-Of first-time college students who matriculate to a certain university, the odd
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-Of first-time college students who matriculate to a certain university, the odds in favor of having graduated in the top 25 percent of their high school class are 4.49 to 1. Of transfer students who matriculate to the same university, 0.75 proportion graduated in the top 25 percent of their high school class.
(a) For first-time college students, the proportion who graduated in the top 25 percent of their high school class is ____ (rounded to three decimal places)
(b) For transfer students, the odds in favor of having graduated in the top 25 percent of their high school class are ___ to 1.
-For each problem, select the best response.
(a) The variables considered in a chi-squared test used to evaluate a contingency table
A. have small standard deviations.
B. have rounding errors.
C. can be averaged.
D. are normally distributed.
E. are categorical.
(b) A 2 statistic provides strong evidence in favor of the alternative hypothesis if its value is
A. close to 1.
B. a large positive number.
C. close to 0.
D. a large negative number.
E. exactly 1.96
(c) A study was performed to examine the personal goals of children in elementary school. A random sample of students was selected and the sample was given a questionnaire regarding achieving personal goals. They were asked what they would most like to do at school: make good grades, be good at sports, or be popular. Each student's sex (boy or girl) was also recorded. If a contingency table for the data is evaluated with a chi-squared test, what are the hypotheses being tested?
A. The null hypothesis that boys are more likely than girls to desire good grades vs. the alternative that girls are more likely than boys to desire good grades.
B. The null hypothesis that sex and personal goals are not related vs. the alternative hypothesis that sex and personal goals are related.
C. The null hypothesis that there is no relationship between personal goals and sex vs. the alternative hypothesis that there is a positive, linear relationship.
D. The null hypothesis that the mean personal goal is the same for boys and girls vs. the alternative hypothesis is that the means differ.
E. None of the above.
Explanation / Answer
a) proportion =(4.49)/(4.49+1) =0.818
b) odds =p/(1-p) =0.75/(1-0.75) =3 to 1
2) variables considered in a chi-squared test used to evaluate a contingency table : E. are categorical.
3) B. The null hypothesis that sex and personal goals are not related vs. the alternative hypothesis that sex and personal goals are related
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