Group 5 Moja Task 2 Workout 8 Chapter 8

You work in Human Resources. You want to see if there is a difference in test scores after a
training program. You collect the following test score data: At the .10 level of significance,
was the training effective?
( Effective means “After” > “Before” )

Group 6 Moja Task 2 Workout 9 Chapter 8

You’re a marketing research analyst. You want to compare a client’s calculator to a

competitor’s. You sample 8 retail stores. At the .01 level of significance, does your client’s
calculator sell for less than their competitor’s?

Group 1 Moja Task 3 Workout 5 Chapter 11

There is always a hot debate in business schools during placement week that the final
placements, in general, are arbitrary and a candidate’s abilities do not really have any
correlation with the salary package offered to him/ her. To
test the correctness of the above assumption, a sample of 25 students was randomly
selected from an MBA class of a top business school. Their marks were taken as a measure of
their academic performances. They were given standard tests to assess them on three other
parameters, communication ability, general awareness, and IQ level. After the placement
week, data regarding salary was collected. The data is given in Table below.

(a) State the multiple regression equation.

(b) Interpret the meaning of the slopes, b1, b2, b3 and b4 in this problem.
(c) Explain why the regression coefficient, b0, has no practical meaning in the context of this
problem.
(d) Predict the Salary of the student with (Marks 95, Communication 95, General 95, IQ 125)
(e) Compute the coefficient of multiple determination,r², and interpret its meaning.
(f) Determine whether a significant relationship exists between the dependent variable and
the independent variable at the 0.05 level of significance.
(g) At the 0.05 level of significance, determine whether each independent variable makes a
significant contribution to the regression model.
(h) Analyze correlation between the dependent variable and independent variables and
interpret the result.