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    Instructions: A. Do All Calculation by Hand and All Working Steps Shown Are Given Marks. Repeat Each Question

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    Instructions: A. Do All Calculation by Hand and All Working Steps Shown Are Given Marks. Repeat Each Question

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    The document provides instructions and data for 6 statistical analysis problems involving hypothesis testing at the 0.05 significance level. Problem 1 involves comparing the average ages of teachers, administrators, and support staff. Problem 2 compares the GPAs of students in different college sports. Problem 3 analyzes stress reduction from 3 relaxation techniques. Problem 4 examines weight gain differences between 3 diets, using an ANOVA table and descriptive statistics from a computer analysis. Problems 5 and 6 both involve comparing mean values across multiple groups using provided data sets.

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    STATISTICS FOR BIOLOGY

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    STF1093_Take Home Exercise 7 (1)

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    The document provides instructions and data for 6 statistical analysis problems involving hypothesis testing at the 0.05 significance level. Problem 1 involves comparing the average ages of teachers, administrators, and support staff. Problem 2 compares the GPAs of students in different college sports. Problem 3 analyzes stress reduction from 3 relaxation techniques. Problem 4 examines weight gain differences between 3 diets, using an ANOVA table and descriptive statistics from a computer analysis. Problems 5 and 6 both involve comparing mean values across multiple groups using provided data sets.

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    STF1093 STATISTICS FOR BIOLOGY I

    TAKE HOME EXERCISE 7

    Instructions:
    A. Do all calculation by hand and all working steps shown are given marks. Repeat each question
    (except question 4) by using software PAST (do a screenshot on the results).

    B. Give your answer by performing the following steps:


    i. state the null and alternative hypotheses
    ii. find the critical value
    iii. compute the test (calculated) value
    iv. make your decision
    v. summarise the results and conclude your findings, and

    1. A school board official wishes to see whether there is a difference in the average age of
    teachers, administrators, and support staff in the local school district. Employees are
    randomly selected, and their ages are recorded as shown in the table. At α = 0.05, can the
    school board member conclude that the average ages of the three groups differ?

    Teachers Administrators Support staff


    24 59 34
    27 35 29
    26 29 35
    50 40 31
    48 39 40
    40 54 45
    56

    2. The grade point averages of students participating in college sports programs are
    compared and the data are shown below. Using α = 0.05, conclude whether there is a
    difference in the mean GPA of the three groups.

    Football Basketball Hockey


    3.2 3.8 2.6
    2.6 3.1 1.9
    2.4 2.6 1.7
    2.4 3.9 2.5
    1.8 3.3 1.9

    3. Three different relaxation techniques are given to randomly selected patients in an effort
    to reduce their stress levels. A special instrument has been designed to measure the
    percentage of stress reduction in each person. The data are shown below. At a = 0.05, can
    one conclude that there is a difference in the means of the percentages?

    Technique I Technique II Technique III


    3 12 15
    10 12 14
    5 17 18
    1 13 14
    13 18 20
    3 9 22
    4 14 16

    4. A researcher wishes to see whether there is any difference in the weight gains of athletes
    following one of three special diets. Athletes are randomly assigned to three groups and
    placed on the diet for six weeks. The weight gains (in pounds) are shown here. At a =
    0.05, can the researcher conclude that there is a difference in the diets?

    A computer printout for this problem is shown below. Use the p-value method and the
    information in this printout to test the claim.

    Diet A Diet B Diet C


    3 10 8
    6 12 3
    7 11 2
    4 14 5
    8
    6

    Computer Printout
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE SOURCE TABLE
    Source df Sum of Squares Mean Square F P-value
    Bet Groups 2 101.095 50.548 7.740 0.00797
    W I I Groups 11 71.833 6.530
    Total 13 172.929

    DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
    Condit N Means St Dev
    diet A 4 5.000 1.826
    diet B 6 10.167 2.858
    diet C 4 4.500 2.646

    5. Workers are randomly assigned to four machines on an assembly line. The number of
    defective parts produced by each worker for one day is recorded. The data are shown
    here. At a = 0.05, test the claim that the mean number of defective parts produced by the
    workers is the same.

    Machine 1 Machine 2 Machine 3 Machine 4


    3 8 10 9
    2 6 9 15
    0 2 8 3
    6 0 11 0
    4 1 12 2
    3 9 15 0
    5 7 17 1

    6. A researcher wishes to see if there is a difference in the weights (in pounds) of four types
    of lawnmowers. At a = 0.05, can one conclude that the weights differ?

    Gas (Type A) Gas (Type B) Electric Manual


    95 73 55 37
    101 69 52 24
    108 72 51 25
    107 71 37 29
    97 67 57 22
    101 62 54 17
    68 34 17
    71 45 22
    41 20
    53 18
    21

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