Math 223 Problem Set 5

GROUP 2
Agbones, Princess Mae
Bedoya, Cherry Mae
Calabio, Jolibeth
Divino, Charlene Mae
Pelarion, Abby Jean
Mangkaw, Maylyn
Toledo, Genevieve

Show your complete solution. Follow the six-step procedure for hypothesis testing.
1. Pages were randomly selected by the author from The Bear and the Dragon by Tom
Clancy, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, and War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy. The Fiesch Reading Ease scores for those pages are listed below. Use
a 0.05 level of significance level to test the claim that the three samples are from
populations with the same median. Do books appear to have different reading levels
of difficulty?
Solution:
1. Ho: 𝜇̃1 = 𝜇̃2 = 𝜇̃3
2. Ha: The medians are not all equal.
3. 𝛼 = 0.05
4. Computations:
Clancy Rowling Tolstoy
58.2 1 85.3 15 69.4 5
73.4 10 84.3 14 64.2 2
73.1 9 79.5 11 71.4 6
64.4 3 82.5 13 71.6 7
72.7 8 80.2 12 68.5 4
R1=31 R2=65 R3=24

12 312 + 652 + 242

ℎ= [ ] − 3(15 + 1)
15(16) 5

ℎ = 9.62

2
5. Reject Ho if ℎ > 𝑥0.05 , df = 3-1 = 2
ℎ > 5.991
9.62 > 5.991 TRUE
 6. Reject Ho and conclude that books appear to have significantly different
reading levels of difficulty.

2. Determine which pairs have different medians in terms of the authors by using the
multiple comparison test.
Given: ℎ = 9.62
𝑛(𝑛+1) 15(15+1)
𝑠2 = = = 20
12 12

𝑡𝛼 = 𝑤| ⅆ𝑓 = 12
2

𝑟ⅈ 𝑟𝑗 𝑛−1−ℎ 1 1
| − | > 𝑡𝛼 √𝑠 2 ( )√ +
𝑛ⅈ 𝑛𝑗 2 𝑛−𝑘 𝑛𝑖 𝑛𝑗

𝑟1 31
𝑅1 = = = 6.2
𝑛1 5

𝑟2 65
𝑅2 = = = 13
𝑛2 5

𝑟3 24
𝑅3 = = = 4.8
𝑛3 5

15 − 1 − 9.62 1 1
𝑅1 𝑎𝑛ⅆ𝑅2 |6.2 − 13| > 2.179√20( )√ +
15 − 3 5 5

6.8 > 3.72 TRUE

15 − 1 − 9.62 1 1
𝑅2 𝑎𝑛ⅆ𝑅3 |13 − 4.8| > 2.179√20( )√ +
15 − 3 5 5

8.2 > 3.72 TRUE

15 − 1 − 9.62 1 1
𝑅1 𝑎𝑛ⅆ𝑅3 |6.2 − 4.8| > 2.179√20( )√ +
15 − 3 5 5

1.4 > 3.72 FALSE

3. An unpublished capstone project titled "Upgraded High-Tech Scarecrow Model: A

Prototyping Developmental Study" by Ado, et al, claimed that there is effect on the bird
counts in using the devices. The following recorded observations in the certain
barangay are shown below. Is the researchers' claim valid? Use a = 0.05
Solution:
1. Ho: 𝜇̃1 = 𝜇̃2 = 𝜇̃3
2. Ha: The medians are not all equal.
 3. 𝛼 = 0.05
4. Computations:
𝛴𝑇 = 𝑡 3 − 𝑡
𝛴𝑇 = (23 − 2)(23 − 2)
𝛴𝑇 = 12
𝑘
12 𝑟𝑖2
ℎ= ∑
𝑛(𝑛 + 1) 𝑛𝑖 − 3(𝑛 + 1)
𝑖=1
𝛴𝑟
1− 3
𝑛 −𝑛

ℎ = 6.94
2
5. Reject Ho if ℎ > 𝑥0.05
=2 ,𝑤|𝑣
ℎ > 5.991
6.94 > 5.991 TRUE

6. Reject Ho and the researcher’s claim is valid. Hence, there is a significant

difference on the median of the effect on the bird counts in using the devices.

Without Normal Upper High-Tech

Scarecrow Scarecrow Scarecrow
16 9 11 6.5 6 3
11 6.5 10 5 5 1.5
13 8 7 4 5 1.5
R1=23.5 R2=15.5 R3=6

4. Consider the ratio control algorithm experiment. The average cells voltage and
standard deviation of voltage (shown in parenthesis for each cell are as follows:
Use the normal approximation on Page test to test if the longer time indicates that the
cell voltage increases. Use a = 0.05
Solution:
1. Ho: 𝜇̃1 = 𝜇̃2 = ⋯ = 𝜇̃6
2. Ha: 𝜇̃1 < 𝜇̃2 < ⋯ < 𝜇̃6
3. 𝛼 = 0.05
4. Computations:
RCA TIME PERIOD
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 4.93 5 4.86 3 4.75 1 4.95 6 4.79 2 4.88 4
2 4.85 4 4.91 6 4.79 2 4.85 4 4.75 1 4.85 4
3 4.83 3 4.88 4 4.90 5.5 4.75 1 4.82 2 4.90 5.5
4 4.89 5 4.77 2 4.94 6 4.86 4 4.79 3 4.76 1
R1=17 R2=15 R3=14.5 R4=15 R5=8 R6=14.5

𝐿 = (1)(17) + (2)(15) + (3)(14.5) + (4)(15) + (5)(8) + (6)(14.5)

𝐿 = 277.5
 12(277.5) − 3(4)(6)(6 + 1)2 6 − 1
𝑧= √
(62 − 1) 4
𝑧 = −1.054
5. Reject Ho if:
𝑧 > 𝑧0.05
𝑧 > 1.645
−1.054 > 1.645 FALSE

6. Fail to reject Ho and conclude that the longer time period does not significantly
indicate that the cell voltage increases.