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Question 1:
A study conducted at the local elementary school wants to see if providing lunch will increase test
scores. The previous year's average test score is 65. Before fully implementing this expensive
proposal, a random sample of 10 students were given hot breakfasts for a week and then given the
same standardized test.
Test Scores
65 75 58 80 95
95 60
60 88 85 70 73
a. State the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis in words.
b. State the null and experimental hypotheses in symbols.
c. Why is this a good use of the 1-sample t-test?
d. Identify the Independent Variable (IV) and Dependent Variable (DV).
e. Conduct the statistical analysis using Minitab.
f. Conclusions? Reject or fail to reject the null?
g. Explain the confidence interval and the direction of the effect.
h. Check the assumption of normality
Question 2:
To motivate citizens to conserve gasoline, a local government is considering mounting a
conservation campaign. Based on previous data, the government knows that the average family
uses 58 gallons per month. The following data are collected from a random sample of 9 families
after the advertising campaign:
Gas (gal/month)
50
63
51
58
51
59
60
51
47
Answer questions (a)-(h) above.
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