Mathematical Statistics with Applications

7th Edition

ISBN: 9781111798789

Author: Dennis O. Wackerly

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Chapter 15.7, Problem 29E

The table that follows contains data on the leaf length for plants of the same species at each of four swampy underdeveloped sites. At each site, six plants were randomly selected. For each plant, ten leaves were randomly selected, and the mean of the ten measurements (in centimeters) was recorded for each plant from each site. Use the Kruskal–Wallis H test to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to claim that the distribution of mean leaf lengths differ in location for at least two of the sites. Use α = .05. Bound or find the approximate p-value.

Chapter 15.7, Problem 29E, The table that follows contains data on the leaf length for plants of the same species at each of

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 concludes that there is sufficient evidence to claim that the distribution of mean leaf lengths differs in location for at least two sites.

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