Suppose That You Wish to Perform a Traditional Hypothesis Test

question 46

Essay

Suppose that you wish to perform a traditional hypothesis test to test a claim regarding two means. Give an example of a situation in which the matched pairs test would be appropriate and give an example of a situation in which it would be appropriate to perform a test for large and independent samples.

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Definitions:

Midrange

The statistical measure calculated by taking the average of the highest and lowest values in a data set.

Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a data set.

Sample Mean

The average value calculated from a sample, intended to estimate the population mean from which the sample was drawn.

Sample

A subset of a larger population selected for measurement or observation, intended to represent the larger group.