CHAPTER7: SAMPLEPROBLEMSFORHOMEWORK,CLASSOREXAMS
These problems are designed to be done without access to a computer, but they may require a calculator.
1. Youare readingaresearchpaperthatdescribesastudyofY=meanclassscoreonarithmetic examversusX=numberofarithmetichomeworkproblemsperweekassignedintheclass.Since thedatasetissmall,withonlyn=10classes,youperformtheregressiononascientific calculator.Thescreenoutputstates;
Y = ax + b
a = 1.4
b = 2.1
r = 0.71
a. Interpretthecoefficients,anddescribetherelationshipinsimplelanguage.
b. Istheresignificant evidenceofalinearrelationship,using =5%?
c. Givea95%confidenceintervalfortheexpectedchangeinY,ifoneadditionalhomework problemisassignedperweek.(Hint:solveforthe t statisticfortheslope.)
2. Youare readingaresearchpaperthatdescribesaregressionofY=fruitsugarcontentonthe independentvariableX=lowtemperatureatharvesttimeindegreesCelsius.Thedataconsisted ofasampleof16observations.Theauthorsprovidethefollowingsummaryinformation:
Intercept 14.26 X -0.35
MSE=0.11
a. Insimplelanguage,describetherelationshipbetweenfruitsugarcontentandlowtemperature.
b. Giveapointestimateoftheexpectedfruitsugarcontentwhenthelowtemperatureis10C.
c. AssumethatthevaluesofXinthedatahadasamplemeanof12Candasamplestandard deviationof4C. Givea95%confidenceintervalfortheexpectedfruitsugarcontentwhenthe lowtemperatureis10C.
3.Inasampleof25observations,thesamplecorrelationbetweensystolicbloodpressureand bodymassindexis0.29. Istheresignificant evidenceofalinearrelationshipbetweenthesetwo variables,using =5%?
EstimatedRegression parameters
4.Youare researchingtherelationshipbetweensurvivaltimeforlivertransplantpatientswith particularemphasisonthepossiblerelationwithage.Inanarticleinamedicaljournal,youfind thefollowingstatement.
The correlation between age and log(survival time) was -0.65 (p value = 0.094).
a.Describetheapparentrelationshipbetweenageandlog(survivaltime)in simplelanguage.
b. Whatisthemostlikelyreasonforstatingthecorrelationintermsofthelogarithmsratherthan thesurvivaltimes?
c. Thepresenceofthe p valueimpliesahypothesiswastested.Whathypothesiswasmostlikely tested,andwhatconclusionwouldyoureachifyouuse =5%?
d. Howcouldacorrelationcoefficientwithsuchalarge absolutevaluehavesuchahigh p value?
5. Aresearcharticlestatesthat ThefittedregressionofY=ln(asphaltstrength)onX=ln(sandcontent) was
Assumethisregressioncamefromasampleof15observationswherethesamplemeanofXwas ln(20).Whatcanyousayaboutthetypicalvalueofasphaltstrengthswhensandcontentis20? Usea95%confidenceinterval,andbespecificwithregardtotheparameterforwhichyouare givinganinterval.
6. Autilitycompanyisattemptingtopredictsummerdailydemandforelectricityusingthetwodayaheadweatherforecastfortheday’shigh.(Usingthetwo-dayaheadforecastgivestheutility companytimetoprepare.)Aregressionisdoneusingrecordsfor40randomlyselectedsummer daysduringthepasttwoyears.Demandisinmegawatts. Partoftheprintoutisshownbelow.
a. Fillintheblanksintheprintout.
b. Givea95%confidenceintervalforthedifferenceinexpectedelectricity consumptionfortwo days,oneofwhichis5degreeshotterthantheotherday.
c. Considertwodayswithexactlythesamepredictedhightemperature.Writethesymbolic expression(intermsof 01 , and )forthedifferenceintheiractualelectricityconsumption. Knowingwhatwehavediscussedregardingindependentrandomvariables,usetheinformation abovetogivearough95%confidenceintervalfortheamountbywhichthesetwodayscould differintheir actualelectricityconsumption.[Thisisastretch-your-brainproblem,doasmuch asyoucan.]
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ANOVA Source SS df MS F Model 191.00 ___ _____ ____ Error _______ ___ _____ Corr.Total500.00 Parameterestimates Std.error. Intercept -12.320 2.4631 High_temp 0.350 0.0149
7. Youaremodelingvehiclecarbonemissionsasafunctionofethanolcontentoffuel.Eachof theresidualplotsbelowisforsometransformofthedependentandindependentvariables.For each,saywhatisthemostobviousviolationoftheassumptions,andsuggesttheremedy(e.g. non-normalresiduals,transformY). Ifthemodelappearsacceptable,sayso.
8. Youhavedataonarandomsampleof15fifth-gradeclasseswhereY=meanscoreonstandardized readingtestandX=percentofstudentswhoseparentsarenotnativespeakersofEnglish.Hereisa portionoftheregressionprintout:
Givea95%confidenceintervalforthemeanscoreinanindividualclasswhere20percentofthestudents haveparentswhoarenotnativespeakersofEnglish.
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SOLUTIONS
1. a. Asnumberofhomeworkproblemsincreases,themeanscoretendstoincrease.Foreachextra homeworkproblemperweek,theclassmeanisexpectedtoincreaseby1.4points.If0homework problemsareassigned,theclassmeanisexpectedtobe2.1.
b. F= 2 2 8(0.71) 8.13 (10.71) with1and8df.Thecriticalvalueat =5%is5.32.Thereissignificant evidenceofarelationship.
c. 1.4
2a.Asthelowtemperatureincreases(thatis,weatheriswarmer),thefruitsugarcontentdeclines.
b. 10.76
c. 2 14 10.762.14480.1110.760.20(10.56,10.96) 16 15(4)
3. 2 2 23(0.29) 2.11 (10.29) F with1and23df.Thecriticalvalueat =5%is4.28. Thereisno significantevidenceofarelationshipbetweensystolicbloodpressureandbodymassindex.
4. a. Asageincreases,log(survivaltime)tendstodecline.
b.Therelationshipofageandsurvivaltimeismostlikelynonlinear.
c. Ho: 0 where isthepopulationcorrelationbetweenageandlog(survivaltime).Sincethep valueis0.094,wecannotrejectHo.Thereisnosignificantevidenceofalinearrelationbetweenageand log(survivaltime).
d.Musthavebeenasmallsample,orFwouldhavebeenlarge.
5. MustremembertotransformSandContent=20toX=ln(20). Pointestimateformeanln(asphaltstrength)is3.42–0.49*ln(20)=1.952. SincevalueofXforwhichthe predictionisdesiredisatthesamplemean,donotneedthesumsofsquaresfortheXvalues.
Notethatthisisaconfidenceintervalforthemeanofln(asphaltstrength)whenSandContentis20. To obtainastatementabouttypicalAsphaltStrength,mustexponentiate.
Withconfidence95%,medianAsphaltStrengthisbetween5.64and8.80whenSandContentis20.
b. 5(0.3502.03(0.0149))(1.6,1.9)
Withconfidence95%,theexpecteddifferenceisbetween1.6and1.9.
c. ForDay1, 1011 YX andforDay2, 2012
. Thedifferenceintheiractual consumptionis 12 . Sincetheerrorsareindependentwithvariance 2 thedifferencehasmean0
8.13.0.491
Confidenceinterval 1.42.306(0.491)1.41.13(0.27,2.53)
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Conf.Intervalis 1.9522.16040.16(1/15)1.9520.2231.729,2.175
a. Source SS df MS F Model 191.00 2 95.5 11.744 Error 309.00 38 8.132 Total 500.00
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YX
andvariance 2 2 . Hence,aroughconfidenceintervalforthedifferencewouldbe 2 2222(8.132)8.07
7. A. nonconstantvariance,transformtheYvariable
B. Looksgood
C. Nonlinearity,butnostrongchangeinvariance. TransformtheXvariable.
8. pointestimate
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