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Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter10: Statistics

Section10.6: Summarizing Categorical Data

Problem 25PPS

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Some researchers have conjectured that stem-pitting disease in peach-tree seedlings might be controlled with weed and soil treatment. An experiment is conducted to compare peach-tree seedling growth when the soil and weeds are treated with one of two herbicides. In a field containing 20 seedlings, 10 are randomly selected throughout the field and assigned to receive Herbicide A. The remainder of the seedlings is assigned to receive Herbicide B. Soil and weeds for each seedling are treated with the appropriate herbicide, and at the end of the study period the height in centimeters is recorded for each seedling. The following results are obtained:

	Mean	Std. Dev.
Herbicide A	94.5 cm	10 cm
Herbicide B	109.1 cm	9 cm

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Suppose we wish to determine if there tends to be a difference in height for the seedlings treated with the different herbicides. Find the P-value for this test assuming the standard deviations of the two populations are equal.

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...

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