Exam 12: Inference About Comparing Two Populations, Part 1

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If you are testing to see if a weight loss program is working, and you subtract the weights after - before for a group of 10 people, the alternative hypothesis is that the mean difference is ____________________ 0.

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A Marine boot camp instructor recorded the time in which each of 15 recruits completed an obstacle course both before and after basic training. To test whether any improvement occurred, the instructor would use a t-distribution with 15 degrees of freedom.

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In comparing two population means of interval data, we must decide whether the samples are independent (in which case the parameter of interest is $In comparing two population means of interval data, we must decide whether the samples are independent (in which case the parameter of interest is ) or matched pairs (in which case the parameter is \mu <sub>D</sub>) in order to select the correct test statistic.$ ) or matched pairs (in which case the parameter is $\mu$ _D) in order to select the correct test statistic.

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If you are testing to see if a weight loss program is working, and you subtract the weights after - before for a group of 10 people, the alternative hypothesis is that the mean difference is ____________________ 0.

A Marine boot camp instructor recorded the time in which each of 15 recruits completed an obstacle course both before and after basic training. To test whether any improvement occurred, the instructor would use a t-distribution with 15 degrees of freedom.

What Is Statistics

Graphical and Tabular Descriptive Techniques

Numerical Descriptive Techniques

Data Collection and Sampling

Probability

Random Variables and Discrete Probability Distributions

Continuous Probability Distributions

Sampling Distributions

Introduction to Estimation

Introduction to Hypothesis Testing

Inference About a Population

Inference About Comparing Two Populations, Part 2

Analysis of Variance

Chi-Squared Tests

Simple Linear Regression and Correlation

Multiple Regression

Review of Statistical Inference

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Exam 12: Inference About Comparing Two Populations, Part 1

If you are testing to see if a weight loss program is working, and you subtract the weights after - before for a group of 10 people, the alternative hypothesis is that the mean difference is ____________________ 0.

A Marine boot camp instructor recorded the time in which each of 15 recruits completed an obstacle course both before and after basic training. To test whether any improvement occurred, the instructor would use a t-distribution with 15 degrees of freedom.

In comparing two population means of interval data, we must decide whether the samples are independent (in which case the parameter of interest is ) or matched pairs (in which case the parameter is μ\muμ D) in order to select the correct test statistic.

What Is Statistics

Graphical and Tabular Descriptive Techniques

Numerical Descriptive Techniques

Data Collection and Sampling

Probability

Random Variables and Discrete Probability Distributions

Continuous Probability Distributions

Sampling Distributions

Introduction to Estimation

Introduction to Hypothesis Testing

Inference About a Population

Inference About Comparing Two Populations, Part 2

Analysis of Variance

Chi-Squared Tests

Simple Linear Regression and Correlation

Multiple Regression

Review of Statistical Inference

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