Exam 12: Chi-Square and Nonparametric

SCENARIO 12-5 Four surgical procedures currently are used to install pacemakers. If the patient does not need to return for follow-up surgery, the operation is called a "clear" operation. A heart center wants to compare the proportion of clear operations for the 4 procedures, and collects the following numbers of patients from their own records: $\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\text { Procedure }$ A B C D Total Clear 27 41 21 7 96 Return 11 15 9 11 46 Total 38 56 30 18 142 They will use this information to test for a difference among the proportion of clear operations using a chi-square test with a level of significance of 0.05. -Referring to Scenario 12-5, there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportions between procedure B and procedure C are different at a 0.05 level of significance.

SCENARIO 12-6 According to an article in Marketing News, fewer checks are being written at the grocery store checkout than in the past. To determine whether there is a difference in the proportion of shoppers who pay by check among three consecutive years at a 0.05 level of significance, the results of a survey of 500 shoppers in three consecutive years are obtained and presented below. -Referring to Scenario 12-6, what is the expected number of shoppers who pay by check in year 1 if there is no difference in the proportion of shoppers who pay by check among the three years?

SCENARIO 12-9 Many companies use well-known celebrities as spokespersons in their TV advertisements. A study was conducted to determine whether brand awareness of female TV viewers and the gender of the spokesperson are independent. Each in a sample of 300 female TV viewers was asked to identify a product advertised by a celebrity spokesperson. The gender of the spokesperson and whether or not the viewer could identify the product was recorded. The numbers in each category are given below. Male Celebrity Female Celebrity Identified product 41 61 Could not identify 109 89 -Referring to Scenario 12-9, at 5% level of significance, the conclusion is that

SCENARIO 12-6 According to an article in Marketing News, fewer checks are being written at the grocery store checkout than in the past. To determine whether there is a difference in the proportion of shoppers who pay by check among three consecutive years at a 0.05 level of significance, the results of a survey of 500 shoppers in three consecutive years are obtained and presented below. -Referring to Scenario 12-6, there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportions between year 2 and year 3 are different at a 0.05 level of significance.

SCENARIO 12-6 According to an article in Marketing News, fewer checks are being written at the grocery store checkout than in the past. To determine whether there is a difference in the proportion of shoppers who pay by check among three consecutive years at a 0.05 level of significance, the results of a survey of 500 shoppers in three consecutive years are obtained and presented below. -Referring to Scenario 12-6, there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportions between year 1 and year 2 are different at a 0.05 level of significance.

SCENARIO 12-8 A study was conducted to determine whether the use of seat belts in motor vehicles depends on the educational status of the parents. A sample of 792 children treated for injuries sustained from motor vehicle accidents was obtained, and each child was classified according to (1) parents' educational status (College Degree or Non-College Degree) and (2) seat belt usage (worn or not worn) during the accident. The number of children in each category is given in the table below. Non-College Degree College Degree Seat belts not worn 31 148 Seat belts worn 283 330 -Referring to Scenario 12-8, which test would be used to properly analyze the data in this experiment? a) $\chi ^ { 2 }$ test for independence b) $\chi ^ { 2 }$ test for differences among more than two proportions c) Wilcoxon rank sum test for independent populations d) Kruskal-Wallis rank test

SCENARIO 12-5 Four surgical procedures currently are used to install pacemakers. If the patient does not need to return for follow-up surgery, the operation is called a "clear" operation. A heart center wants to compare the proportion of clear operations for the 4 procedures, and collects the following numbers of patients from their own records: $\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\text { Procedure }$ A B C D Total Clear 27 41 21 7 96 Return 11 15 9 11 46 Total 38 56 30 18 142 They will use this information to test for a difference among the proportion of clear operations using a chi-square test with a level of significance of 0.05. -Referring to Scenario 12-5, the test will involve _________ degrees of freedom.

SCENARIO 12-13 Recent studies have found that American children are more obese than in the past. The amount of time children spent watching television has received much of the blame. A survey of 100 ten-year- olds revealed the following with regards to weights and average number of hours a day spent watching television. We are interested in testing whether the mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent at 1% level of significance. -Referring to Scenario 12-13, if there is no connection between weights and average number of hours spent watching TV, we should expect how many children to be spending no more than 6 Hours on average watching TV and are more than 10 lbs. underweight?

SCENARIO 12-8 A study was conducted to determine whether the use of seat belts in motor vehicles depends on the educational status of the parents. A sample of 792 children treated for injuries sustained from motor vehicle accidents was obtained, and each child was classified according to (1) parents' educational status (College Degree or Non-College Degree) and (2) seat belt usage (worn or not worn) during the accident. The number of children in each category is given in the table below. Non-College Degree College Degree Seat belts not worn 31 148 Seat belts worn 283 330 -Referring to Scenario 12-8, at 5% level of significance, there is sufficient evidence to conclude that

SCENARIO 12-16 As part of an evaluation program, a sporting goods retailer wanted to compare the downhill coasting speeds of 4 brands of bicycles. She took 3 of each brand and determined their maximum downhill speeds. The results are presented in miles per hour in the table below. 1 43 37 41 43 2 46 38 45 45 3 43 39 42 46 -Referring to Scenario 12-16, the calculation of the Kruskal-Wallis test statistic H involves ranking the observations. Construct a table containing these ranks.

SCENARIO 12-11 The director of admissions at a state college is interested in seeing if admissions status (admitted, waiting list, denied admission) at his college is independent of the type of community in which an applicant resides. He takes a sample of recent admissions decisions and forms the following table: Admitted Wait List Denied Total Urban 45 21 17 83 Rural 33 13 24 70 Suburban 34 12 39 85 Total 112 46 80 238 He will use this table to do a chi-square test of independence with a level of significance of 0.01. -Referring to Scenario 12-11, the same decision would be made with this test if the level of significance had been 0.05.

SCENARIO 12-13 Recent studies have found that American children are more obese than in the past. The amount of time children spent watching television has received much of the blame. A survey of 100 ten-year- olds revealed the following with regards to weights and average number of hours a day spent watching television. We are interested in testing whether the mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent at 1% level of significance. -Referring to Scenario 12-13, the critical value of the test will be

SCENARIO 12-5 Four surgical procedures currently are used to install pacemakers. If the patient does not need to return for follow-up surgery, the operation is called a "clear" operation. A heart center wants to compare the proportion of clear operations for the 4 procedures, and collects the following numbers of patients from their own records: $\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\text { Procedure }$ A B C D Total Clear 27 41 21 7 96 Return 11 15 9 11 46 Total 38 56 30 18 142 They will use this information to test for a difference among the proportion of clear operations using a chi-square test with a level of significance of 0.05. -Referring to Scenario 12-5, the expected cell frequency for the Procedure D/Return cell is __________.

SCENARIO 12-6 According to an article in Marketing News, fewer checks are being written at the grocery store checkout than in the past. To determine whether there is a difference in the proportion of shoppers who pay by check among three consecutive years at a 0.05 level of significance, the results of a survey of 500 shoppers in three consecutive years are obtained and presented below. -Referring to Scenario 12-6, what is the expected number of shoppers who do not pay by check in year 3 if there is no difference in the proportion of shoppers who pay by check among the three years?

SCENARIO 12-5 Four surgical procedures currently are used to install pacemakers. If the patient does not need to return for follow-up surgery, the operation is called a "clear" operation. A heart center wants to compare the proportion of clear operations for the 4 procedures, and collects the following numbers of patients from their own records: $\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\text { Procedure }$ A B C D Total Clear 27 41 21 7 96 Return 11 15 9 11 46 Total 38 56 30 18 142 They will use this information to test for a difference among the proportion of clear operations using a chi-square test with a level of significance of 0.05. -Referring to Scenario 12-5, the critical value of the test is ________.

SCENARIO 12-12 Parents complain that children read too few storybooks and watch too much television nowadays. A survey of 1,000 children reveals the following information on average time spent watching TV and average time spent reading storybooks -Referring to Scenario 12-12, if the null hypothesis of no connection between time spent watching TV and time spent reading story books is true, how many children watching less than 2 Hours of TV and reading no more than 2 hours of story books on average can we expect?

SCENARIO 12-11 The director of admissions at a state college is interested in seeing if admissions status (admitted, waiting list, denied admission) at his college is independent of the type of community in which an applicant resides. He takes a sample of recent admissions decisions and forms the following table: Admitted Wait List Denied Total Urban 45 21 17 83 Rural 33 13 24 70 Suburban 34 12 39 85 Total 112 46 80 238 He will use this table to do a chi-square test of independence with a level of significance of 0.01. -Referring to Scenario 12-11, the value of the test statistic is _________.

SCENARIO 12-7 Data on the percentage of 200 hotels in each of the three large cities across the world on whether minibar charges are correctly posted at checkout are given below. Hong Kong New York Paris Yes 86\% 76\% 78\% No 14\% 24\% 22\% At the 0.05 level of significance, you want to know if there is evidence of a difference in the proportion of hotels that correctly post minibar charges among the three cities. -Referring to Scenario 12-7, what are the values of the absolute difference and the critical range for the Marascuilo procedure to test for the difference in proportions between New York and Paris using a 0.05 level of significance?

SCENARIO 12-7 Data on the percentage of 200 hotels in each of the three large cities across the world on whether minibar charges are correctly posted at checkout are given below. Hong Kong New York Paris Yes 86\% 76\% 78\% No 14\% 24\% 22\% At the 0.05 level of significance, you want to know if there is evidence of a difference in the proportion of hotels that correctly post minibar charges among the three cities. -Referring to Scenario 12-7, there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportions between Hong Kong and Paris are different at a 0.05 level of significance.

SCENARIO 12-6 According to an article in Marketing News, fewer checks are being written at the grocery store checkout than in the past. To determine whether there is a difference in the proportion of shoppers who pay by check among three consecutive years at a 0.05 level of significance, the results of a survey of 500 shoppers in three consecutive years are obtained and presented below. -Referring to Scenario 12-6, what is the form of the alternative hypothesis? a) $H _ { 1 } : \pi _ { 1 } \neq \pi _ { 2 } \neq \pi _ { 3 }$ b) $H _ { 1 } : \pi _ { 1 } \neq \pi _ { 2 } = \pi _ { 3 }$ c) $H _ { 1 } : \pi _ { 1 } = \pi _ { 2 } \neq \pi _ { 3 }$ d) $H _ { 1 } :$ not all $\pi _ { j }$ are the same