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Economics Dr. Sauer

Ch 9: Small Samples 1. In a recent study of 22 eighth graders, the mean number of hours per week that they watched television was 19.6 with a standard deviation of 5.8 hours. Assume the population has a normal distribution. Construct a 90% confidence for the true population mean.

2. A gas station convenience store records the amount spent on non-gasoline items by 12 randomly selected customers: 3.85, 5.28, 6.74, 1.96, 4.85, 4.28, 6.73, 4.56, 5.45, 8.35, 10.50, 4.25. At the 95% level, does this sample support the hypothesis that customers spend on average at least $5?
xi xi - mean 3.85 -1.7167 5.28 -0.2867 6.74 1.1733 1.96 -3.6067 4.85 -0.7167 4.28 -1.2867 6.73 1.1633 4.56 -1.0067 5.45 -0.1167 8.35 2.7833 10.5 4.9333 4.25 -1.3167 5.5667 (xi - mean)^2 2.9471 0.0822 1.3766 13.0083 0.5137 1.6556 1.3533 1.0134 0.0136 7.7468 24.3374 1.7337 55.7817 sum

mean

3. A group of secondary education student teachers were given 2.5 days of training in interpersonal communication groupwork. The effect of such a training session on the dogmatic nature of the student teachers was measured by the difference of scores on the "Rokeach Dogmatism test given before and after the training session. The difference "post minus pre score" was recorded as follows: -16, -5, 4, 19, -40, -16, -29, 15, -2, 0, 5, -23, -3, 16, -8, 9, -14, -33, -64, -33

difference dif - mean (dif - mean)^2 -16 -5.2 27.04 -5 5.8 33.64 4 14.8 219.04 19 29.8 888.04 -40 -29.2 852.64 -16 -5.2 27.04 -29 -18.2 331.24 15 25.8 665.64 -2 8.8 77.44 0 10.8 116.64 5 15.8 249.64 -23 -12.2 148.84 -3 7.8 60.84 16 26.8 718.24 -8 2.8 7.84 9 19.8 392.04 -14 -3.2 10.24 -33 -22.2 492.84 -64 -53.2 2830.24 -33 -22.2 492.84 sum -218 8642

a. How do you find the mean for this type of problem? Calculate the mean.

b. How do you find the sample standard deviation for this type of problem? Calculate the standard deviation.

c. Can we conclude from this evidence that the training session changes how dogmatic the teachers are (at the 5% level of significance)?

4. At Company A, a sample size of 17 employees is randomly selected. The average number of sick days is calculated to be 5.60 days with a standard deviation of 6.26 days. At Company B, a sample size of 15 employees is randomly selected. The average number of sick days is calculated to be 12.4 days with a standard deviation of 13.2 days. For the 5% level, perform an F-test to see if the variance in sick days is equal.