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9 Sixteen freshmen on a college campus were grouped into eight pairs in such a way that the two members of any pair were as similar as possible in academic backgroundsas measured by high school class rank and achievement test scoresand also in social backgrounds. The major difference within pairs was that one student was from in state and the other from out of state. At the end of the first year of college, grade point averages of these students were recorded, yielding the results shown in the table. Use the Wilcoxon test to analyze the data. Discuss the implications of the test results. Pair In-State Out_State Diff Rank RANK(+) RANK(-) F 2.3 2.8 -0.5 5.5 5.5 C 2.4 2.7 -0.3 3 3 B 3 3.1 -0.1 1 1 G 2.6 2.6 0 E 3.9 3.7 0.2 2 2 H 3.7 3.3 0.4 4 4 D 3.8 3.3 0.5 5.5 5.5 A 3.4 2.8 0.6 7 18.5 Rank Sum 30 9.5 Wilcoxon signed rank Statistics, T = min(30, 9.5) = 9.5

15.23 The accompanying table shows, for a random sample of 20 long-term growth mutual funds, percentage return over a period of 12 months and total assets (in millions of dollars). Y-Rank(A) di=xi-yi di^2 12 8 64 3 16 256 20 -2 4 9 8 64 19 -3 9 11 4 16 2 12 144 13 0 0 6 6 36 18 -7 49 17 -7 49 14 -5 25 8 0 0 7 0 0 5 1 1 15 -10 100 10 -6 36 1 2 4 4 -2 4 16 -15 225 1086 a. Calculate the Spearman rank correlation coefficient. b. Carry out a nonparametric test of the null hypothesis of no association in the population against a two-sided alternative. c. Discuss the advantages of a nonparametric test for these data. Return Assets X-Rank(R) 29.3 300 20 27.6 70 19 23.7 3,004 18 22.3 161 17 22 827 16 19.6 295 15 17.6 29 14 16 421 13 15.5 99 12 15.2 756 11 15 730 10 14.4 436 9 14 143 8 13.7 117 7 12.9 75 6 11.3 610 5 9.9 264 4 7.9 27 3 6.7 71 2 3.3 719 1

16.5 A campus administrator has found that 60% of all students view courses as very useful, 20% as somewhat useful, and 20% as worthless. Of a random sample of 100 students taking business courses, 68 found the course in question very useful, 18 somewhat useful, and 14 worthless. Test the null hypothesis that the population distribution for business courses is the same as that for all courses.

16.11 The number of times a machine broke down each week was observed over a period of 100 weeks and recorded in the accompanying table. It was found that the average number of breakdowns per week over this period was 2.1. Test the null hypothesis that the population distribution of breakdown is Poisson. Number of Breakdowns 0 1 2 3 4 5 or More Number of weeks 10 24 32 23 6 5 .

16.27 Suppose that you have collected market survey data for gender and product purchase. Perform a chisquare test to determine if there is a different probability of purchase among men and women. Include in your answer the expected cell values under the null hypothesis.

Decision Purchase 150 No Purchase 50

Gender Male

Female 150 250

17.6 (15.3) Three suppliers provide parts in shipments of 500 units. Random samples of six shipments from each of the three suppliers were carefully checked, and the numbers of parts not conforming to standards were recorded. These numbers are listed in the table. Supplier Supplier Supplier A B C Total 28 22 33 83 37 27 29 93 34 29 39 102 29 20 33 82 31 18 37 86 33 30 38 101 Total 192 146 209 547 a. Set out the analysis of variance table for these data. b. Test the null hypothesis that the population mean numbers of parts per shipments not conforming to standards are the same for all three suppliers.

17.31 (15.22) An agricultural experiment designed to assess differences in yields of corn for four different varieties, using three different fertilizers, produced the results (in bushels per acre) shown in the table. Variety Fertilizer 1 2 3 A 86 92 75 B 88 91 80 C D 77 84 81 93 83 79

a. Set out the two-way analysis of variance table, b. Test the null hypothesis that the population mean yields are identical for all four varieties of corn. c. Test the null hypothesis that population mean yields are the same for all three brands of fertilizer.