Construct heights for 3 or more sets of twins (6 or more people). Make the twins similar, but not exactly the same, in height. Put all of the shorter twins in set A and all of the taller twins in set B . Create the numbers such that a two-sample t -test will not show a significant difference in the mean heights of the shortest of each pair, and the mean heights of the tallest of each pair, but the paired t -test does show a significant difference. (Hint: Make one of the pairs really tall, one of the pairs really short, and one of the pairs in between.) Report all the numbers and the t - and p-values for the tests. Explain why the paired t -test shows a difference and the two-sample t -test does not show a difference. Remember that 5 feet is 60 inches and that 6 feet is 72 inches.
Construct heights for 3 or more sets of twins (6 or more people). Make the twins similar, but not exactly the same, in height. Put all of the shorter twins in set A and all of the taller twins in set B . Create the numbers such that a two-sample t -test will not show a significant difference in the mean heights of the shortest of each pair, and the mean heights of the tallest of each pair, but the paired t -test does show a significant difference. (Hint: Make one of the pairs really tall, one of the pairs really short, and one of the pairs in between.) Report all the numbers and the t - and p-values for the tests. Explain why the paired t -test shows a difference and the two-sample t -test does not show a difference. Remember that 5 feet is 60 inches and that 6 feet is 72 inches.
Solution Summary: The author demonstrates how to construct a paired data set of heights of twins.
Construct heights for 3 or more sets of twins (6 or more people). Make the twins similar, but not exactly the same, in height. Put all of the shorter twins in set
A
and all of the taller twins in set
B
. Create the numbers such that a two-sample
t
-test
will not show a significant difference in the mean heights of the shortest of each pair, and the mean heights of the tallest of each pair, but the paired
t
-test
does show a significant difference. (Hint: Make one of the pairs really tall, one of the pairs really short, and one of the pairs in between.) Report all the numbers and the
t
-
and
p-values
for the tests. Explain why the paired
t
-test
shows a difference and the two-sample
t
-test
does not show a difference. Remember that
5
feet is
60
inches and that
6
feet is
72
inches.
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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