In: Statistics and Probability
Activity 3: Which procedure?
For each question, determine which inference procedure is
appropriate (perform hypothesis test or construct a confidence
interval), and identify the parameter of interest (p, p1 – p2, µ,
µ1 – µ2, µd).
What percentage of college students engage in underage drinking in
their freshman year?
Test or Interval Parameter
What is the average change in a person’s heart rate when comparing
measurements from before and after a scary scene in a horror
film?
Test or Interval Parameter
What is the average number of siblings of all Penn State
students?
Test or Interval Parameter
Is there a difference in the percent of college freshman and
college sophomores who engage in underage drinking?
Test or Interval Parameter
On average, are college graduates exiting school with a GPA above 3.0?
Test or Interval Parameter
Is the percent of sophomores living on campus at Penn State
different than 30%?
Test or Interval Parameter
Is there a difference in the percentage of season games of their favorite sport a fan attends based on if their favorite sport is baseball or basketball?
Test or Interval Parameter
What percentage of college students engage in underage drinking in their freshman year?
Inference Procedure: Interval
Parameter of interest: p
What is the average change in a
person’s heart rate when comparing measurements from before and
after a scary scene in a horror film?
Inference Procedure: Interval
Parameter of interest: µd
What is the average number of siblings
of all Penn State students?
Inference Procedure: Interval
Parameter of interest: µ
Is there a difference in the percent
of college freshman and college sophomores who engage in underage
drinking?
Inference Procedure: Test
Parameter of interest: p1 – p2
On average, are college graduates exiting school with a GPA above 3.0?
Inference Procedure: Test
Parameter of interest: µ
Is the percent of sophomores living on
campus at Penn State different than 30%?
Inference Procedure: Test
Parameter of interest: p
Is there a difference in the percentage of season games of their favourite sport a fan attends based on if their favourite sport is baseball or basketball?
Inference Procedure: Test
Parameter of interest: p1 – p2