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Question1 8 marks
A factory that emits airborne pollutants is testing two different brands of filters
for its smokestacks. The factory has two smokestacks. One brand of filter (Filter
I) is placed on one smokestack, and the other brand (Filter II) is placed on the
second smokestack. Random samples of air released from the smokestacks are
taken at different times throughout the day. Pollutant concentrations are measured
from both stacks at the same time. The data represent the pollutant concentrations
(in parts per million) for samples taken at 20 different times after passing through
the filters.
a) Perform the normality test to check if the differences in concentration
levels at all times are normally distributed.
b) Make a 95% confidence interval for the mean of the population of paired
differences, where a paired difference is equal to the pollutant
concentration passing through Filter I minus the pollutant concentration
passing through Filter II.
a) Using a 5% significance level, can you conclude that the average paired
difference for concentration levels is different from zero?

Question 2 8marks

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In a Harris poll conducted by Harris Interactive between April 10 and April 17,
2012, U.S. adults aged 18 years and older were asked whether they agreed with
the statement, “In general, people on Wall Street are as honest
and moral as other people.”
The accompanying chart shows the percentage distribution
of the responses of these adults. Twenty-eight percent of the adults polled said
that they agree with this statement, 68% disagreed, and 4% were not sure or
refused to answer. Assume that these percentages were true for the population of
U.S. adults in 2012. Perform the required hypothesis test to check if the
hypothesis whether these percentages with respect to the foregoing statement are
still true for the current distribution of 2000 people who participated in this study.

Question3 8 marks
Let us consider the case of households in California and Wisconsin who belong
to various income groups. Suppose these households are further divided in three
income strata: high-income group (with an income of more than $200,000),
medium-income group (with an income of $70,000 to $200,000), and low-income
group (with an income of less than $70,000). Perform the required hypothesis test
at 5% significance level that income groups are dependent on household’s
residential state.

Question 4 10 marks
A university employment office wants to compare the time taken by graduates
with three different majors to find their first fulltime job after graduation. The
data lists the time (in days) taken to find their first full-time job after graduation
for a random sample of 29 business majors, 24 computer science majors, and 21
engineering majors who graduated in May 2014.
a) Perform the normality test to check if the time variable is normally distributed
for three fields.

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b) At a 5% significance level, can you reject the null hypothesis that the variances
of time taken to find their first full-time job for all May 2014 graduates in these
fields are different?
c) At a 5% significance level, can you reject the null hypothesis that the mean
time taken to find their first full-time job for all May 2014 graduates in these
fields are different ?
d) Perform the Tucky Multiple Comparison test (if required) to check in which
field there is actually a difference in time exist.

Question 5 6 marks
Health experts recommend that runners drink 4 ounces of water every 15 minutes
they run. Although handheld bottles work well for many types of runs, all-day
cross-country runs require hip-mounted or over-the-shoulder hydration systems.
In addition to carrying more water, hip-mounted or over-the-shoulder hydration
systems offer more storage space for food and extra clothing. As the capacity
increases, however, the weight and cost of these larger-capacity systems also
increase. The data show the weight (ounces) and the price for 26 hip- mounted or
over-the-shoulder hydration systems (Trail Runner Gear Guide, 2003).
a. Use these data to develop an estimated regression equation that could be used
to predict the price of a hydration system given its weight. Did the estimated
regression equation provide a good fit? Explain.

b. At the .05 level of significance, perform the required hypothesis test to check if
the there is a linear association between weight and price.

c. Also perform the appropriate test to confirm the significance of the relationship
at the .05 level of significance.

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