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Math 153 Project

The document describes a survey of 1391 students from 9 public colleges and universities in Maryland. It provides demographic information about the sample, including gender, age, expected grades, smartphone usage, and sleep habits. It then performs two hypothesis tests on the data: 1) whether the proportion of students aged 22 or younger who smoke is lower than the national average of 13%, and 2) whether mean commute distances differ between four age groups. Both tests find significant differences, rejecting the null hypotheses.

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Math 153 Project

The document describes a survey of 1391 students from 9 public colleges and universities in Maryland. It provides demographic information about the sample, including gender, age, expected grades, smartphone usage, and sleep habits. It then performs two hypothesis tests on the data: 1) whether the proportion of students aged 22 or younger who smoke is lower than the national average of 13%, and 2) whether mean commute distances differ between four age groups. Both tests find significant differences, rejecting the null hypotheses.

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Math 153 – Project Bernard Gibson

May 10, 2020

Student Survey
The participants in this survey were Introductory Statistics students from 9 public colleges and
universities around the state of Maryland. You can find the data in StatCrunch.com under the name →
MD College Students. Total Number of Students Surveyed: 1391

Describe this Sample

Clustered Visual Sample of Surveyed Students Based on Age & Gender

Total Females Surveyed: 824

Total Males Surveyed: 551

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Total Others Surveyed: 11

Preferred Not to Say : 4

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Expected Grade correlation to Level of likeness for Math

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Smart Phone Type Correlation to Age

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Confidence Interval
Create a 95% confidence interval for the mean hours of nightly sleep of Maryland public
college/university students. Be sure to include a summary statement. Some estimates indicate that
college students are getting approximately 6.5 hours of sleep nightly. How do Maryland public
college/university students sleep habits compare to this number?

One sample T confidence interval:

μ: Mean of variable

95% confidence interval results:


Variable Sample Mean Std. Err. DF L. Limit U. Limit
Avg. Sleep Hours 6.88853710.032482088 13736.8248172 6.952257

We are 95% confident that the true mean hours of nightly sleep of Maryland public college/university
students lies between 6.8248 and 6.9522.

Conclusion: Compared to the estimates for other sources of 6.5 hours, Maryland public college students
sleep more than 6.5 hours.

Hypothesis Tests (1)


The harmful effects of smoking tobacco have been illustrated in medical studies, yet many individuals
still choose to smoke. The Centers for Disease Control estimate that approximately 13% of students
aged 18 – 24 smoke tobacco. Using only the students in the “22 or younger” age group test to see if the
proportion of students smoking tobacco is lower in Maryland. Let α = 0.01. (Hint: Summarize the
variables first. It will be easier to enter them into StatCrunch.)

One sample proportion summary hypothesis test:

p : Proportion of successes

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H0 : p = 0.13
HA : p < 0.13

N*p = 146.640
N*(1-p) = 981.36
N = 1128
P = 0.13

Hypothesis test results:


Proportio Coun Tota Sample Prop. Std. Err. Z-Stat P-value
n t l
p 51 1128 0.045212766 0.010013289 -8.4674709 <0.0001

From z table, p(z<-8.48) = 0

P-value = 0

P-value (0) is less < α 0.01

Reject the null hypothesis

Conclusion: Based off the evidence can conclude that the proportion of students “22 or younger”
smoking tobacco is lower in Maryland.

Hypothesis Tests (2)


Is the mean commute distance different for the age groups in this survey? Use a 0.10 significance level
to perform this test.

Ho: µ1= µ2= µ3= µ4

Ha: µ1≠ µ2 ≠ µ3 ≠ µ4

Value of F = 2534.7978/153.07654 = 16.559023

Degrees of Freedom for numerator = 3

Degrees of freedom for denominator = 1342

α = 0.10

Analysis of Variance results:

Responses: Average Commute Distance in Miles


Factors: Age Group

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Response statistics by factor

Age Group n Mean Std. Dev. Std. Error


22 or younger 109 7.7811963 12.423208 0.3754280
5 5
23 - 28 148 13.983311 12.667176 1.0412354
29 -35 60 13.35 10.024673 1.2941797
Over 35 43 14.230233 12.973077 1.9783757

ANOVA table

Source DF SS MS F-Stat P-value


Age Group 3 7604.3935 2534.7978 16.559023 <0.0001
Error 134 205428.71 153.07654
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Total 134 213033.11
5

By Technology, critical value of F = 2.0879

Since calculated value of F = 16.559023 is greater than critical value of F = 2.0879, the difference is
significant. Reject null hypothesis.

P – value: < 0.0001.

Since P - value is less than α = 0.10, the difference is significant. Reject null hypothesis.

Conclusion: The data support the claim that the mean commute distance is different for the 4 age
groups in this survey.

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