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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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A professor believes that, for the introductory art history classes at his university, the mean test score of students in the evening classes is lower than the mean test score of students in the morning classes. He collects data from a random sample of 250 students in evening classes and finds that they have a mean test score of 76.8. He knows the population standard deviation for the evening classes to be 7.2 points. A random sample of 200 students from morning classes results in a mean test score of 77.8. He knows the population standard deviation for the morning classes to be 1.9 points. Test his claim with a 90% level of confidence. Let students in the evening classes be Population 1 and let students in the morning classes be Population 2.

Step 1 of 3 : State the null and alternative hypotheses for the test. Fill in the blank below.

H₀: μ1=μ2

H_a: μ1__μ2

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...

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Step 1: Given information

Sample size	mean of sample	Population standard deviation
n1= 250	$stack X subscript 1 with bar on top$ =76.8	$sigma subscript 1$ =7.2
n2=200	$stack X subscript 2 with bar on top$ =77.8	$sigma subscript 2$ =1.9

The claim is the mean test score of students in the evening classes is lower than the mean test score of students in the morning classes.