Nicole Angeli M.

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BSEE 2-2 | Module 3 Assessment | Engineering Data Analysis

Directions: Determine whether the sampling is dependent or independent.

1) A researcher wishes to compare academic aptitudes of married mathematicians
and their spouses. She obtains a random sample of 287 such couples who take
an academic aptitude test and determines each spouses academic aptitude
 Independent Sampling
2) A political scientist wants to know a random sample of 18 to 25 years olds feel
about Democrats and Republican Congress. She obtains a random sample of
1030 voters 18 t0 25 years of age and asks, do you have favorable/unfavorable
opinion about Democrats/Republican party? Each individual was asked to disclose
his or her opinion about each party.
 Independent Sampling
3) An educator wants to determine whether a new curriculum significantly improves
standardized test scores for third grade students. She randomly divided 80 third
graders into two groups. Group 1 is taught using new curriculum while group 2 is
taught using the traditional curriculum. At the end of the school year, both groups
are given the standardized test and the mean scores are compared.
 Independent Sampling
4) A stock analyst wants to know if there is a significant difference between mean
rate of return from energy stocks and that from financial stocks. He randomly
selects 13 energy stocks and computes the rate of return for the past year. He
randomly selects 13 financial stocks and computes the rate of return for the past
year.
 Independent Sampling
5) An urban economist believes that commute times to work in the South are less
that the commute time to work in Midwest. He randomly selects 40 employed
individuals in the South and 40 employed individuals from the Midwest and
determines their commute time.
 Independent Sampling
1.
𝐻0 : 𝜇 < 20.1 𝐻𝑎 : 𝜇 ≥ 20.1
𝛼 = 0.01

Since p-value is less greater than 0.01, we fail to reject 𝐻0 . Therefore, the sample
data is normally distributed.

Since p-value is greater than 0.01 level of significance, we failed to reject the 𝐻0 .
Therefore, there is no sufficient evidence that the weight of the Snickers Bar is
greater than 20 grams.
 2.
𝐻0 : 𝜇 > 84.3 𝐻𝑎 : 𝜇 ≤ 84.3
𝛼 = 0.10

Since p-value is less greater than 0.10, we fail to reject 𝐻0 . Therefore, the sample data is
normally distributed.

Since p-value is less than 0.10 level of significance, we reject the 𝐻0 .Therefore, there is
sufficient evidence that the waiting time at the drive-thru of the fast food restaurant is
less than 84.3 seconds.
 3.
𝐻0 : 𝜇𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 > 𝜇𝑛𝑜𝑛−𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑎 : 𝜇𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 < 𝜇𝑛𝑜𝑛−𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑
𝛼 = 0.10

Since p-value is less greater than 0.10, we fail to reject 𝐻0 . Therefore, the sample data is
normally distributed.

Since p-value is greater than 0.10 level of significance, we failed to reject the
𝐻0 .Therefore, there is no sufficient evidence that the reaction time of dominant hand is
less than the non-dominant hand.
4.
𝐻0 : 𝜇𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑠 = 𝜇𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑠 𝐻𝑎 : 𝜇𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑠 ≠ 𝜇𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑠

𝛼 = 0.05

The p-value for both treatment is greater than 0.05 therefore, we failed to reject the Null
Hypothesis. The dependent variable is normally distributed for each group of independent
variable.
The p-value for levene’s test is 0.2646 which is greater than 0.10, therefore, fail to reject
null hypothesis. This means, we will assume equal variances for this.
𝐻0 : 𝜇𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑠 = 𝜇𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑠 𝐻𝑎 : 𝜇𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑠 ≠ 𝜇𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑠

𝛼 = 0.05

Since p-value is greater than 0.05 level of significance, we failed to reject the null
hypothesis
There is no sufficient evidence that carpeted rooms have more bacteria than uncarpeted
rooms.
5.
𝐻0 : 𝜇𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 > 𝜇𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐻𝑎 : 𝜇𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 < 𝜇𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟

𝛼 = 0.10

Since p-value is less greater than 0.10, we fail to reject 𝐻0 . Therefore, the sample data is
normally distributed.

Since p-value is less than 0.10 level of significance, we reject the null hypothesis.
There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the training course increase the teaching
performance of teachers who attended.
6. 𝐻0 : There is no significant relationship between child’s height and head circumference.
𝐻𝑎 : There is significant relationship between child’s height and head circumference.
𝛼 = 0.05

Since both p-values are greater than 0.05, we failed to reject null hypothesis. Both
variables are normally distributed.

Since p-value is less than 0.05 level of significance, we reject null hypothesis.
There is a significant relationship between the child’s height and head circumference and
its relationship is very strong based on the correlation coefficient 0.9110727
7.
𝐻0 : There is no significant difference between the mean rate of return of financial, energy
and utility over the past five years
𝐻𝑎 : There is significant difference between the mean rate of return of financial, energy
and utility over the past five years
𝛼 = 0.05
Since all groups have p-values greater than 0.05 level of significance, we fail to reject null
hypothesis. The dependent variable is normally distributed for each group of the
independent variable.

Since the p-value for levene’s test (0.9903) is greater than 0.05, we fail to reject the null
hypothesis. It means we will assume equal variances of the example.
Since the p-value is greater than 0.05, we fail to reject the null hypothesis.
There is no significant evidence that there is significant difference between the mean rate
of return of financial, energy and utility over the past five years.

8. 𝐻0 : There is no significant difference between the mean scores of any method.

𝐻𝑎 : There is significant difference between the mean scores of any method.
𝛼 = 0.05
Since the p-values for all methods are greater than 0.05, we reject the null hypothesis
.This implies that the dependent variable is normally distributed for each group of the
independent variable.
The p-value of levene’s test (0.8624) is greater than 0.05, therefore, we fail to reject the
null hypothesis. It means that we will assume equal variances for this.

Since the p-value is greater than 0.05, we fail to reject the null hypothesis, therefore, there
is no significant evidence that there is significant difference between the mean scores of
any method.