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Statistics Assignment using Excel

By: Nicole Ignagni Short Answer Questions: First Data Set: 1.) Explain your conclusion regarding the null hypothesis and the outcome of the study
We fail to reject Ho and there is no significant difference ecause our cutoff is !"# $.1% and our t# calculated is 1.&'.

$.) What is the (alue of using computer soft)are for statistical calculation* Is your hand# calculation identical to the Excel output*
+he (alue of using computer soft)are for statistical calculations is the fact that it is simply con(enient. It allo)s you to ,uic-ly get the results )ithout doing all the hand calculations to get there. No our hand calculation is not the same as our Excel output.

..) /ssuming that the result o tained )as due primarily to lo) statistical po)er0 discuss )hat could e done to impro(e this outcome.
If the results o tained )ere due to lo) statistical po)er0 the est )ay to resol(e the issue )ould e to get more po)er1 +his is done y increasing the data or the num er of people in the sample. Hand Calculations:

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Short Answer Questions: Second Data Set: 1.) What are the mean0 median0 mode0 and standard 2e(iation for these ne) data*

2.) T-test using excel

..) Explain your conclusion regarding the null hypothesis and the outcome of the study. Has adding these 13 people to the sample changed the outcome*
We fail to reject null hypothesis ecause our cutoff is !"# 4.3% and our calculated is $.3%5it is not in the tail). We are still failing to reject the null hypothesis0 so no the ne) data has not really changed the outcome

%.) What is the outlier* Ho) might an outlier affect these results*
In this data set there really is no true outlier ecause all the num ers are close in (alue. If I had to detect one outlier in the first group it may possi ly e 6 ecause all the other num ers are et)een 14#16. In the second group the outlier might possi ly e anything from 13#1$ ecause majority of the num ers are . and &. /n outlier )ould falsely pro(ide a mean that is not accurate. If all the num ers are lo)er and )e ha(e a significantly larger num er0 that num er )ould pro(ide a faulty mean that is not accurate ecause it )ould e higher due to the increased num er.

&.) Briefly discuss the concerns that might occur )ith this second scenario. What could the researchers ha(e done efore they started their first study to potentially a(oid this pro lem*
+he concerns )ith the second scenario could potentially e the fact that it )ould drastically change the outcome. In future to a(oid this pro lem I )ould suggest the data e entered at the eginning or not at all.

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