Equip male and female students with a small device that secretly records sound for a random 30 seconds during each 12.5-minute period over two days. Count the words each subject speaks during each recording period, and from this, estimate how many words per day each subject speaks. The published report includes a table summarizing six such studies.12 Here are two of the six: Readers are supposed to understand that, for example, the 56 women in the first study had x 16,177 and s 7520. It is commonly thought that women talk more than men. Does either of the two samples support this idea? For each study: (a) State hypotheses in terms of the population means for men (M) and women (F). (b) Find the two-sample t statistic. (c) What degrees of freedom does Optio

The authors of a paper randomly selected two samples of patients admitted to the hospital after suffering a stroke. One sample was selected from patients who received biofeedback weight training for 8 weeks, and the other sample was selected from patients who did not receive this training. At the end of 8 weeks, the time it took (in seconds) to stand from a sitting position and then to sit down again (called sit-stand-sit time) was measured for the people in each sample. Data consistent with summary quantities given in the paper are given below. For purposes of this exercise, you can assume that the samples are representative of the population of stroke patients who receive the biofeedback training and the population of stroke patients who do not receive this training. Biofeedback Group 2.1 2.8 4.5 2.3 2.9 4.3 3.4 4.2 3.4 3.7 3.0 3.7 3.7 2.5 3.3 No Biofeedback Group 5.2 4.8 4.0 4.3 4.8 4.4 4.3 5.2 3.5 4.3 5.2 4.5 4.1 3.5 4.0   Conduct a test of hypothesis to test whether…

Determine whether the given description corresponds to an observational study or an experiment.   In a study of 366 women with a particular​ disease, the subjects were monitored with an EEG while asleep. Does the given description correspond to an observational study or an​ experiment?

A psychologist would like to examine the effects of a new drug on the activity level of animals. Three samples of rats are selected with n=5 in each sample. One group gets no drug, one group gets s small dose, and the third group gets a large dose. The psychologist records the activity level for each animal. The data from this experiment are presented below.   No drug Small dose Large dose 5, 3 , 1 , 1 , 5 5, 5, 9, 6, 5 10, 12, 9, 6, 8 =3, SS=16 =6, SS=12 =9, SS=20   Do these data indicate any significant differences among the three groups? Test with α=0.05.                        Compute the effect size and interpret the result.

If 30 participants each completed a memory task three times — once each after having no, moderate, or high levels of caffeine, calculate the total degrees of freedom.

a report about an isolated community claims there are more newborn females than males although we assume equal frequencies for each. Records indicate 628 boys and 718 girls born in the past month. what are Ho and Ha?

The authors of a paper randomly selected two samples of patients admitted to the hospital after suffering a stroke. One sample was selected from patients who received biofeedback weight training for 8 weeks, and the other sample was selected from patients who did not receive this training. At the end of 8 weeks, the time it took (in seconds) to stand from a sitting position and then to sit down again (called sit-stand-sit time) was measured for the people in each sample. Data consistent with summary quantities given in the paper are given below. For purposes of this exercise, you can assume that the samples are representative of the population of stroke patients who receive the biofeedback training and the population of stroke patients who do not receive this training. Biofeedback Group 2.2 2.9 4.6 2.4 3.0 4.4 3.5 4.3 3.5 3.8 3.1 3.8 3.8 2.6 3.4 No Biofeedback Group 5.2 4.8 4.0 4.3 4.8 4.4 4.3 5.2 3.5 4.3 5.2 4.5 4.1 3.5 4.0   Conduct a test of hypothesis to test whether…

A consumer group wanted to determine if there was a difference in customer perceptions about prices for a specific type of toy depending on where the toy was purchased.  In the local area there are three main retailers: W-Mart, Tag, and URToy.  For each retailer, the consumer group randomly selected 5 customers, and asked them to rate how expensive they thought the toy was on a 1-to-10 scale (1= not expensive, to 10 = very expensive). The toy was priced the same at all retail stores. 1. What kind of statistical test should be used to test the consumer group's research goal, assuming that the researcher wanted to use the 1-to-10 scale as a numerical interval measure? A. Repeated-measures t-test B. One-way Independent Measures ANOVA C. Repeated-measures ANOVA D. Independent-measures t-test   2. State the hypothesis that aims to test the consumer group’s research goal (i.e., what is H0 and HA).

An educational psychologist is interested in whether using a child’s own name in a story affected attention span while reading. Six children were randomly assigned to read a story under ordinary conditions (using common and generic names). Five other children read versions of the same story, but with each child’s ownname substituted for one of the children in the story. The researcher measured the amount of time (in minutes) each child spent reading the story. The results are shown in the following table. Does including the child’s namemake any difference in attention span?   Test the hypothesis at an alpha set to .05, following these steps: a) write the null and alternative hypotheses; b) determine the critical value(s); c) draw the comparison distribution with rejection region(s) shaded; d)use the correct formula to compute the test statistic; e) state the statistical decision; f) state a brief conclusion.