Session:12 F Distribution and One-Way ANOVA
Homework
Introductory Business Statistics | Leadership Development – Micro-Learning Session
Rice University 2020 | Michael Laverty, Colorado State University Global Chris Littel, North Carolina State University| https://openstax.org/details/books/introductory-business-statistics
12.1 Test of Two Variances
55.
Three students, Linda, Tuan, and Javier, are given five laboratory rats each for a nutritional experiment. Each rat’s weight is recorded in grams. Linda feeds her rats Formula A, Tuan feeds his rats Formula B, and Javier feeds his rats Formula C. At the end of a specified time period, each rat is weighed again and the net gain in grams is recorded.
| Linda’s rats | Tuan’s rats | Javier’s rats |
|---|---|---|
| 43.5 | 47.0 | 51.2 |
| 39.4 | 40.5 | 40.9 |
| 41.3 | 38.9 | 37.9 |
| 46.0 | 46.3 | 45.0 |
| 38.2 | 44.2 | 48.6 |
Determine whether or not the variance in weight gain is statistically the same among Javier’s and Linda’s rats. Test at a significance level of 10%.
56.
A grassroots group opposed to a proposed increase in the gas tax claimed that the increase would hurt working-class people the most, since they commute the farthest to work. Suppose that the group randomly surveyed 24 individuals and asked them their daily one-way commuting mileage. The results are as follows.
| Working-class | Professional (middle incomes) | Professional (wealthy) |
|---|---|---|
| 17.8 | 16.5 | 8.5 |
| 26.7 | 17.4 | 6.3 |
| 49.4 | 22.0 | 4.6 |
| 9.4 | 7.4 | 12.6 |
| 65.4 | 9.4 | 11.0 |
| 47.1 | 2.1 | 28.6 |
| 19.5 | 6.4 | 15.4 |
| 51.2 | 13.9 | 9.3 |
Determine whether or not the variance in mileage driven is statistically the same among the working class and professional (middle income) groups. Use a 5% significance level.
Use the following information to answer the next two exercises. The following table lists the number of pages in four different types of magazines.
| Home decorating | News | Health | Computer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 172 | 87 | 82 | 104 |
| 286 | 94 | 153 | 136 |
| 163 | 123 | 87 | 98 |
| 205 | 106 | 103 | 207 |
| 197 | 101 | 96 | 146 |
57.
Which two magazine types do you think have the same variance in length?
58.
Which two magazine types do you think have different variances in length?
59.
Is the variance for the amount of money, in dollars, that shoppers spend on Saturdays at the mall the same as the variance for the amount of money that shoppers spend on Sundays at the mall? Suppose that the Table 12.21 shows the results of a study.
| Saturday | Sunday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 44 | 62 | 137 |
| 18 | 58 | 0 | 82 |
| 150 | 61 | 124 | 39 |
| 94 | 19 | 50 | 127 |
| 62 | 99 | 31 | 141 |
| 73 | 60 | 118 | 73 |
| 89 |
60.
Are the variances for incomes on the East Coast and the West Coast the same? Suppose that Table 12.22 shows the results of a study. Income is shown in thousands of dollars. Assume that both distributions are normal. Use a level of significance of 0.05.
| East | West |
|---|---|
| 38 | 71 |
| 47 | 126 |
| 30 | 42 |
| 82 | 51 |
| 75 | 44 |
| 52 | 90 |
| 115 | 88 |
| 67 |
61.
Thirty men in college were taught a method of finger tapping. They were randomly assigned to three groups of ten, with each receiving one of three doses of caffeine: 0 mg, 100 mg, 200 mg. This is approximately the amount in no, one, or two cups of coffee. Two hours after ingesting the caffeine, the men had the rate of finger tapping per minute recorded. The experiment was double blind, so neither the recorders nor the students knew which group they were in. Does caffeine affect the rate of tapping, and if so how?
Here are the data:
| 0 mg | 100 mg | 200 mg | 0 mg | 100 mg | 200 mg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 242 | 248 | 246 | 245 | 246 | 248 |
| 244 | 245 | 250 | 248 | 247 | 252 |
| 247 | 248 | 248 | 248 | 250 | 250 |
| 242 | 247 | 246 | 244 | 246 | 248 |
| 246 | 243 | 245 | 242 | 244 | 250 |
62.
King Manuel I, Komnenus ruled the Byzantine Empire from Constantinople (Istanbul) during the years 1145 to 1180 A.D. The empire was very powerful during his reign, but declined significantly afterwards. Coins minted during his era were found in Cyprus, an island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Nine coins were from his first coinage, seven from the second, four from the third, and seven from a fourth. These spanned most of his reign. We have data on the silver content of the coins:
| First coinage | Second coinage | Third coinage | Fourth coinage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.9 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 6.8 | 9.0 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 6.4 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| 7.0 | 8.1 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 6.6 | 9.3 | 6.2 | |
| 7.7 | 9.2 | 5.8 | |
| 7.2 | 8.6 | 5.8 | |
| 6.9 | |||
| 6.2 |
Did the silver content of the coins change over the course of Manuel’s reign?
Here are the means and variances of each coinage. The data are unbalanced.
| First | Second | Third | Fourth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 6.7444 | 8.2429 | 4.875 | 5.6143 |
| Variance | 0.2953 | 1.2095 | 0.2025 | 0.1314 |
63.
The American League and the National League of Major League Baseball are each divided into three divisions: East, Central, and West. Many years, fans talk about some divisions being stronger (having better teams) than other divisions. This may have consequences for the postseason. For instance, in 2012 Tampa Bay won 90 games and did not play in the postseason, while Detroit won only 88 and did play in the postseason. This may have been an oddity, but is there good evidence that in the 2012 season, the American League divisions were significantly different in overall records? Use the following data to test whether the mean number of wins per team in the three American League divisions were the same or not. Note that the data are not balanced, as two divisions had five teams, while one had only four.
| Division | Team | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| East | NY Yankees | 95 |
| East | Baltimore | 93 |
| East | Tampa Bay | 90 |
| East | Toronto | 73 |
| East | Boston | 69 |
| Division | Team | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Central | Detroit | 88 |
| Central | Chicago Sox | 85 |
| Central | Kansas City | 72 |
| Central | Cleveland | 68 |
| Central | Minnesota | 66 |
| Division | Team | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| West | Oakland | 94 |
| West | Texas | 93 |
| West | LA Angels | 89 |
| West | Seattle | 75 |
12.2 One-Way ANOVA
64.
Three different traffic routes are tested for mean driving time. The entries in the Table 12.29 are the driving times in minutes on the three different routes.
| Route 1 | Route 2 | Route 3 |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | 27 | 16 |
| 32 | 29 | 41 |
| 27 | 28 | 22 |
| 35 | 36 | 31 |
State SSbetween, SSwithin, and the F statistic.
65.
Suppose a group is interested in determining whether teenagers obtain their drivers licenses at approximately the same average age across the country. Suppose that the following data are randomly collected from five teenagers in each region of the country. The numbers represent the age at which teenagers obtained their drivers licenses.
| Northeast | South | West | Central | East | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.3 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 17.1 | |
| 16.1 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 17.2 | |
| 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.6 | |
| 16.5 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 16.8 | |
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