In her book Red Ink Behaviors, Jean Hollands reports on the assessment of leading Silicon Valley companies regarding a manager's lost time due to inappropriate behavior of employees. Consider the following independent random variables. The first variable x1 measures manager's hours per week lost due to hot tempers, flaming e-mails, and general unproductive tensions. x1: 1 5 8 4 2 4 10 The variable x2 measures manager's hours per week lost due to disputes regarding technical workers' superior attitudes that their colleagues are "dumb and dispensable". x2: 8 5 4 7 9 4 10 3 (i) Use a calculator with sample mean and sample standard deviation keys to calculate x1, s1, x2, and s2. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) x1 =  s1 =  x2 =  s2 =  (ii) Does the information indicate that the population mean time lost due to hot tempers is different (either way) from population mean time lost due to disputes arising from technical workers' superior attitudes? Use α = 0.05. Assume that the two lost-time population distributions are mound-shaped and symmetric. (a) What is the level of significance?   What is the value of the sample test statistic? (Test the difference μ1 − μ2. Do not use rounded values. Round your final answer to three decimal places.)

Athabasca Fishing Lodge is located on Lake Athabasca in northern Canada. In one of its recent brochures, the lodge advertises that 75% of its guests catch northern pike over 20 pounds. Suppose that last summer 65 out of a random sample of 84 guests did, in fact, catch northern pike weighing over 20 pounds. Does this indicate that the population proportion of guests who catch pike over 20 pounds is different from 75% (either higher or lower)? Use? = 0.05 . Is the sample size large enough to approximate distribution using Normal distribution? WHY?.b. What are the hypotheses?

The Interpersonal Reactivity Index is a survey designed to assess four different types of empathy. One type of empathy, called Empathetic Concern, measures the tendency to feel sympathy and compassion for people who are less fortunate. The index ranges from 0 (less empathetic) to 28 (more empathetic). The following data, representing random samples of 8 males and 8 females, are consistent with results reported in psychological studies. Boxplots show that it is reasonable to assume that the populations are approximately normal and have equal variances. 13 20 12 16 12 16 13 26 21 Males 23 Females 22 20 26 25 28 24 16 19 Can you conclude that there is a difference in mean empathy score between men and women? Use a=0.05. (1) Critical Values (Round off to 3 decimal places): (2) Test Statistic (Round off to 2 decimal places): (3) Conclusion: (Type 'Reject HO' or 'Fail to Reject HO')

The Interpersonal Reactivity Index is a survey designed to assess four different types of empathy. One type of empathy, called, Empathetic Concern, measures the tendency to feel sympathy and compassion for people who are less fortunate. The index ranges from 0 (less empathetic) to 28 (more empathetic). The following data, representing random samples of 16 males and 16 females, are consistent with results reported in psychological studies. Boxplots show that it is reasonable to assume that the populations are approximately normal. 13 8 22 20 20 12 15 18 Males 16 13 26 21 23 25 15 23 17 22 Females 20 26 25 28 24 16 19 23 21 23 15 26 19 25 Can you conclude at the 0.05 significance level that there is a difference in mean empathy scores between men and women?

An online dating company wants to investigate perceptions of the services they offer. Two independent research companies collect data and ask several questions of a sample of individuals who identify as "single." Specifically, they want to determine at a 5% significance level if more than half of single people answer "yes" to the question, "Do you think that online dating is right for you?" The results for each researcher appear in the following table. Company A Company B P-value = 0.021 P-value = 0.063 "At the 5% significance level, the data provide convincing evidence that more than half of single people believe that online dating is right for them." "At the 5% significance level, the data do not provide convincing evidence that more than half of single people believe that online dating is right for them." Part A: Identify at least two reasons why the companies came up with different P-values. Part B: A researcher at Company B revisits the analysis and instead concludes the…

Mike Jimenez is president of the teachers’ union for Preston School District. In preparing for upcoming negotiations, he would like to investigate the salary structure of classroom teachers in the district. He believes there are three factors that affect a teacher’s salary: years of experience, a rating of teaching effectiveness given by the principal, and whether the teacher has a master’s degree (0 = No, 1 = Yes). A random sample of 20 teachers resulted in the following data.   Salary ($ Thousands) Years of Experience Principal's Rating Master's Degree 51.1 8 95 0 43.6 5 84 0 39.3 2 100 1 53 15 51 1 48.6 11 53 0 55 14 81 1 52 9 85 0 46.8 7 52 1 58.6 22 68 1 41.7 3 97 1 35.7 1 83 0 40.6 5 71 0 61.8 23 77 1 46.7 17 61 0 48.4 12 83 1 43.6 14 71 0 51.8 8 59 1 40.7 4 93 0 42.8 2 58 1 42.9 8 90 0   a. What is the question being asked?      b. Label your dependent variable: y =     c. Label your independent variables: x1 =  x2 =  x3 =    d.…

Why is it important to report both a measure of central tendency and variability to describe a set of scores? Group of answer choices Sets of data with different central tendencies may have different patterns of variability. Sets of data with the same central tendency may have the same patterns of variability. Sets of data with the same variability may have different patterns of central tendency. Sets of data with the same central tendency may have different patterns of variability.

Some researchers have noted that adolescents who spend a lot of time playing video or computer games are at greater risk for depression and violence. This is an example of:   a. an observational study with lurking variables that may explain the association.   b. a paired data experiment, because we are studying both aggression and game playing.   c. a single-blind experiment, because the subjects knew they were playing games.   d. a valid conclusion, because more time yields more aggression is a positive association.

A researcher is studying the effects of the college experience on attitudes, values, and behaviors and is comparing random samples of freshman and seniors at the same university. Is there a significant difference in political ideology? (On this scale, 10 means "very conservative" and 1 means "very liberal") FRESHMAN SENIORSmean=5.23 mean=5.12s=1.78 s=1.07N=145 N=105

Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is a form of interaction that heavily involves technology (e.g., instant messaging, email). A study was conducted to compare relational intimacy in people interacting via CMC to people meeting face-to-face (FTF).   Participants were 48 undergraduate students, of which half were randomly assigned to the CMC group and half assigned to the FTF group. The variable of interest, relational intimacy score, was measured (on a 7-point scale) for each participant after each of three different meeting sessions. Summary statistics for the first meeting session are given here. The researchers hypothesized that, after the first meeting, the mean relational intimacy score for participants in the CMC group would be lower than the mean relational intimacy score for participants in the FTF group. Test the researchers’ hypothesis using α = .10.                                                                     CMC                                           FTF Number…