In: Statistics and Probability
Match each scenario with the SINGLE MOST
appropriate test. Each answer choice may be used once,...
Match each scenario with the SINGLE MOST
appropriate test. Each answer choice may be used once, more than
once, or not at all. Assume all data collection is by random
sampling unless the question suggests otherwise.
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Is there evidence that the mean price of a pound of Gala apples
is more than $1.4? Prices were collected from 200 grocery stores
throughout the US.
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In the US, what is the mean of the difference between the salary
of a person the year after finishing college and ten years into
his/her career?
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Is the mean number of hours an adult watches TV on election day
in the US greater than the mean number of hours an adult watches TV
on election day in Germany?
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Is there evidence that not all means are the same when comparing
the mean college graduation age of students in the US, Japan, China
and Europe?
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Ten students will obtain their PhDs in Statistics next semester.
The head of the department wants to know the mean number of years
these ten students took to graduate.
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Is there evidence that US high school students sleep more hours
in the fall than in the spring? Data was collected in the fall and
in the spring from the same sample of 55 US high school
students.
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What is the mean number of newspapers sold daily in newsstands
in the US? A simple random sample of 200 newsstands across the US
was selected to answer the question.
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A. |
One-Sample Mean Confidence Interval or Significance Test
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B. |
Two-Sample Comparison of Means Confidence Interval or
Significance Test
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C. |
One-Way ANOVA
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D. |
No Inference Methods Needed
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E. |
Matched Pairs Confidence Interval or Significance Test
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