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If we are testing for the difference between the means of 2
independent populations presuming equal variances with
samples of n1 = 20 and n2 = 20, the number of degrees of
freedom is equal to _________pooled

39.
38.
19.
18.

2
Given the following information, calculate sp , the pooled
sample variance that should be used in the pooled-variance t
test.
2 2
s1 = 4 s2 = 6
n1 = 16 n2 = 25
6.00
5.00
5.23
4.00
The amount of time required to reach a customer service
representative has a huge impact on customer satisfaction.
Below is the Excel output from a study to see whether there
is evidence of a difference in the mean amounts of time
required to reach a customer service representative between
two hotels. Assume that the population variances in the
amount of time for the two hotels are not equal.
[file: q498.gif]

Which of the following represents the relevant hypotheses

tested?

SCENARIO 10-13
The amount of time required to reach a customer service
representative has a huge impact on customer satisfaction.
Below is the Excel output for significance level 0.05 from a
study to see whether there is evidence of a difference in the
mean amounts of time required to reach a customer service
representative between two hotels. Assume that the
population variances in the amount of time for the two hotels
are not equal.
[file: q498.gif]
 Referring to Scenario 10-13, what is(are) the critical value(s)
of the relevant hypothesis test if the level of significance is
0.05?
1.6860
1.6860
2.0244
2.0244

Referring to Scenario 10-5, the value of the standard error of

the difference scores is ……

A powerful women’s group has claimed that men and

women differ in attitudes about sexual discrimination. A
 group of 50 men (group 1) and 40 women (group 2) were
asked if they thought sexual discrimination is a problem in
the United States. Of those sampled, 11 of the men and 19 of
the women did believe that sexual discrimination is a
problem. Find the value of the test statistic.
Z = – 2.55
Z = – 0.85
Z = – 1.05
Z = – 1.20

SCENARIO 10-14
The use of preservatives by food processors has become a controversial issue. Suppose two
preservatives are extensively tested and determined safe for use in meats. A processor
wants to compare the preservatives for their effects on retarding spoilage. Suppose 15 cuts
of fresh meat are treated with preservative I and 15 are treated with preservative II, and the
number of hours until spoilage begins is recorded for each of the 30 cuts of meat. The
results are summarized in the table below.
Preservative I Preservative II
I = 106.4 hours II = 96.54 hours
S I = 10.3 hours S II = 13.4 hours
Referring to Scenario 10-14, suppose = 0.05. Suppose we use the pooled-variance
test. Which of the following represents the result of the relevant hypothesis test?
Given t0.025; 14= 2.1448; t0.025;28 = 2.0484
The alternative hypothesis is rejected.
The null hypothesis is rejected.
T The null hypothesis is not rejected.
Insufficient information exists on which to decide.

SCENARIO 10-5
To test the effectiveness of a business school preparation
course, 8 students took a general business test before and
after the course. The results are given below.
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Referring to Scenario 10-5, the number of degrees of
freedom is……
14.
13.
8.
7.
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In a one-way ANOVA, if the computed F statistic is greater
than the critical F value you may ……
reject H0 since there is evidence all the means differ.
reject H0 since there is evidence that not all the means are
different.
not reject H0 since there is no evidence of a difference in the
means.
not reject H0 because a mistake has been made.

The F test statistic in a one-way ANOVA is ……

MSW/MSA.
SSW/SSA.
MSA/MSW.
SSA/SSW.
SCENARIO 11-1
An airline wants to select a computer software package for
its reservation system. Four software packages (1, 2, 3, and
4) are commercially available. The airline will choose the
package that bumps as few passengers as possible during a
month. An experiment is set up in which each package is
used to make reservations for 5 randomly selected weeks. (A
total of 20 weeks was included in the experiment.) The
number of passengers bumped each week is obtained, which
gives rise to the following Excel output:
[file: q605.gif]

Referring to Scenario 11-1, the within groups degrees of

freedom is……
3
4
16
19

In a two-way ANOVA, the degrees of freedom for the

interaction term is……
(r – 1)(c – 1).
rc(n – 1).
(r – 1).
rcn + 1.

SCENARIO 11-7
A student team in a business statistics course designed an
experiment to investigate whether the brand of bubblegum
used affected the size of bubbles they could blow. To reduce
the person-to-person variability, the students decided to use a
randomized block design using themselves as blocks.
Four brands of bubblegum were tested. A student chewed
two pieces of a brand of gum and then blew a bubble,
attempting to make it as big as possible. Another student
measured the diameter of the bubble at its biggest point. The
following table gives the diameters of the bubbles (in inches)
for the 16 observations.
[file: q631.gif]

Referring to Scenario 11-7, the null hypothesis for the

randomized block F test for the difference in the means
is……

SCENARIO 11-8
An important factor in selecting database software is the
time required for a user to learn how to use the system. To
evaluate three potential brands (A, B and C) of database
software, a company designed a test involving five different
employees. To reduce variability due to differences among
employees, each of the five employees is trained on each of
the three different brands. The amount of time (in hours)
needed to learn each of the three different brands is given
below:
[file: q633.gif]

Referring to Scenario 11-8, the null hypothesis for the

randomized block F test for the difference in the means
is……
Chap 13 :
The manager of the purchasing department of a large
saving and loan organization would like to develop a model
to predict the amount of time (measured in hours) it takes to
record a loan application. Data are collected from a sample
of 30 days, and the number of applications recorded and
completion time in hours is recorded. Below is the
regression output:
[file: q587.gif]

The error sum of squares (SSE) of the above

regression is……
0.1117
3.1282
25.9438
29.0720

It is believed that GPA (grade point average, based on a

four point scale) should have a positive linear relationship
with ACT scores. Given below is the Excel output for
predicting GPA using ACT scores based a data set of 8
randomly chosen students from a Big-Ten university.
[file: q571.gif]
What is the predicted value of GPA when ACT = 20?
2.61
2.66
2.80
3.12

A computer software developer would like to use the

number of downloads (in thousands) for the trial version of
his new shareware to predict the amount of revenue (in
thousands of dollars) he can make on the full version of the
new shareware. Following is the output from a simple linear
regression along with the residual plot and normal
probability plot obtained from a data set of 30 different
sharewares that he has developed:
[file: q583chap13.gif]

Which of the following is the correct interpretation for the

slope coefficient?
 For each decrease of 1 thousand downloads, the expected
revenue is estimated to increase by $ 3.7297 thousands.
For each increase of 1 thousand downloads, the expected
revenue is estimated to increase by $ 3.7297 thousands.
For each decrease of 1 thousand dollars in expected
revenue, the expected number of downloads is estimated to
increase by 3.7297 thousands.
For each increase of 1 thousand dollars in expected
revenue, the expected number of downloads is estimated to
increase by 3.7297 thousands.

A candy bar manufacturer is interested in trying to estimate

how sales are influenced by the price of their product. To do
this, the company randomly chooses 4 small cities and
offers the candy bar at different prices. Using candy bar
sales as the dependent variable, the company will conduct a
simple linear regression on the data below:

What is the estimated slope for the candy bar price and
sales data?

A candy bar manufacturer is interested in trying to estimate

how sales are influenced by the price of their product. To do
this, the company randomly chooses 4 small cities and offers
the candy bar at different prices. Using candy bar sales as the
dependent variable, the company will conduct a simple linear
regression on the data below:
What is the coefficient of correlation for these data?

It is believed that GPA (grade point average, based on a

four point scale) should have a positive linear relationship
with ACT scores. Given below is the Excel output for
predicting GPA using ACT scores based a data set of 8
randomly chosen students from a Big-Ten university.
[file: q571.gif]

The interpretation of the coefficient of determination in this

regression is……
57.74% of the total variation of ACT scores can be
explained by GPA.
ACT scores account for 57.74% of the total fluctuation in
GPA.
GPA accounts for 57.74% of the variability of ACT scores.
None of the above.

The residuals represent……

the difference between the actual Y values and the mean of
Y.
the difference between the actual Y values and the
predicted Y values.
the square root of the slope.
the predicted value of Y for the average X value.
It is believed that GPA (grade point average, based on a
four point scale) should have a positive linear relationship
with ACT scores. Given below is the Excel output for
predicting GPA using ACT scores based a data set of 8
randomly chosen students from a Big-Ten university.
[file: q571.gif]

The value of the measured test statistic to test whether there

is any linear relationship between GPA and ACT is……
0.0356
0.1021
0.7598
2.8633

A computer software developer would like to use the

number of downloads (in thousands) for the trial
version of his new shareware to predict the amount of
revenue (in thousands of dollars) he can make on the
full version of the new shareware. Following is the
output from a simple linear regression along with the
residual plot and normal probability plot obtained from
a data set of 30 different sharewares that he has
developed:
Which of the following is the correct alternative
hypothesis for testing whether there is a linear
relationship between revenue and the number of
downloads?