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DAHILOG - Statistics Activity 2
DAHILOG - Statistics Activity 2
Dahilog
Course: MS GENERAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
Adviser: Raul Orongan PhD.
1. The water pollution readings at CERTAIN Beach seem to be lower than last year. A sample of 12
readings was randomly selected from the records of this year’s daily reading:
4.1 1.9 2.8 1.7 2.3 4.2 1.2 2.4 2.7 3.5 2.8 3.5
Does this sample provide sufficient evidence to conclude that the mean of this year’s pollution reading is
significantly lower than last year’s mean of 3.2 at the 0.05 level? Assume that all such reading have
normal distribution.
A. VARIABLES
Independent Variable - Beach
Dependent variable- Water Pollution Readings
B. HYPOTHESIS
Ho : >3.2
Hi : < 3.2
C. LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: 0.05 level of significance
D. APPROPRIATE STATISTICS: One sample T-test
E. COMPUTATION
2. Suppose that as a military psychologist you know that the population of sonar operators has a
mean identification rate of 70 targets out of 100. You have just developed a new sonar training system
that, you claim, will increase the number of targets correctly identified. Using the data from the 16
trainees listed below conduct a single sample t test to determine whether they perform significantly
better than the population of sonar operators trained using the traditional method.
Number o f targets correctly identified
75 79 83 74 90 79 92 82 79 87 91 75 70 69 85 75
A. VARIABLES
Independent Variable - Sonar Operators
Dependent variable - Performance Of Sonar Operators
B. HYPOTHESIS
Ho : The sonar operators in the new sonar training system did not perform significantly
better than population of sonar operators trained using the traditional method.
Hi : The sonar operators in the new sonar training system performed significantly better
than population of sonar operators trained using the traditional method.
C. LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: 0.05 level of significance
D. APPROPRIATE STATISTICS: One sample T-test
E. COMPUTATION
Test Value = 70
95% Confidence Interval of the
Difference
t df Sig. (2-tailed) Mean Difference Lower Upper
3. A professor wants to know if her introductory statistics class has a good grasp of basic math. Six
students are chosen at random from the class and given a math proficiency test. The professor wants
the class to be able to score above 80 on the test. The 10 students get scores of 78, 91, 86, 97, 75, 69,
79, 88, 86, and 90. Can the professor have 90 percent confidence that the mean score for the class on
the test would be above 80?
A. VARIABLES
Independent Variable - Students In Introductory Statistics Class
Dependent variable- Basic Math Proficiency Test Score
B. HYPOTHESIS
Ho : ≤ 80
Hi : > 80
C. LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: 0.05 level of significance
D. APPROPRIATE STATISTICS: One sample T-test
E. COMPUTATION
Test Value = 80
95% Confidence Interval of the
Difference
t df Sig. (2-tailed) Mean Difference Lower Upper
4. It has been suggested that abnormal male children tend to occur more in children born to older
– than average parents. Case histories of 20 abnormal males were obtained, and the ages of 20 mothers
were:
42 34 29 32 34 45 27 38 39 41 31 25 38 39 35 38 37 35 21 28
The mean age at which mothers in the general population give birth is 30.0 years. Does the sample give
sufficient evidence to support the claim that abnormal male children have older-than average mother?
Use α-0.05. Assume ages have a normal distribution.
A. VARIABLES
Independent Variable - Mothers
Dependent variable- Ages of Mothers
B. HYPOTHESIS
Ho : There is no association between higher rate of abnormal male children in the older-
than average mother.
Hi : There is an association between higher rate of abnormal male children in the older-
than average mother.
C. LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: 0.05 level of significance
D. APPROPRIATE STATISTICS: One sample T-test
E. COMPUTATION
Test Value = 30
95% Confidence Interval of the
Difference
t df Sig. (2-tailed) Mean Difference Lower Upper
age 3.213 19 .005 4.40000 1.5334 7.2666
F. INTERPRETATION/ IMPLICATION/ CONCLUSION
The p-value .005 is less than the 0.05 significance level.Hence the null hypothesis is rejected. Higher rate
of abnormal male children occur in the older-than average mother.
5. The mean work week for employees in a certain company is believed to be about 55 hours. A new
employee hopes that it’s shorter. A survey was conducted to term employees in the company for the
lengths of their mean work weeks. Based on the results, would the employees mean work week to be
shorter than 55 hours?
Data (length of mean work week): 64; 55; 50; 60; 62; 58; 58; 62; 50; 55
A. VARIABLES
Independent variable-Term Employees
Dependent variable- Hours of Work in a Week
B. HYPOTHESIS
Ho : ≤ 55
Hi : > 55
C. LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: 0.05 level of significance
D. APPROPRIATE STATISTICS: One sample T-test
E. COMPUTATION
Test Value = 65
95% Confidence Interval of the
Difference
t df Sig. (2-tailed) Mean Difference Lower Upper
MaleScore -5.456 89 .000 -8.95556 -12.2172 -5.6939
Test Value = 65
95% Confidence Interval of the
Difference
t df Sig. (2-tailed) Mean Difference Lower Upper
FemaleScore -4.434 89 .000 -7.75556 -11.2306 -4.2805
B. BY SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS
1. VARIABLES
a) IV - respondents’ socio economic status DV- motivation
b) IV- respondents’ socio economic status DV- performance test score
2. HYPOTHESIS
a.) Null hypothesis- The socio-economic status of the respondents has
no significant effect on the their level of motivation.
Alternative hypothesis- The socio-economic status of the respondents has
significant effect on the their level of motivation.
b.) Null hypothesis- The socio-economic status of the respondents has no
significant effect on the their performance test score.
Alternative hypothesis- The socio-economic status of the respondents has
significant effect on the their performance test score
3. LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: 0.05 level of significance
4. APPROPRIATE STATISTICS: One sample T-Test
5. COMPUTATION/ ANALYSIS
Motive By SES
N Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean
SESLowMotiv 60 4.2727 .58412 .07541
Score By SES
N Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean
SESLowScore 60 59.0000 18.33215 2.36667
Test Value = 65
95% Confidence Interval of the
Difference
t df Sig. (2-tailed) Mean Difference Lower Upper
SESLowScore -2.535 59 .014 -6.00000 -10.7357 -1.2643
SESAveScore -3.419 59 .001 -7.06667 -11.2021 -2.9313
SESHighScore -7.150 59 .000 -12.00000 -15.3584 -8.6416
Overall Motivation
Overall Scores
Test Value = 65
95% Confidence Interval of the
Difference
t df Sig. (2-tailed) Mean Difference Lower Upper
OverallScore -6.982 179 .000 -8.35556 -10.7172 -5.9939