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Professor Williamson is investigating the different types of Iris plants. He has two samples of Irises (50 in each group) that he thinks represent different species. One of the things that would help him to prove this is if the plants are of different dimensions. He decides to look at the sepals and measure their lengths. If he can show that the lengths of the sepals are statistically significantly different he will have some evidence for his hypothesis. He conducts the following T test:

s u f a o n v a l e r e . e i g a e t e o g p F e d a i r r i p f e

8 3 1 8 0 4 9 4 4 a

1 2 0 4 9 5 3 a

a. What type of T test is this? Answer: This is t-test for independent two sample test assuming variances are equal. b. What assumptions should Professor Williamson have evaluated? Where any of them met? Answer: The assumptions are:1) The two samples are independent. 2) Population variances are not known. 3) One or both sample sizes are less than 30. Assumption 1 and 2 are met. c. What are the null and the alternate hypotheses (2 tail) for the T test? Answer: Null Hypothesis (Ho): 1 = 2, lengths of the sepals are not statistically significantly different Alternative Hypothesis (Ha): 1 2, lengths of the sepals are statistically significantly different d. Interpret the results in terms of the hypotheses in your own words. Does Professor Williamson have evidence that might make him think that he has 2 species of irises?

Answer: Since p-value is 0.00 which is very small, we have sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis. We can conclude that lengths of the sepals are statistically significantly different. Professor Williamson has evidence that might make him think that he has 2 different species of irises. e. What, in you own words, would happen if Professor Williamson made a type 1 error? Answer: When type I error is made, the lengths of the sepals are statistically significant when actually they are statistically not significant.

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