Hypothesis testing for two means and two proportions
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Student learning outcomes
The student will select the appropriate distributions to use in each case.
The student will conduct hypothesis tests and interpret the results.
Supplies:
the business section from two consecutive days’ newspapers
three small packages of M&Ms®
five small packages of Reese's Pieces®
Increasing stocks survey
Look at yesterday’s newspaper business section. Conduct a hypothesis test to determine if
the proportion of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stocks that increased is greater than theproportion of NASDAQ stocks that increased. As randomly as possible, choose 40 NYSE
stocks, and 32 NASDAQ stocks and complete the following statements.
H
0 : _________
H
a : _________
In words, define the random variable.
The distribution to use for the test is _____________.
Calculate the test statistic using your data.
Draw a graph and label it appropriately. Shade the actual level of significance.
Graph:
Calculate the
p -value.
Do you reject or not reject the null hypothesis? Why?
Write a clear conclusion using a complete sentence.
Decreasing stocks survey
Randomly pick eight stocks from the newspaper. Using two consecutive days’ business sections, test whether the stocks went down, on average, for the second day.
H
0 : ________
H
a : ________
In words, define the random variable.
The distribution to use for the test is _____________.
Calculate the test statistic using your data.
Draw a graph and label it appropriately. Shade the actual level of significance.
Graph:
Calculate the
p -value:
Do you reject or not reject the null hypothesis? Why?
Write a clear conclusion using a complete sentence.
Candy survey
Buy three small packages of M&Ms and five small packages of Reese's Pieces (same net weight as the M&Ms). Test whether or not the mean number of candy pieces per package is the same for the two brands.
H
0 : ________
H
a : ________
In words, define the random variable.
What distribution should be used for this test?
Calculate the test statistic using your data.
Draw a graph and label it appropriately. Shade the actual level of significance.
Graph:
Calculate the
p -value.
Do you reject or not reject the null hypothesis? Why?
Write a clear conclusion using a complete sentence.
Shoe survey
Test whether women have, on average, more pairs of shoes than men. Include all forms of sneakers, shoes, sandals, and boots. Use your class as the sample.
H
0 : ________
H
a : ________
In words, define the random variable.
The distribution to use for the test is ________________.
Calculate the test statistic using your data.
Draw a graph and label it appropriately. Shade the actual level of significance.
Graph:
Calculate the
p -value.
Do you reject or not reject the null hypothesis? Why?
Write a clear conclusion using a complete sentence.
Step 1: Find the mean. To find the mean, add up all the scores, then divide them by the number of scores. ...
Step 2: Find each score's deviation from the mean. ...
Step 3: Square each deviation from the mean. ...
Step 4: Find the sum of squares. ...
Step 5: Divide the sum of squares by n – 1 or N.
The sample of 16 students is taken. The average age in the sample was 22 years with astandard deviation of 6 years. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the age of the population.
Bhartdarshan' is an internet-based travel agency wherein customer can see videos of the cities they plant to visit. The number of hits daily is a normally distributed random variable with a mean of 10,000 and a standard deviation of 2,400
a. what is the probability of getting more than 12,000 hits?
b. what is the probability of getting fewer than 9,000 hits?
Bhartdarshan'is an internet-based travel agency wherein customer can see videos of the cities they plan to visit. The number of hits daily is a normally distributed random variable with a mean of 10,000 and a standard deviation of 2,400.
a. What is the probability of getting more than 12,000 hits
