Introductory Statistics
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780135188927
Author: Gould, Robert, Ryan, Colleen N. (colleen Nooter)
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 11, Problem 17SE
Marital Status and Cholesterol (Example 4) Refer to the StatCrunch output from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data, which shows the association between marital status and cholesterol. Assume the population distributions are close enough to Normal to justify using ANOVA.
a. Write the null and alternative hypotheses for the association between marital status and cholesterol.
b. Identify the
c. Which marital status had the largest sample
d. Assuming that you did find an association between marital status and cholesterol levels, would this association mean that marital status caused different cholesterol levels? Can you think of a confounding factor?
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Number of Goods (y)
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Do NOT change the units for the variables.
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y
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Interpret your answer.
Q.1.4 Compute the coefficient of determination for the data set.
Interpret your answer.
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Chapter 11 Solutions
Introductory Statistics
Ch. 11 - In Exercises 11.1 and 11.2, for each situation,...Ch. 11 - In Exercises 11.1 and 11.2, for each situation,...Ch. 11 - Bonferroni Correction (Example 1) Suppose you have...Ch. 11 - Prob. 4SECh. 11 - Apartment Rents Random samples of rents for...Ch. 11 - Prob. 6SECh. 11 - Gas Prices The website Gasbuddy.com reports the...Ch. 11 - More Gas Prices The following table shows the...Ch. 11 - Prob. 9SECh. 11 - Prob. 10SE
Ch. 11 - Gas Price Intervals Use the data from exercise...Ch. 11 - Gas Price Intervals Use the data from exercise...Ch. 11 - Prob. 13SECh. 11 - Baseball Position and Hits Use the data in the...Ch. 11 - Comparing F -Values from Boxplots (Example 3)...Ch. 11 - Comparing F -Values from Boxplots Refer to the...Ch. 11 - Marital Status and Cholesterol (Example 4) Refer...Ch. 11 - Marital Status and Blood Pressure Test the...Ch. 11 - Schoolwork and Class (Example 5) A random survey...Ch. 11 - TV Hours A random survey was done at a small...Ch. 11 - Schoolwork and Class Use the information for...Ch. 11 - TV Hours Use the information for exercise 11.20....Ch. 11 - Schoolwork Again Go back to the information in...Ch. 11 - TV Hours Again Go back to the information in...Ch. 11 - Pulse Rates (Example 6) Pulse rates were taken for...Ch. 11 - UCLA Music Survey The figure shows side-by-side...Ch. 11 - Commute Times by Method A survey was given to...Ch. 11 - Gas Price ANOVA Based on the following output,...Ch. 11 - Apartment Rents (Example 7) Samples of rents for...Ch. 11 - Study Hours by Major Three independent random...Ch. 11 - Salary by Type of College Information was gathered...Ch. 11 - Draft Lottery When the draft lottery for military...Ch. 11 - Reaction Times for Athletes A random sample of...Ch. 11 - Tomato Plants and Colored Light Jennifer Brogan, a...Ch. 11 - GPAs by Seating Choice A random sample of students...Ch. 11 - Reading Comprehension Sixty-six reading students...Ch. 11 - Hours of Steep and Health Status In a study done...Ch. 11 - Happiness and Age Category StatCrunch surveyed...Ch. 11 - Prob. 41SECh. 11 - House Prices Tukey HSD confidence intervals (with...Ch. 11 - GPA and Row (Example 8) A random sample of...Ch. 11 - Reading Scores by Teaching Method Refer to...Ch. 11 - Reaction Distances Use the data given in exercise...Ch. 11 - Study Hours Use the data given in exercise 11.32....Ch. 11 - Prob. 47SECh. 11 - Tomatoes Use the data given in exercise 11.36....Ch. 11 - Concern over Nuclear Power Following the...Ch. 11 - Social Media Use A StatCrunch survey asked...Ch. 11 - Happiness and Age Consider the data from the...Ch. 11 - GPA and Row Number Suppose you collect data on...Ch. 11 - Contacting Mother Professors of ethics (Eth),...Ch. 11 - Ideal Percentage to Charity Professors of ethics...Ch. 11 - Actual Percentage to Charity Professors of ethics...Ch. 11 - Hours of Television by Age Group The StatCrunch...Ch. 11 - Triglycerides and Gender Using the NHANES data, we...Ch. 11 - Cholesterol and Gender Using NHANES data, we...
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