An educational psychologist was interested in whether using a student's own name in a story affected children's attention span while reading. Six children were randomly assigned to read a story under ordinary conditions (using names like Dick and Jane). Five other children read versions of the same story, but with each child's own name substituted for one of the children in the story. The researcher kept a careful measure of how long it took each child to read the story. The results are shown in the following table. Using the .05 level, does including the child's name make any difference? (a) Use the steps of hypothesis testing. (b) Sketch the distributions involved. (c) Explain your answers to someone who has never had a course in statistics.
For each of the following, determine whether the statistical study described is an observational study or an experiment. Give... a... experienced a greater reduction in pain than those receiving usual care; and (2) there was no significant difference in pain reduction between those who received...
One measure of mouse anxiety is amount of time spent immobile; mice tend to freeze when they are...... (a)... mice and is shown in Table 6.22 and available in StressedMice. Test to see if mice that have spent time in an enriched environment with options for exercise spend significantly less time in...
In addition to the behavioral effects of stress, the researchers studied several immunological...... (a)... mice and is shown in Table 6.22 and available in StressedMice. Test to see if mice that have spent time in an enriched environment with options for exercise spend significantly less time in...
A major television manufacturer has determined that its 40-inch LED televisions have a mean service life that can be modeled by a normal distribution with a mean of six years and a standard deviation of one- half year. a. What probability can you assign to service lives of at least? (1) Five years?...
Apply the algorithm in Prob. 10 to the graph in Example 1. Compare with the result in Example 1. Data from Prob. 10 Design an algorithm for obtaining longest spanning trees.
Economic order quantity for retailer. Fan Base (FB) operates a megastore featuring sports merchandise. It uses an EOQ decision model to make inventory decisions. It is now considering inventory decisions for its Los Angeles Galaxy soccer jerseys product line. This is a highly popular item. Data for...
A debt of $8516.11 is repaid by payments of $1055.44 in 5 months, $938.83 in 13 months, and the final payment in 30 months. If the interest was 4% compounded semi annually what was the amount of the final payment?
Shatin Intl. has 10 million shares, an equity cost of capital of 13% and is expected to pay a total dividend of $20 million each year forever. It announces that it will increase its payout to shareholders. Instead of increasing its dividend, it will keep it constant and will start repurchasing $10...
A social psychologist studying mass communication randomly assigned 82 volunteers to one of two experimental groups. Sixty-one were instructed to get their news for a month only from television, and 21 were instructed to get their news for a month only from the Internet. (Why the researcher didn\'t...
A developmental psychologist compares 4-year-olds and 8-year-olds on their ability to understand the analogies used in stories. The scores for the five 4-year-olds tested were 7, 6, 2, 3, and 8. The scores for the three 8-year-olds tested were 9, 2, and 5. Using the .05 level, do older children do...
Lakonishok Equipment has an investment opportunity in Europe. The project costs €12 million and is expected to produce cash flows of €1.8 million in Year 1, €2.6 million in Year 2, and €3.5 million in Year 3. The current spot exchange rate is $1.36y€; the current risk-free rate in the...