Assignment 7

1. As an experiment to understand measurement error, a statistics professor asks four

students to measure the height of the professor, a male student, and a female student. The
difference (in centimeters) between the correct dimension and the ones produces by the
students are listed here. Can we infer that there are differences in the errors between the
subjects being measured? Use the 0.05 significant level.

Errors in measuring heights of

student professor Male student Female student
1 1.4 1.5 1.3
2 3.1 2.6 2.4
3 2.8 2.1 1.5
4 3.4 3.6 2.9
2. How well do diets work? In a study, 20 people who were more than 50 pounds overweight
were recruited to compare four diets. The people were matched by age. The oldest four
became group 1, the next oldest four become group 2, and so on. The number of pounds
that each person lost are listed in the following table. Can we infer that there are
differences between the four diets?

Diet
Age group 1 2 3 4
1 5 2 6 8
2 4 7 8 10
3 6 12 9 2
4 7 11 16 7
5 9 8 15 14
3. A statistics practitioner conducted a two-factor analysis of variance experiment with a=4,
b=3, and m=8. The sums of squares are listed here:
SST = 9,420 SSA = 203 SSB = 859 SSAB = 513
a. Test at the 5% significant level to determine whether factors A and B interact. (F0.05; 6, 84)
=2.21
b. Test at the 5% significant level to determine whether differences exist between the
levels of factors A.
c. Test at the 5% significant level to determine whether differences exist between the
levels of factors B.
4. Most of college instructors prefer to have their students participate actively in class. Ideally,
students will ask their professor questions and answer their professors’ questions. Several
factors, i.e. the time of day (9 am, 1 pm, and 4 pm) and types of seats (row and U-shape),
may affect student participations. Over 5 days, student participation was measured by
counting the number of times students asked and answered questions.
a. How many factors are there in this experiment? What are they? Identify the levels of
each factor.
b. Test at the 1% significant level to determine whether factors 1 and 2 interact.
c. Test at the 1% significant level to determine whether differences exist between the
levels of factors 1 (time).
d. Test at the 1% significant level to determine whether differences exist between the
levels of factors 2 (types of seats).

Time
Types of seats 9 am 1 pm 4 pm
Rows 10, 7, 9, 6, 8 9, 12, 12, 14, 8 7, 12, 9, 20, 7
U-shape 15, 18, 11, 13, 13 4, 4, 7, 4, 6 7, 4, 9, 8, 7