Problem I:

Fifteen high school dropouts were given a test to measure their attitudes toward

" the Establishment" shortly after they dropped out and six months after they were

readmitted to school. The results are shown in the Table below.

I Subject I
1 . 2 I 3 i 4 5 i 6 : 7 8 9 10 i 11 . 12 ~ 3
14: 15 ._j
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is 1 94 ! 50 95_ 97 I J}8E21!
00 I 101 98
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(a) Do these data provide sufficient evidence to indicate that high school dropouts
tend to score higher on the attitude scale after being re-admitted to school? Use
The exact Wilcoxon signed rank test.
(b) Use large sample approximation to test the hypotheses in (a).

Solution:
(a) Ho: My=Mx vs HI: My>Mx
Ho : My - Mx = 0 vs HI: My - Mx>O

Ho: M z = 0 vs HI: Mz > 0

Ho: e = 0 vs HI: e > 0

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Then n=15 ,

p-value = P(T+ 2: 107) = .003 table AA

-t Reject Ho

So these data provide sufficient evidence to indicate that high school dropouts tend to score
higher on the attitude scale after being re- admitted to school.
(b) considering n = 15 as large sample
 107 _ 15(16)
Z= 4 = 2.67
15(16)(31)
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p-value = P( Z 2: 2.67 ) = .0038 Table A.l