A Teacher Wants to See If Two Different Forms of an Exam

question 11

Essay

A teacher wants to see if two different forms of an exam are equivalent or if one of the exams is more difficult than the other. She has 120 students, which she randomly sorts into two groups of 60. The group that that takes exam A has a mean score of 78.1% with a standard deviation of 5.6%. Exam B scores an average of 74.8% with a standard deviation of 8.7%.
-Improving productivity A packing company considers hiring a national training consultant in hopes of improving productivity on the packing line. The national consultant agrees to work with 18 employees for one week as part of a trial before the packing company makes a decision about the training program. The training program will be implemented if the average product packed increases by more than 10 cases per day per employee. The packing company manager will test a hypothesis using a = 0.05.
a. Write appropriate hypotheses (in words and in symbols).
b. In this context, which do you consider to be more serious - a Type I or a Type II error? Explain briefly.
c. After this trial produced inconclusive results the manager decided to test the training program again with another group of employees. Describe two changes he could make in the trial to increase the power of the test, and explain the disadvantages of each.

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Definitions:

Statement of Cash Flows

A financial report summarizing the amount of cash and cash equivalents entering and leaving a company.

Operating Activities

Business transactions and events related to the primary revenue-generating activities of an organization, influencing cash flow.

Indirect Method

An approach used in cash flow statements to reconcile net income with cash flow from operating activities, adjusting for non-cash transactions.

Accumulated Depreciation

The cumulative value of depreciation expense assigned to a physical asset since it was first utilized.