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    Statistical T-Tests for Means

    The publisher of Celebrity Living claims that the mean sales for personality magazines that feature people such as Angelina Jolie or Paris Hilton are 1.5 million copies per week. A sample of 10 comparable titles shows a mean weekly sales last week of 1.3 million copies with a standard deviation of 0.9 million million copies. Doe

    Critical Value and Z Statistic

    Use the critical values for z of 1.65 and a p level of approximately 0.10, or 10%. For each of the following values, determine if you would reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis: a. z  0.95 b. z  1.77 c. A z statistic that 2% of the scores fall above

    Mean and Spread of the Comparison Distribution

    If you are performing a hypothesis test using a z statistic in which you sampled 50 people and found an average SAT verbal score of 542 (assume we know the population mean to be 500 and the standard deviation to be 100), calculate the mean and spread of the comparison distribution.

    Testing the Different Performance of Students with and without Sleep

    a. Research has shown that losing a few hours of sleep can have a significant effect on performance of some simple tasks. To demonstrate this phenomenon, a sample of n = 25 college students was given a simple problem solving task at noon one day and again at noon on the following day. The students were not permitted any sleep a

    Sensitivity and Specificity

    Hypertension As part of a study performed in Norway, 70,000 people in the general population had their blood pressure measured; two readings were obtained and the second reading was used in the analysis. The people were followed for mortality outcome over a 10-year period after the blood-pressure measurement using death files

    Goodness of Fit Test: Telephone Calls Received

    8. During 200 randomly selected minutes, the number of telephone calls received each minute were recorded. At the .05 level of significance, is there any evidence that these data are not Poisson with a mean of 2.8? Number of Calls Per Observed Minute

    Statistics: College Writing Scores

    State college is evaluating a new english composition course for freshmen. A random sample of N=25 freshmen is obtained and the students are placed in the course during their first semester. One year later, a writing sample is obtained for each student and the writing samples are graded using a standard evaluation technique. The

    Research Paper: Major, Age and Gender

    Examine the variables in the data file 2004GSS.sav in terms of their labels and values. Develop a research paper with the five sections described below. You should submit your report as one MSWord document with all data and tables copied into that document. Introduction: The purpose of the paper. Rewrite this section after co

    Statistics Test Mutual Funds Question

    Please help with the following statistics test and mutual funds problems. Step by step calculations are given. Fidelity Magellan is a large cap growth mutual fund and Fidelity Small Cap Stock is a small cap growth mutual fund (Morningstar Funds 500, 2006). The standard deviation for both funds was computed based on a sample

    Determining Statistical Differences

    The general manager of an airline recently noticed an increase in the number of no shows for flights from Calgary. He wants to know if there are a different number of no shows for flights from Calgary compared with flights from Toronto. Below are the numbers of no shows for the flights: Calgary 11,15,10,18,11,20,24,22,25 To

    Random Selection of Nonfatal Occupations

    Randomly selected nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses are categorized, according to the day of the week that they first occured, and the results are listed below. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that such injuries and illnesses occur with equal frequency on the different days of the week. Please show y

    Analyzing proportion claims

    A certain researcher thinks that the proportion of women who say that female bosses are harshly critical is greater than the proportion of men. In a random sample of 200 women, 27% said that female bosses are harshly critical. In a random sample of 220 men, 25% said that female bosses are harshly critical. At the 0.05 sig

    Hypothesis Testing Rejection and P-Values

    Consider the hypothesis test given by H0: u =530 H1: u does not = 530 In a random sample of 85 subjects, the sample mean is found to be 522.3. Also, the population standard deviation is 29. Determine the p-value for this test. Is there sufficient evidence to justify the rejection of H0 at the "alpha" level of 0.01? Please

    Sample Mean, Sample Standard Deviation, Conclusion of Test

    Given a sample size of 65, with sample mean 726.2 and sample standard deviation 85.3, we perform the following hypothesis test. H0: u = 750 H1: u < 750 1. What is the conclusion of the test at the "alpha" = 0.10 level? Please explain your answer.

    Injuries and Motorcycle Helmet Color

    A case-control study was conducted to investigate a relationship between the colors of helmets worn by motorcycle drivers and whether they are injured or killed in a crash. Results are given in the table below. Test the claim that injuries are independent of helmet color. Should motorcycle drivers choose helmets with a particula

    Testing a Claim using Significance Testing

    Test the given claim - Global warming survey: A Pew research poll was conducted to investigate opinions about global warming. The respondents who answered yes when asked if there is solid evidence that the earth is getting warmer were then asked to select a cause of global warming. The results for two age brackets are give

    Statistics Hypothesis Test: Flat Tire

    A classic tale involves for carpooling students who missed a test and gave as an excuse a flat tire. On the makeup test, the instructor asked the students to identify the particular tire that went flat. If they really didn't have a flat tire, would they be able to identify the same tire? The author asked 41 other students to ide

    Statistics: Testing a Null Hypothesis

    A researcher is testing a null hypothesis that states: Ho: = 50. A sample of 25 scores is selected and the mean is M = 55. Assuming that the sample variance is 100, compute the estimated standard error and the t statistic. Is this sample sufficient to reject the null hypothesis using a two-tailed test with alpha = .05? Ass

    Statistics: Heights of Presidential Candidates and Runners-Up

    Please help with the following problem. Theories have been developed about the heights of winning candidates for the U.S. presidency and the heights of candidates who were runners-up. Listed below are heights (in inches) from recent presidential elections. Is there a linear correlation between the heights of candidates who w

    Testing Hypotheses and T Distribution Statistics

    3. An earlier study claims that U.S. adults spend an average of 114 minutes with their families per day. A recently taken sample of 25 adults showed that they spend an average of 109 minutes per day with their families. The sample standard deviation is 11 minutes. Assume that the time spent by adults with their families has an a

    Hypothesis Testing Practice Problems

    Please see the attachment for proper formatting and symbols. 7.45 #5. Find a value, X0, such that µ = 160 and o2 = 256 a)P(X < X0) = 0.16 b) P(X-< X0) = 0.75 7.64 #16. A sample of size n = 20 is randomly selected from a normal population with mean µ = 90 and standard deviation = 5. Find the following:- a. P (x > 95) t

    Statistics: Conclusions for Cobalamine (vitamin B12) in Growing Teens

    The recommended daily allowance (RDA) of cobalamine (vitamin B12) for growing teens is 2.4ug (micrograms). It is generally believed that growing teens are getting less than the RDA of 2.4ug of cobalamine daily. The FDA managed to collect with a 24-hour period blood samples of 10 randomly selected teens around the country. The am

    Hypothesis Test for Cobalamine (Vitamin B12) in Growing Teens

    The recommended daily allowance (RDA) of cobalamine (vitamin B12) for growing teens is 2.4ug (micrograms). It is generally believed that growing teens are getting less than the RDA of 2.4ug of cobalamine daily. The FDA managed to collect with a 24-hour period blood sample of 10 randomly selected teens around the country. The amo

    Statistics: Test Statistics for Cobalamine in Growing Teens

    The recommended daily allowance (RDA) of cobalamine (vitamin B12) for growing teens is 2.4ug (micrograms). It is generally believed that growing teens are getting less than the RDA of 2.4ug of cobalamine daily. The FDA managed to collect with a 24-hour period blood sample of 10 randomly selected teens around the country. The amo

    Statistics: Testing Magnets for Treating Pain

    A study was conducted to determine whether magnets were effective in treating pain. The valves represent pain measurements. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that those given a sham treatment have greater variation in pain reductions than those treated with magnets. Assume that the populations are normally distribu

    Statistics: BMI for Miss America

    Assume that both samples are independant simple random samples from populations having normal distributions. listed below are body mass indexes (BMI) for miss america winners from two different time periods. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that winners from both time periods have BMI values with the same amount

    Independent Measures Significance Test

    The following data were obtained from an independent measures study. Determine if there is a significant difference between the treatments. Use a significant level of .01. Treatment 1 Treatment 2 5 6 1 10 2 14 3 12 4 1