Reflection

When we construct confidence intervals and perform hypothesis tests, certain

conditions must be met. For both cases, data must come from a random sample.
For hypothesis tests of standard deviations and of means where the population
standard deviation is not known, the data must be normally distributed unless the
sample size is bigger than 30. For Confidence Intervals and hypothesis tests of
proportions, the conditions of a binomial distribution must be met. Furthermore, the
sample size must include at least 5 successes (np) and 5 failures (nq).
Most of the data met these requirements except the one from Business
graduates.
The conditions for performing hypothesis tests (besides the simple random
sampling) seem to be met as well. The first test is regarding a population mean,
and the sample size is n=50, so we conclude that n > 30. The second hypothesis
test is for a proportion and it meets both conditions.
Im not sure what sample method was used, but something certainly clicks in
when I see this data. Some graduating students find it hard to obtain a job after
graduating and will most likely go back to a fast food restaurant. Maybe this data
was not random and they only chose students that did find a job.
From this statistical research, I have learned that there is certainly a
difference on how much compensation a graduating student gets after finishing
school and is probably something I should consider when thinking of what Ill be
doing after college.