c. A medical researcher studies a group of boys, recording the age at which they reach puberty (years) and their BMI (kg/m2) at that time. Her goal is to quantify the association between these two variables.

My answer: is this correct?

a. Explanatory variable : records the name of the month (Jan.-Dec.), the Oceanic Niño Index (a measure of sea surface temperature differences, in ºC)

Response variable: total rainfall (mm),

b.Explanatory variable: the type of flooring (either standard flooring or a new, rubber flooring that absorbs the impact of falls) in their room, their age, the number of fall-related injuries that they sustained over the previous two years.

c. Neither: the age at which they reach puberty (years) and their BMI (kg/m2) at that time

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Suppose that 45 studentsare applying to a company. There are 5 job openings but 8 offers...

Suppose that 45 studentsare applying to a company. There are 5 job openings but 8 offers are made because typically a few students will turn down the job. Each student has a 60% chance of accepting a job offer, independent of the other student’s decisions. What is the CDF for the number of students who accept job offers?

please show me the method and the answer

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Write down and explain in words and/or graphs the five Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) assumptions.

Write down and explain in words and/or graphs the five Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) assumptions.

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3. The time T required to receive a message at node B from node A is...

3. The time T required to receive a message at node B from node A is an exponentially distributed random variable with mean 1/10 (milliseconds). The time T is measured from the moment that a message left node A to the moment that it was received by node B.

a) What is the probability that T exceeds 105 milliseconds?

b) What is the probability that a message is received after 200 milliseconds given that no message was received before 95 milliseconds? That is, calculate: P(T > 200 | T 95):

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A study reports that 36% of companies in Country A have three or more female board...

A study reports that 36% of companies in Country A have three or more female board directors. Suppose you select a random sample of 100 respondents. Complete parts​ (a) through​ (c) below.

a. What is the probability that the sample will have between 33​% and 43​% of companies in Country A that have three or more female board​ directors?

b. The probability is 70​% that the sample percentage of Country A companies having three or more female board directors will be contained within what symmetrical limits of the population​ percentage?

c. The probability is 99.7​% that the sample percentage of Country A companies having three or more female board directors will be contained within what symmetrical limits of the population​ percentage?

The probability is 99.7​% that the sample percentage will be contained above _____ ​% and below _____ ​%.

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