PROBLEM SET 3: GRMA203 ADVANCED STATISTICS

Do a complete hypothesis testing procedure for EACH item. Save your work in word file then convert to pdf
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1. A teacher wished to determine if providing a bilingual dictionary to students with limited English
proficiency improves math test scores. A small class of students was selected. Students were given two
math tests. Each test covered the same type of math content; however, students were provided a
bilingual dictionary on the second test. The data below represents the students' performance on each
math test. Test the teacher’s claim.

2. A study was conducted to see if an active involvement in a hobby has a positive effect on the health of
a person who had retired after age 65. The data below describe the health (number of doctor visits in 1
year) for participants who are involved in a hobby almost daily and those who are not. Is there a
significant difference between the two groups?

3. A post graduate student performed a pilot study for his dissertation. He wanted to examine the effects
of animal companionship on elderly males. He selected 10 male participants from a nursing home. Then
he used an ABAB research design where A represented a week with the absence of a cat and B
represented a week with the presence of a cat. At the end of each week, he administered a 20-point
survey to measure quality of life satisfaction. The survey results are presented below.
 Use a Friedman test to determine if one or more of the groups are significantly different. If a significant
difference exists, use Wilcoxon signed ranks tests to identify which groups are significantly different.

4. A researcher conducted a study with n=15 participants to investigate strength gains from exercise. The
participants were divided into three groups and given one of three treatments. Participants' strength
gains were measured and ranked. The rankings are presented in Table 1. Use a Kruskal-Wallis H-test
with a = 0.05 to determine if one or more of the groups are significantly different.

Table 1. Ranking of strength gains of the participants by group.

5. The following data have been obtained by an automotive engineer interested in estimating owner
preferences. From a sample of 163 automobiles the following data on engine size and transmission type
were obtained.

Engine size
Transmission
Small Medium Large
4-speed 34 19 12
5-speed 24 28 5
Automatic 7 12 22

Test the null hypothesis that transmission type and engine size chosen by the car- owning population
are independent. Using a 5% level of significance, do the above data support this hypothesis?

6. Acme Toy Company prints baseball cards. The company claims that 30% of the cards are rookies, 60%
veterans, and 10% are All-Stars. Suppose a random sample of 100 cards has 50 rookies, 45 veterans,
and 5 All-Stars. Is this consistent with Acme's claim? Use a 0.05 level of significance.
7. A robot-operated assembly line is developed to produce a range of new products, which are color-coded
black, white, red and green. The assembly line is programmed to produce 11.76% black, 29.41% white,
7.06% red and 51.76% green items. A sample of 180 items was taken and the following distribution
was observed:

Color Black White Red Green

Can you conclude at the 5% level of significance that the assembly line needs adjustment?

8. An experiment was conducted to study the relationship between the ratings of a tobacco leaf grader and
the moisture content of the corresponding tobacco leaves. Twelve leaves were rated by the grader on
a scale of 1 to 10 and corresponding readings of moisture content were made. The data are as follows:
Leaf Grader’s rating Moisture content
1 9 0.22
2 6 0.16
3 7 0.17
4 7 0.14
5 5 0.12
6 8 0.19
7 2 0.10
8 6 0.12
9 1 0.05
10 10 0.20
11 9 0.16
12 3 0.09
Calculate rs. Do the data provide sufficient evidence to indicate an association between the grader’s
rating and the moisture content of the leaves? Test the significance of r s.