Stats 2B03 Test #2 (Version 1)

November 19th, 2013

Name:___________________________________________
(Last Name)
(First Name)
Student Number:_____________________
Day Class
Duration: 75 Minutes
Maximum Mark: 20

Instructor: Childs

This test paper consists of 19 multiple choice questions worth 1 mark each, and one question
worth 1 mark on proper computer card filling. Marks will NOT be deducted for wrong answers
(i.e., there is no penalty for guessing). QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED ON THE
COMPUTER CARD with an HB PENCIL. Answer all questions. You are responsible for
ensuring that your copy of this paper is complete. Bring any discrepancy to the attention of your
invigilator. Only the McMaster standard Calculator Casio fx-991 is allowed.
1. Researchers wished to know if they could conclude that two populations of infants differ
with respect to mean age at which they walked alone. The following data (ages in months)
were collected and are summarized in Minitab output #1 below:
Sample from Population A:
Sample from Population B:

9.5, 10.5, 10.4, 9.75, 10.0, 13.0, 10.3,10.0

10.0, 13.5, 10.0, 11.1, 10.0, 9.75, 11.1,11.6
12.5, 9.5, 13.5, 13.75, 8.75, 13.75
12.5, 9.5, 12.0, 9.8, 12.0, 12.0,14.25

Test the hypothesis that the population variances are equal using "! (i.e., test the
hypothesis L! 5"# 5## vs LE 5"# 5## .
Minitab Output #1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Descriptive Statistics: A, B
Variable
A
B

N
16
13

N*
0
0

Mean
10.656
11.831

SE Mean
0.290
0.516

StDev
1.161
1.859

Minimum
9.500
8.750

Q1
10.000
9.650

Median
10.150
12.000

Q3
11.100
13.625

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(a) Do not reject L! since .39 2.48

(b) Do not reject L! since 1.6 2.48
(c) Do not reject L! since .39 2.62
(d) Reject L! since 2.56 2.48
(e) Do not Reject L! since 2.56 2.62

2. A sample of 36 hospital patients were administered a certain anesthetic, and these patients
slept an average of 9.5 hours, with standard deviation 3 hours. Find the :-vaue for the
hypothesis test that the average time slept following the administration of this anasthetic is
different than 9 hours for the sampled population.
(a) .3174 (b) .1667 (c) .4325 (d) .1587 (e) .8413
3. Suppose that we were interested in testing whether marital status (" married,
# never married, $ divorced) has an effect on exercise level (0 = none, 1 =
light, 2 = moderate, 3 = heavy). What method could be used?
(a) F-test for variances
(b) Contingency table (Chi-Square test)
(c) > test for comparing two means
(d) one-sample D-test for a proportion
(e) Analysis of variance

4. A researcher is interested in testing whether there is a difference in mean IQ level among

people with varying levels of education (ed-level). For the ed-level variable, 0 no
high school degree, 1 high school graduate, 2 college graduate, 3 graduate degree.
Suppose that the following data is collected.
0
101
96
103

1
2
3
105 118 115
106 115 129
111 108 131
99
126
For this data set the sum of squares for treatments is equal to WWX < "$#$, and the total
sum of squares is WWX 1627.2. Find the value of the J -statistic for testing the hypothesis
L! ." .# .$ .% vs LE .3 .4 for at least one pair 3 4
(a) 8.70 (b) 14.5

(c) 10.21 (d) 21.3 (e) 4.51

5. Researchers wished to know if they could conclude that two populations of infants differ with
respect to mean age at which they walked alone. The following data (ages in months) were
collected and are summarized in the Minitab outputbelow:
Sample from Population A:
Sample from Population B:

9.5, 10.5, 10.4, 9.75, 10.0, 13.0, 10.3,10.0

10.0, 13.5, 10.0, 11.1, 10.0, 9.75, 11.1,11.6
12.5, 9.5, 13.5, 13.75, 8.75, 13.75
12.5, 9.5, 12.0, 9.8, 12.0, 12.0,14.25

Assuming that 5"# 5## , find the critical value for testing the hypothesis that the mean
walking time for Population A is less than for Population B, using !&
Minitab Output
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Descriptive Statistics: A, B
Variable
A
B

N
16
13

N*
0
0

Mean
10.656
11.831

SE Mean
0.290
0.516

StDev
1.161
1.859

Minimum
9.500
8.750

Q1
10.000
9.650

Median
10.150
12.000

Q3
11.100
13.625

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------!)%#>"#*& #'&)>"&*&
!(#'>"&*& "%$>"#*&
(a)
(b)
!)%# #'&)
!(#' "%$
(c)

!(#'>"&*(& "%$>"#*(&
!(#' "%$

(e)

!)%#>"&*(& #'&)>"#*(&
!)%# #'&)

(d)

!)%#>"&*& #'&)>"#*&
!)%# #'&)

6. A researcher is interested in testing whether there is a difference in mean IQ level among

people with varying levels of education (ed-level). For the ed-level variable, 0 no
high school degree, 1 high school graduate, 2 college graduate, 3 graduate degree.
Suppose that the following data is collected.
0
101
98
103

1
2
3
105 118 115
106 115 129
111 108 131
99
126
Which of the following is a correct normal probability plot of the residuals?
Normal Probability Plot of the Residuals
Normal Probability Plot of the Residuals
(a)
(b)
(response is C1)

99

95

95

90

90

80

80

70

70

Percent

Percent

(response is C1)

99

60
50
40
30

60
50
40
30

20

20

10

10

-20

-10

0
Residual

10

20

-10

Normal Probability Plot of the Residuals

90

80

80

70

70

Percent

Percent

95

90

60
50
40
30

20
10

0
Residual

10

20

(response is C1)
99

95
90
80

Percent

30

10

Normal Probability Plot of the Residuals

(e)

60
50
40

20

-10

70
60
50
40
30
20
10
5

-30

-20

-10

0
Residual

10

99

95

-20

(response is C1)

(d)

99

0
Residual

Normal Probability Plot of the Residuals

(response is C1)

(c)

-5

10

20

30

-20

-10

0
Residual

10

20

7. Suppose we wish to test the relative effects of three drugs, A, B, C, on the reduction of fever.
The drugs are prescribed to children aged 5-14 with a fever of 100.0F to 100.9F, and the
reduction in fever after four hours is noted as follows:
Drug A Drug B Drug C
2.0
0.5
1.1
1.6
1.2
1.0
2.1
0.3
0.2
0.4
Some Minitab output for this data is given below.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source DF
SS
MS
F
P
C2
2 5.873 2.937 7.12 0.021
Error
7 2.887 0.412
Total
9 8.760
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Use Tukey's HSD* test at the 5% significance level to test the hypothesis
L! ." .# vs LE ." .# (where ." is the average reduction in fever for the
population taking Drug A, and .# is the corresponding average for Drug B).
(a) Do not reject L! since 1.3 2.94
(b) Do not reject L! since 1.3 1.442
(c) Reject L! since 3.3 1.442
(d) Reject L! since 3.3 2.94
(e) Do not reject L! since 1.3 1.158
8. A researcher wishes to test the levels of calcium deficiency for three groups of women by
taking lumbar spine bone-density measurements for a sample of women from each of the
three groups. The following data is obtained
Group 1
Sample Size: 10
Mean: 20
Standard Deviation: 2

Group 2
Sample Size: 8
Mean: 10
Standard Deviation: 3

Group 3
Sample Size: 9
Mean: 30
Standard Deviation: 4

If you were to use one-way ANOVA to analyse the above data, what would be the value of
the sum of squares error WWI ?
(a) 71 (b) 41 (c) 8 (d) 137 (e) 227

9. Suppose that we were interested in testing whether marital status (" married,
# never married, $ divorced) has an effect on weight (measured in pounds). What
method could be used?
(a) > test for comparing two means
(b) Analysis of variance
(c) D-test for proportions
(d) F-test for variances
(e) Contingency table (Chi-Square test)
10. The serum cholesterol levels of a group of 9 people aged 20-39 who eat a primarily
macrobiotic diet were measured (in mg/dL) and summarized in the Minitab output below:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Descriptive Statistics: cholesterol
Variable
N
cholesterol 9
Variable
cholesterol

N*
0

Mean SE Mean
205.22
4.92

StDev
14.77

Minimum
174.00

Q1
197.00

Median
207.00

Q3
216.00

Maximum
223.00

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The mean cholesterol level in the general population in this age group is 230. Test the
hypothesis that the average cholesterol level for people in this age group who eat a primarily
macrobiotic diet is different than for the general population, using !".
(a) Reject L! since &!$$ $$&&%
(b) Reject L! since &!$$ #)*'
(c) Do not reject L! since &!$$ $$&&%
(d) Reject L! since "*$% #)*'
(e) Reject L! since "*$% $$&&%
11. Cross fertilizing a pure strain of red flowers with a pure strain of white flowers produces pink
hybrids that have one gene of each type. Crossing these hybrids can lead to any one of four
possible gene pairs. Under Mendel's theory, these four are equally likely, so T white "% ,
T pink "# , T red "% . An experiment carried out by Correns, one of Mendel's
followers, resulted in the frequencies 141, 291, and 132 for white, pink, and red flowers
respectively. (Source: W. Johannsen, 1909, Elements of the Precise Theory of Heredity, G.
Fischer, Jena.) Do these observations appear to contradict the probabilities suggested by
Mendel's theory? Use the 5% significance level.
(a) No, because 1.384 5.991
(b) No, because 1.384 3.841
(c) No, because 3.28 7.378
(d) No, because .8617 5.991
(e) No, because .8617 $)%"

12. A researcher is interested in testing whether there is a difference in mean IQ level among
people with varying levels of education (ed-level). For the ed-level variable, 0 no
high school degree, 1 high school graduate, 2 college graduate, 3 graduate degree.
Suppose that the following data is collected.
0
101
98
103

1
2
3
105 118 115
106 115 129
111 108 131
99
126
Which of the following is NOT an assumption required for the analysis?
(a) The population variances must all be equal.
(b) The population variances must be known.
(c) The populations must follow a normal distribution.
(d) All other factors affecting the IQ variable must be kept constant.
(e) The samples are independent.
13. A researcher wishes to test whether excercise level (0 = none, 1 = light, 2 = moderate, 3 =
heavy) has an effect on systolic blood pressure. So the researcher collects some data and
produces Minitab Output #1 which is given with the green sheets of tables and formulas.
Test the following hypotheses using Tukey's method with !&,
(i) L! ." .#
(ii) L! ." .$
(iii) L! ." .%
(where ." is the average for the population corresponding to 0 = none, .# is the average for
the population corresponding to 1 = light, .$ is the average for the population corresponding
to 2 = moderate, and .% is the average for the population corresponding to 3 = heavy).
(a) (i) Reject L! (ii) Reject L! (iii) Do not reject L!
(b) (i) Do not reject L! (ii) Reject L! (iii) Reject L!
(c) (i) Reject L! (ii) Reject L! (iii) Reject L!
(d) (i) Do not reject L! (ii) Do not reject L! (iii) Do not reject L!
(e) (i) Do not reject L! (ii) Do not reject L! (iii) Reject L!

14. Consider the data set that is summarized in the Minitab output below. Find the missing :value.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Test and CI for One Proportion

Test of p = 0.3 vs p < 0.3
95%
Lower
Sample
X
N Sample p
Bound Z-Value P-Value
1
11 50 0.220000 0.123639
?
?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(a) .218 (b) .034

(c) .068 (d) .891 (e) .109

15. A sociologist wants to determine if the life expectancy of people in Africa is different than
the life expectancy of people in Asia. The data obtained is shown in the table below.
Africa
B 55.3
= 8.1
8 53

Asia
58.2
9.3
42

Find the :-value

(a) .026 (b) .1096

(c) <.0002 (d) .0548 (e) .013

16. Consider the data in the following contingency table.

Parental Handedness
(father mother)
Right Right
Right Left
Left Right

Biological Offspring
Right-Handed Left-Handed
$!$
#*
"'

$(
*
'

If you were to do a chi-square analysis on the above data, what would be the value in cell
(1,2) of the expected table?
(a) 25.6 (b) 44.2

(c) 32.1 (d) 173.2 (e) 39.7

17. Consider the data in the following contingency table

Parental Handedness
(father mother)
Right Right
Right Left
Left Right

Biological Offspring
Right-Handed Left-Handed
$!$
#*
"'

$(
*
'

If you were to do a chi-square analysis on the above data, what would be the degrees of
freedom for the chi-square test statistic?
(a) 2 (b) 3

(c) 4 (d) 5 (e) 6

18. A researcher wants to test whether there is a relationship between education level and
smoking status. So the researcher collects some data and produces the following Minitab
output. Using !&, what is the null hypothesis that is being tested in the output, and
what is the conclusion?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tabulated statistics: smokingstatus2, edlevel2
Rows: smokingstatus2

Columns: edlevel2

All

39
40.89

8
6.11

47
47.00

48
46.11

5
6.89

53
53.00

All

87
87.00

13
13.00

100
100.00

Cell Contents:

Count
Expected count

Pearson Chi-Square = 1.268, DF = 1, P-Value = 0.260

Likelihood Ratio Chi-Square = 1.271, DF = 1, P-Value = 0.260

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(a) L! : smoking status and education level are independent; reject L!

(b) L! : smoking status and education level are dependent; reject L!
(c) L! : smoking status and education level are dependent; do not reject L!
(d) L! : the population variances are equal; do not reject L!
(e) L! : smoking status and education level are independent; do not reject L!

19. A researcher wishes to test the hypothesis that the rate of nausea for pregnant women taking
the drug Erythromycin is less than 30%. The researcher takes a sample 200 women who are
taking erythromycin and does not reject the null hypothesis. Suppose that the rate of nausea
for all pregnant women in the population taking erythromycin is actually 40%. Which of the
following is true?
(a) The null hypothesis is L! : $!
(b) The probability of Type II error is !&
(c) A Type I error has occurred
(d) The population must follow a normal distribution
(e) A Type II error has occurred

20. Correctly fill out the bubbles corresponding to your student number and the version number
of your test in the correct places on the computer card.
Hint:

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Minitab Output #1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source
EXERCISE
Error
Total
S = 12.11

Level
0
1
2
3

N
38
38
13
11

DF
3
96
99

SS
2001
14084
16085

MS
667
147

R-Sq = 12.44%

Mean
?
?
?
?

StDev
13.04
12.12
9.71
11.09

F
4.55

P
0.005

R-Sq(adj) = 9.71%
Individual 95% CIs For Mean Based on
Pooled StDev
------+---------+---------+---------+--(----*-----)
(-----*----)
(---------*--------)
(---------*----------)
------+---------+---------+---------+--119.0
126.0
133.0
140.0

Pooled StDev = 12.11

Tukey 95% Simultaneous Confidence Intervals
All Pairwise Comparisons among Levels of EXERCISE
Individual confidence level = 98.97%
EXERCISE = 0 subtracted from:
EXERCISE
1
2
3

Lower
-13.01
-20.11
-23.92

Center
-5.74
-9.93
-13.07

Upper
1.53
0.25
-2.22

+---------+---------+---------+--------(-----*-----)
(--------*-------)
(--------*--------)
+---------+---------+---------+---------24
-12
0
12

EXERCISE = 1 subtracted from:

EXERCISE
2
3

Lower
-14.37
-18.18

Center
-4.19
-7.33

Upper
5.99
3.52

+---------+---------+---------+--------(--------*-------)
(--------*--------)
+---------+---------+---------+---------24
-12
0
12

EXERCISE = 2 subtracted from:

EXERCISE
3

Lower Center
-16.17 -3.14

Upper
9.89

+---------+---------+---------+--------(---------*----------)
+---------+---------+---------+---------24
-12
0
12

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Some Partial Tables

Percentiles of the > Distribution
df.
>*&
>*(&
>**
>**&
6 1.9432 2.4469 3.143 3.7074
7 1.8946 2.3646 2.998 3.4995
8 1.8595 2.3060 2.896 3.3554

12 1.7823 2.1788 2.681 3.0545

13 1.7709 2.1604 2.650 3.0123

Percentiles of the Chi-Square Distribution

#
d.f. ;#*!
;#*& ;#*(&
;**
" #(!' $)%" &!#% ''$&
# %'!& &**" ($() *#"!
$ '#&" ()"& *$%) ""$%&

Percentiles of the J Distribution

Denominator
J*5
Degrees of
Numerator Degrees of Freedom
Freedom
8
9
10
12
15
20
11
2.95 2.90 2.85 2.79 2.72 2.65
12
2.85 2.80 2.75 2.69 2.62 2.54
13
2.77 2.71 2.67 2.60 2.53 2.46
14
2.70 2.65 2.60 2.53 2.46 2.39
15
2.64 2.59 2.54 2.48 2.40 2.33
More Percentiles of the J Distribution
Denominator
J*75
Degrees of
Numerator Degrees of Freedom
Freedom
8
9
10
12
15
20
11
3.66 3.59 3.53 3.43 3.33 3.23
12
3.51 3.44 3.37 3.28 3.18 3.07
13
3.39 3.31 3.25 3.15 3.05 2.95
14
3.29 3.21 3.15 3.05 2.95 2.84
15
3.20 3.12 3.06 2.96 2.86 2.76
Percentage Points of the Studentized Range for 2 Through 10
Treatments Upper 5% Points
Error
d.f.
1
2
3

7
8
9
10

2
17.97
6.08
4.50

3
26.98
8.33
5.91

4
32.82
9.80
6.82

5
37.08
10.88
7.50

6
40.41
11.74
8.04

7
43.12
12.44
8.48

8
45.40
13.03
8.85

9
47.36
13.54
9.18

10
49.07
13.99
9.46

3.34
3.26
3.20
3.15

4.16
4.04
3.95
3.88

4.68
4.53
4.41
4.33

5.06
4.89
4.76
4.65

5.36
5.17
5.02
4.91

5.61
5.40
5.24
5.12

5.82
5.60
5.43
5.30

6.00
5.77
5.59
5.46

6.16
5.92
5.74
5.60

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Answers (Version 1):

1. d 2. a 3. b 4. b 5. d 6. b 7. b 8. e 9. b 10. a
11. d 12. b 13. e 14. e 15. b 16. b 17. a 18. e 19. a

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