Table 1: Variables Selected for Analysis

Variable Name , Variable Type, Description, Qualitative or Quantitative

Variable 1: Marital Status, Socioeconomic, Qualitative

Variable 2: Housing, Expenditure, Quantitative

Variable 3: Food, Expenditure, Quantitative

Data Set Description and Method Used for Analysis:

Confidence Interval Analysis: For the "Food" expenditure variable, select and run the appropriate method for estimating a parameter, based on a statistic (i.e., confidence interval method) & complete following table

Food Data set:

6935, 6948, 7130, 7089, 8925, 7040, 9067, 9210, 9111, 9321, 9231, 7073, 7179, 6943, 7051, 6971, 7051, 6982,6900, 6937, 7036, 9513, 11738, 10420, 10840, 11566, 10575, 11189, 11375, 11077

Table 2: Confidence Interval Information and Results

Name of Variable: Food

1. State the Random Variable and Parameter in Words:

2. Confidence interval method including confidence level and rationale for using it:

3. State and check the assumptions for confidence interval:

4. Method Used to Analyze Data:

5. Find the sample statistic and the confidence interval:

6. Statistical Interpretation:

II Hypothesis Testing: Using the second expenditure variable (with socioeconomic variable as the grouping variable for making two groups), select and run the appropriate method for making decisions about two parameters relative to observed statistics (i.e., two sample hypothesis testing method) and complete the following table (Note: Format follows "STAT 200 Week 6 (or Week 7) Worked-Out Example Problems" outline):