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Econ 15B - Test 3 - July 13. 2018

1. The document appears to be a practice exam for a statistics course. It contains 18 multiple choice and short answer questions testing concepts like identifying appropriate statistical tests to apply to different experimental designs, interpreting results of t-tests and z-tests, and explaining statistical concepts. 2. Question 10 asks students to identify if a related samples t-test is appropriate to analyze cholesterol data from 6 people before and after taking a medication. 3. Questions 11-13 ask students to perform a t-test to analyze plant height data from 3 plants in the sun and 4 in the shade, and draw a conclusion.

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Econ 15B - Test 3 - July 13. 2018

1. The document appears to be a practice exam for a statistics course. It contains 18 multiple choice and short answer questions testing concepts like identifying appropriate statistical tests to apply to different experimental designs, interpreting results of t-tests and z-tests, and explaining statistical concepts. 2. Question 10 asks students to identify if a related samples t-test is appropriate to analyze cholesterol data from 6 people before and after taking a medication. 3. Questions 11-13 ask students to perform a t-test to analyze plant height data from 3 plants in the sun and 4 in the shade, and draw a conclusion.

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NAME: _________________________________ I.D.

: _____________________________________
TEST THREE
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS, ECON 15B
JULY 13, 2018

For the following experiments (1 – 4), state whether we should use – A) a one-sample z test for means; B) a one-sample t-test for means;
C) a repeated measures t-test; D) an independent t-test (pooled samples); E) an independent t-test (un-pooled samples); F) a one sample z-
test for proportions; G) a two-sample z-test for the difference between proportions; or H) none of the above. Don’t assume that any
information about the population exists unless it is stated. Furthermore, it may be that in some cases a t-distribution and a z-distribution
are very similar. This does not mean that there are two acceptable answers. Pick the best answer.

1. Jo is testing to see if UCI students can sing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” faster than the average American (16.2 seconds). The
distribution of time is normally distributed. She gets a sample of three UCI students.

2. Can people run faster in the sun or in the shade? There are 1000 people who run in the sun and in the shade.

3. Bob wants to know if a greater percentage of men or women can pass a history test. There are 200 men and 200 women.

4. Zoe wants to know if UCI students drink more beer than the average American (28 gallons per year). She notes that individually,
UCI students either drink a lot of beer or no beer at all. She has a sample of twenty UCI students.

5 – 6. (Two questions – twenty points) Let’s do a t-test. The average American attends 4.3 movies per year. Rose believes that UCI
students are not typical Americans. She takes a sample of six students and asks them how many movies they go to. The data are: 0, 8,
12, 12, 16, 24. Please calculate the test statistic, state the critical value, and come to a conclusion concerning UCI students’ attendance of
movies compared with the average American. Let α = .05. Let it be a two-tailed test.

7. If you underestimate sigma, the standard deviation of the population, the result is

a) the t-statistic being too small


b) the estimated standard error being too large
c) a smaller probability of Type I error
d) all of the above
e) none of the above

8. The t-distribution is more flattened out than the normal curve. What causes the t-distribution to be flattened out? (Be as clear and
precise, yet brief, as possible. The better the answer, the more the points.)

9. Why are related samples tests more powerful than independent samples tests?
10. Joey wants to test to see if a certain drug reduces a person’s cholesterol level. Six people are measured before taking the medicine
and then after taking the medicine. The results are found below. Is it appropriate to use a related samples t-test with this data? Please
explain why or why not. If the answer is yes, you need to be thorough in your answer, addressing all the issues. If the answer is no, you
must be specific. Show any work that is needed. [Note: this question is not asking you to calculate the test statistic. There is no reason
to do so.]

Subject Before After

1 237 207
2 198 183
3 216 179
4 177 154
5 206 176
6 208 163

11– 13. (Three questions – Thirty points) Rose wants to test to see if plants grow taller in the sun than in the shade. She has three
plants that she raises in the sun and four that she raises in the shade. The dependent variable is inches of height. Please calculate the t-
statistic, state the critical value, and come to a conclusion about growing plants in the sun (vs. in the shade). Let α = .05, and let the test
be two-tailed.

Sun Shade

30 6
40 8
40 12
12

14. When considering the critical value of a t-test, are we more concerned with keeping Type I error in check at the cost of increasing
Type II error, or keeping Type II error in check at the cost of increasing Type I error? No need to explain.

15. Why might we want samples to be of the same size (when doing a two-sample test)?

16 – 17. (Two questions – Twenty points). Donna wants to test whether or not drinking coffee will immediately increase heart rate
while sitting in class. Six people measured their heart rates before drinking coffee and then the same six people took their heart rates after
drinking their coffee. Please calculate the t-statistic for this experiment; then state the critical value; then come to a conclusion
concerning the null hypothesis; and then state what the implications are concerning drinking coffee.

No Coffee Coffee

79 84
71 78
84 87
66 75
74 80
76 82

18. Explain why pooling the samples when there is homogeneity of variance logically increases the power of the test. [Do not merely
say it’s because the degrees of freedom increase. Among other things, you need to address why the degrees of freedom increase.]

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