MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781119256830
Author: Amos Gilat
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Question
A nonprofit company concerned with the school dropout rates has designed a tutoring program aimed at students between 16 to 18 years old. A national center for educational statistics reported that the high school dropout rate for the year 2000 was 10.9%.One school district, who adopted the use of the nonprofit's tutoring program and whose dropout rate has always been very close to the national average, reported in 2004 that 158 of their 1769 students dropped out. Is their experience evidence that the tutoring program has been effective?
Determine the hypotheses for this test. Choose the correct answer below
A. H0: p=0.109 HA: p≠0.109
Compute the test statistic. enter your response here *______*
Find the P-value. enter your response here* ______*
3. Is their experience evidence that the tutoring program has been effective?
The school district's observed dropout rate would be highlyunusual if the national rate was still 10.9%. Conclude that he tutoring program has not been effective.
The school district's observed dropout rate would not beunusual if the national rate was still 10.9%. Conclude that the tutoring program has been effective.
Expert Solution
This question has been solved!
Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.
This is a popular solution
Trending nowThis is a popular solution!
Step by stepSolved in 2 steps with 2 images
Knowledge Booster
Similar questions
- The mean annual salary of (public) classroom teachers is $55.4 thousand. A hypothesis test is to be performed to decide whether the mean annual salary of classroom teachers in Ohio is greater than the national mean. What is the classification of the hypothesis test?arrow_forwardThe College Board provided comparisons of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores based on the highest level of education attained by the test taker's parents. A research hypothesis was that students whose parents had attained a higher level of education would on average score higher on the SAT. The overall mean SAT math score was 514. SAT math scores for independent samples of students follow. The first sample shows the SAT math test scores for students whose parents are college graduates with a bachelor's degree. The second sample shows the SAT math test scores for students whose parents are high school graduates but do not have a college degree. College Grads High School Grads 485 471 442 492 534 517 580 478 650 526 479 425 554 426 486 485 534 531 528 390 572 594 524 535 497 464 608 453 (a) Formulate the hypotheses that can be used to determine whether the sample data support the hypothesis that students show a higher population mean math score on the SAT if their parents attained a…arrow_forwardaccording to the national household survey on drug use and health, when asked in 2017, 31.0% of those aged 18 to 25 years said they had used cigarettes in the past year, 7.7% said they had used smokeless tobaccoarrow_forward
- Maria Washington owns and manages a small business in San Francisco, California. The business provides breakfast and brunch food, via carts parked along sidewalks, to people in the business district of the city. Being an experienced businessperson, Maria provides incentives for the four salespeople operating the food carts. This year, she plans to offer monetary bonuses to her salespeople based on their individual mean daily sales. Below is a chart giving a summary of the information that Maria has to work with. (In the chart, a "sample" is a collection of daily sales figures, in dollars, from this past year for a particular salesperson.) Groups Sample Sample Sample size mean variance Salesperson 1 88 209.8 2360.3 Salesperson 2 82 191.8 2049.0 215.8 2532.7 Salesperson 3 123 Salesperson 4 68 201.7 1527.0 Send data to calculator V Send data to Excel Maria's first step is to decide if there are any significant differences in the mean daily sales of her salespeople. (If there are no…arrow_forwardIn 2014, approximately 2% of hourly rate workers were being paid at the federal minimum wage level. Would federal legislation to increase the minimum wage have a greater effect on the mean or the median income of all workers? O Mean OMedianarrow_forwardYou may need to use the appropriate appendix table or technology to answer this question. According to the Vivino website, suppose the mean price for a bottle of red wine that scores 4.0 or higher on the Vivino Rating System is $32.48. A New England-based lifestyle magazine wants to determine if red wines of the same quality are less expensive in Providence, and it has collected prices for 65 randomly selected red wines of similar quality from wine stores throughout Providence. The mean and standard deviation for this sample are $30.15 and $12, respectively. (d) Repeat the preceding hypothesis test using the critical value approach. State the null and alternative hypotheses. (Enter != for ≠ as needed.) H0: Ha: Find the value of the test statistic. (Round your answer to three decimal places.) State the critical values for the rejection rule. Use ? = 0.05. (Round your answers to three decimal places. If the test is one-tailed, enter NONE for the unused tail.)…arrow_forward
- Why is it important to report both a measure of central tendency and variability to describe a set of scores?arrow_forwardAccording to the most recent General Social Survey, 70% of adults watch TV nightly. A researcher believes that the proportion of college students who watch TV nightly is less than this. To test this claim the research samples 400 college students and finds that 276 watch TV nightly. At the 0.05 level of significance does this data provide evidence to suggest that the proportion of college students who watch TV nightly is less than 70%?arrow_forwardThe College Board provided comparisons of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores based on the highest level of education attained by the test taker's parents. A research hypothesis was that students whose parents had attained a higher level of education would on average score higher on the SAT. The overall mean SAT math score was 514. SAT math scores for independent samples of students follow. The first sample shows the SAT math test scores for students whose parents are college graduates with a bachelor's degree. The second sample shows the SAT math test scores for students whose parents are high school graduates but do not have a college degree. College Grads 485 487 518 517 650 542 570 426 566 499 588 562 497 448 592 453 High School Grads 442 492 580 478 479 425 486 485 528 390 524 535 a. formulate the hypotheses b. find the test statistic c. find p- vaule for the hypothesis test d. at a=0.05, what is the conclusionarrow_forward
- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) collects data on wait time at each of its airport security checkpoints. For flights departing from Terminal 3 at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) between 3:00 and 4:00 PM on Wednesday, the mean wait time is 12 minutes, and the maximum wait time is 16 minutes. [Source: Transportation Security Administration, summary statistics based on historical data collected between February 18, 2008, and March 17, 2008.]arrow_forwardWhat is the relationship between the mean of a population and the mean of its sampling distribution?arrow_forwardAccording to Financial Executive, disability causes 48% of all mortgage foreclosures. Given that 20 mortgage foreclosures are audited by a large lending institution. What is the population mean number of foreclosures due to disability? 10.2 foreclosures 8.4 foreclosures 9.6 foreclosures 8.0 foreclosuresarrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
- MATLAB: An Introduction with ApplicationsStatisticsISBN:9781119256830Author:Amos GilatPublisher:John Wiley & Sons IncProbability and Statistics for Engineering and th...StatisticsISBN:9781305251809Author:Jay L. DevorePublisher:Cengage LearningStatistics for The Behavioral Sciences (MindTap C...StatisticsISBN:9781305504912Author:Frederick J Gravetter, Larry B. WallnauPublisher:Cengage Learning
- Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th E...StatisticsISBN:9780134683416Author:Ron Larson, Betsy FarberPublisher:PEARSONThe Basic Practice of StatisticsStatisticsISBN:9781319042578Author:David S. Moore, William I. Notz, Michael A. FlignerPublisher:W. H. FreemanIntroduction to the Practice of StatisticsStatisticsISBN:9781319013387Author:David S. Moore, George P. McCabe, Bruce A. CraigPublisher:W. H. Freeman
MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
Statistics
ISBN:9781119256830
Author:Amos Gilat
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Probability and Statistics for Engineering and th...
Statistics
ISBN:9781305251809
Author:Jay L. Devore
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences (MindTap C...
Statistics
ISBN:9781305504912
Author:Frederick J Gravetter, Larry B. Wallnau
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th E...
Statistics
ISBN:9780134683416
Author:Ron Larson, Betsy Farber
Publisher:PEARSON
The Basic Practice of Statistics
Statistics
ISBN:9781319042578
Author:David S. Moore, William I. Notz, Michael A. Fligner
Publisher:W. H. Freeman
Introduction to the Practice of Statistics
Statistics
ISBN:9781319013387
Author:David S. Moore, George P. McCabe, Bruce A. Craig
Publisher:W. H. Freeman