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

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ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

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Chapter10: Statistics

Section10.6: Summarizing Categorical Data

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Every year, all incoming high school freshmen in a large school district take a math placement test. For this year’s test, the district has prepared two possible versions: Version 1 that covers more material than last year’s test and Version 2 test that is similar to last year’s test. The district suspects that the mean score for Version 1 will be less than the mean score for Version 2. To examine this, over the summer the district randomly selects

incoming freshmen to come to its offices to take Version 1, and it randomly selects

incoming freshmen to come take Version 2. The

incoming freshmen taking Version 1 score a mean of

113.0

points with a standard deviation of

16.8

. The

incoming freshmen taking Version 2 score a mean of

117.0

points with a standard deviation of

18.5

. Assume that the population standard deviations of the test scores from the two versions can be estimated to be the sample standard deviations, since the samples that are used to compute them are quite large. At the

0.05

level of significance, is there enough evidence to support the claim that the mean test score,

μ1

, for Version 1 is less than the mean test score,

μ2

, for Version 2? Perform a one-tailed test. Then complete the parts below.

Carry your intermediate computations to at least three decimal places. (If necessary, consult a list of formulas.)

(a)	State the null hypothesis H0 and the alternative hypothesis H1 .
H0:
H1:
(b)	Determine the type of test statistic to use.
	▼(Choose one)
(c)	Find the value of the test statistic. (Round to three or more decimal places.)

(d)	Find the p-value. (Round to three or more decimal places.)

(e)	Can we support the claim that the mean test score for Version 1 is less than the mean test score of Version 2?
Yes No

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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