STAT177 Homework sheet #7 Solutions

 

1)     Both sample sizes are at least 30 and the number of successes/failures is at least 5 for both samples. Thus, the Z test is the appropriate test.

2)     We choose members as group 1. Here is the output:

Z test for two proportions

Ho: proportion 1 - proportion 2 is not greater than 0

Ha: proportion 1 - proportion 2 is greater than 0

Reject Ho if test statistic > 1.645

Test statistic = 3.035

P-value = 0.001

Reject Ho

Conclude proportion 1 - proportion 2 is greater than 0

95% confidence interval of proportion 1 - proportion 2: 0.052 to 0.238

Since the p-value of 0.001 is less than the level of significance, we reject Ho and conclude that members are more likely to visit new exhibits.

3)     Under the general rule of thumb, the p-value provides strong support for Ha since it is less than 1%. There is no level of significance between 1% and 10% in which the opposite conclusion would be reached.

4)     Here is the output:

Chi-square test for independence

Ho: the variables are independent

Ha: the variables are not independent

Reject Ho if test statistic > 9.488

Test statistic = 13.623

P-value = 0.009

Reject Ho

Conclude the variables are not independent

Degree of dependence: 15.07%

Since the p-value is less than the level of significance, we reject Ho and conclude the sales depend on the counter. We see that the amount of the sale depends on which counter it is from 15.07% of the time.

5)     Since there are 100 sales for each counter, there is no need to reweigh the percentages for each counter. Here is the histogram: