THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

question 33

Essay

THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
Independent random samples of seven assistant professors,five associate professors,and six full professors were asked to estimate the amount of time outside the classroom spent on teaching responsibilities in the last week.Results,in hours,are shown in the accompanying table.

-Without assuming normal population distributions,test the null hypothesis that the population mean times spent outside the classroom on teaching responsibilities are the same for assistant,associate,and full professors.

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Definitions:

Chance

The occurrence of events in the absence of any deliberate design or predictable cause.

Motivation

The reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way; an internal process that makes a person move toward a goal.

Performance

The act of executing a task or function, often measured against predefined standards.

Goal Specificity

The extent to which a goal is detailed, explicit, and clear as opposed to vague or general.