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REVIEW QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES 283<br />

4. Define:<br />

(a) Type I error<br />

(c) The power of a test<br />

(e) Power curve<br />

(b) Type II error<br />

(d) Power function<br />

(f) Operating characteristic curve<br />

5. Explain the difference between the power curves for one-sided tests and two-sided tests.<br />

6. Explain how one decides what statement goes into the null hypothesis and what statement goes into<br />

the alternative hypothesis.<br />

7. What are the assumptions underlying the use of the t statistic in testing hypotheses about a single<br />

mean? The difference between two means?<br />

8. When may the z statistic be used in testing hypotheses about<br />

(a) a single population mean?<br />

(b) the difference between two population means?<br />

(c) a single population proportion?<br />

(d) the difference between two population proportions?<br />

9. In testing a hypothesis about the difference between two population means, what is the rationale<br />

behind pooling the sample variances?<br />

10. Explain the rationale behind the use of the paired comparisons test.<br />

11. Give an example from your field of interest where a paired comparisons test would be appropriate.<br />

Use real or realistic data and perform an appropriate hypothesis test.<br />

12. Give an example from your field of interest where it would be appropriate to test a hypothesis about<br />

the difference between two population means. Use real or realistic data and carry out the ten-step<br />

hypothesis testing procedure.<br />

13. Do Exercise 12 for a single population mean.<br />

14. Do Exercise 12 for a single population proportion.<br />

15. Do Exercise 12 for the difference between two population proportions.<br />

16. Do Exercise 12 for a population variance.<br />

17. Do Exercise 12 for the ratio of two population variances.<br />

18. Ochsenk€uhn et al. (A-33) studied birth as a result of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and birth from<br />

spontaneous conception. In the sample, there were 163 singleton births resulting from IVF with<br />

a mean birth weight of 3071 g and sample standard deviation of 761 g. Among the 321<br />

singleton births resulting from spontaneous conception, the mean birth weight was 3172 g with<br />

a standard deviation of 702 g. Determine if these data provide sufficient evidence for us to<br />

conclude that the mean birth weight in grams of singleton births resulting from IVF is lower, in<br />

general, than the mean birth weight of singleton births resulting from spontaneous conception.<br />

Let a ¼ :10.<br />

19. William Tindall (A-34) performed a retrospective study of the records of patients receiving care for<br />

hypercholesterolemia. The following table gives measurements of total cholesterol for patients<br />

before and 6 weeks after taking a statin drug. Is there sufficient evidence at the a ¼ :01 level of<br />

significance for us to conclude that the drug would result in reduction in total cholesterol in a<br />

population of similar hypercholesterolemia patients?

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