Exam 12: Chi-Square and Nonparametric Tests

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: 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 critical value of the test is _________.

The chi-square test of independence requires that the expected frequency in each cell to be at least 1.

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. -Referring to Scenario 12-16, the calculated value of the Kruskal-Wallis test statistic H is ________.

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: 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 D are different at a 0.05 level of significance.

If the sample sizes in each group is larger than 5, the Kruskal-Wallis rank test statistic can be approximated by a chi-square distribution.

When using the tests for independence, you should be aware that expected frequencies that are too small will lead to a large Type I error.

Which of the following is a "robust" test procedure against the violation of distribution assumptions?

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 p-value of the test statistic?

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: 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 12-1 A corporation randomly selects 150 salespeople and finds that 66% who have never taken a self- improvement course would like such a course.The firm did a similar study 10 years ago in which 60% of a random sample of 160 salespeople wanted a self-improvement course.The groups are assumed to be independent random samples.Let represent the true proportion of workers who would like to attend a self-improvement course in the recent study and the past study, respectively. -Referring to Scenario 12-1, if the firm wanted to test whether this proportion has changed from the previous study, which represents the relevant hypotheses?

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: 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 test will involve _________ degrees of freedom.

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. -Referring to Scenario 12-8, the calculated 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. 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, the expected cell frequency for the Hong Kong/Yes cell is __________.

SCENARIO 12-14 A perfume manufacturer is trying to choose between 2 magazine advertising layouts.An expensive layout would include a small package of the perfume.A cheaper layout would include a "scratch-and-sniff" sample of the product.The manufacturer would use the more expensive layout only if there is evidence that it would lead to a higher approval rate.The manufacturer presents the more expensive layout to 4 groups and determines the approval rating for each group.He presents the "scratch-and-sniff" layout to 5 groups and again determines the approval rating of the perfume for each group.The data are given below.Use this to test the appropriate hypotheses with the Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test with a level of significance of 0.05. -Referring to Scenario 12-14, the rank given to the last observation in the "scratch-and- sniff" group is ________.

SCENARIO 12-15 Two new different models of compact SUVs have just arrived at the market.You are interested in comparing the gas mileage performance of both models to see if they are the same.A partial computer output for twelve compact SUVs of model 1 and thirteen of model 2 is given below: You are told that the gas mileage population distributions for both models are not normally distributed. -Referring to Scenario 12-15, what is the value of the Z test statistic?

SCENARIO 12-1 A corporation randomly selects 150 salespeople and finds that 66% who have never taken a self- improvement course would like such a course.The firm did a similar study 10 years ago in which 60% of a random sample of 160 salespeople wanted a self-improvement course.The groups are assumed to be independent random samples.Let represent the true proportion of workers who would like to attend a self-improvement course in the recent study and the past study, respectively. -Referring to Scenario 12-1, what is the critical value when testing whether the population proportions are different if = 0.10?

SCENARIO 12-2 The dean of a college is interested in the proportion of graduates from his college who have a job offer on graduation day.He is particularly interested in seeing if there is a difference in this proportion for accounting and economics majors.In a random sample of 100 of each type of major at graduation, he found that 65 accounting majors and 52 economics majors had job offers. If the accounting majors are designated as "Group 1" and the economics majors are designated as "Group 2," perform the appropriate hypothesis test using a level of significance of 0.05. -Referring to Scenario 12-2, the p-value of the test is ________.

A test for the difference between two proportions can be performed using the chi-square distribution.

The Kruskal-Wallis test is an extension of which of the following for two independent samples?

SCENARIO 12-17 Three new different models of compact SUVs have just arrived at the market.You are interested in comparing the gas mileage performance of all three models to see if they are the same.A partial computer output for twelve compact SUVs of each model is given below: You are told that the gas mileage population distributions for all three models are not normally distributed. -Referring to Scenario 12-17, what is your conclusion on the test using a 5% level of significance?