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ISBN: 9780321924599

Author: Mario F. Triola

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 11.4, Problem 8BSC

City Fuel Consumption Data Set 14 in Appendix B lists city fuel consumption amounts (mi/gal) for cars categorized by size (small, midsize, large). If we use those city fuel consumption amounts arranged into the three separate size categories, we get the STATDISK results shown here. Using a 0.05 significance level, test the claim that the three size categories have the same mean city fuel consumption. Does the size of a car appear to affect city fuel consumption?

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Chapter 11.4, Problem 8BSC, City Fuel Consumption Data Set 14 in Appendix B lists city fuel consumption amounts (mi/gal) for

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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Solution Summary: The author explains that the three size categories have the same mean city fuel consumption by using the level of significance 0.05.

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