STAT 200 Week 8 Homework Solution

Lane – Ch. 15


10. If an experiment is conducted with 5 conditions and 6 subjects in each condition, what are dfn and dfe?


17. The following data are from a hypothetical study on the effects of age and time on scores on a test of reading comprehension. Compute the analysis of variance summary table.




12-year-olds


16-year-olds


30 minutes



66



74




68



71




59



67




72



82





46



76


60 minutes



69



95




61



92




69



95




73



98





61



94



Illowsky – Ch. 13


Use the following information to answer the next three exercises. Suppose a group is interested in determining whether teenagers obtain their drivers licenses at approximately the same average age across the country. Suppose that the following data are randomly collected from five teenagers in each region of the country. The numbers represent the age at which teenagers obtained their drivers licenses.



Northeast


South


West


Central


East



16.3


16.9


16.4


16.2


17.1



16.1


16.5


16.5


16.6


17.2



16.4


16.4


16.6


16.5


16.6



16.5


16.2


16.1


16.4


16.8


x-bar =


________


________


________


________


________


s^2 =


________


________


________


________


________


H0:µ1=µ2=µ3=µ4=µ5


Hα: At least any two of the group meansµ1,µ2, …,µ5are not equal.


61. degrees of freedom – numerator: df(num) = ________


63. F static = ________


69. A researcher wants to know if the mean times (in minutes) that people watch their favorite news station are the same. Suppose that Table 13.24 shows the results of a study.


CNN FOX Local


45 15 72


12 43 37


18 68 56


38 50 60


23 31 51


35 22 ?


Assume that all distributions are normal, the four population standard deviations are approximately the same, and the data were collected independently and randomly. Use a level of significance of 0.05.


71. Are the mean number of times a month a person eats out the same for whites, blacks, Hispanics and Asians? Suppose that Table 13.26 shows the results of a study.


White


Black


Hispanic


Asian


6


4


7


8


8


1


3


3


2


5


5


5


4


2


4


1


6



6


7



77. A grassroots group opposed to a proposed increase in the gas tax claimed that the increase would hurt working-class people the most, since they commute the farthest to work. Suppose that the group randomly surveyed 24 individuals and asked them their daily one-way commuting mileage. The results are as follows.


Working-Class



Professional (middles incomes)





Professional (wealthy)





17.8




16.5




8.5




26.7




17.4




6.3




49.4




22




4.6




9.4




7.4




12.6




65.4




9.4




11




47.1




2.1




28.6




19.5




6.4




15.4




51.2




13.9




9.3



Determine whether or not the variance in mileage driven is statistically the same among the working class and professional (middle income) groups. Use a 5% significance level.


81. Is the variance for the amount of money, in dollars, that shoppers spend on Saturdays at the mall the same as the variance for the amount of money that shoppers spend on Sundays at the mall? Suppose that the Table 13.34 shows the results of a study.


Saturday


Sunday


Saturday


Sunday


75


44


62


137


18


58


0


82


150


61


124


39


94


19


50


127


62


99


31


141


73


60


118


73



89