STAT217 Worksheet #5

 

1)      A survey was conducted in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto. One of the questions had these frequencies:

Strongly

Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Strongly

Agree

Vancouver

6

20

40

20

14

Calgary

12

18

24

16

12

Toronto

12

18

62

16

12

a)      Does the response depend on what city the person is from? Test at a 5% level of significance. (Chi-square = 13.6082; conclude the response does not depend on the city)

b)      To what degree does the response depend on the city the person is from? (15.01%)

c)      Suppose the test in part a were conducted at a 10% level of significance. What conclusion would be reached and why? (conclude the response depends on the city)

 

2)      A non-profit organization wanted to see if the number of volunteer hours depended on a person’s work status. These were the results:

Contingency Table

Hours group

Group

< 10

10 to 19

20+

Grand Total

Working

10

4

0

14

Semi-retired

13

23

2

38

Retired

15

30

8

53

Grand Total

38

57

10

105

a)      Which categories need to be collapsed? (10 to 19 hours and 20+ hours)

b)      After collapsing categories, test the hypothesis at 5%. (test stat = 9.019; conclude the number of volunteer hours depends on a person’s work status)

c)      To what degree does the number of hours depend on a person’s work status? (29.31%)

 

3)      A focus group was held in which the participants were asked how many times per month they recycle. These are the results:

0

2

2

3

4

8

Is the data normally distributed? Test at a 5% level of significance? Use the following table to compute the test statistic:

X

Z

F(z)

S(z)

S'(z)

D

0

-1.1667

0.1217

 

 

 

2

-0.4298

0.3337

 

 

 

2

-0.4298

0.3337

 

 

 

3

-0.0614

0.4755

 

 

 

4

0.3070

0.6206

 

 

 

8

1.7808

0.9625

 

 

 

(Test statistic = 0.2127; conclude data is normal)

 

From the textbook

Section 10-2 Q9 and Q10 (page 563)

Section 10-3 Q6 (page 579)

Section 10-4 Q1 and Q2 (page 592)