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| Question 132971:  Please help. Found the question but the calculations were not available. Thank you in advance. Can people really identify their favorite brand of cola? Volunteers tasted coca-cola classic, Pepsi, Diet Coke, and Diet Pepsi, with the results shown below. Research question: at alpha=.05, is the correctness of the prediction different for the two types of cola drinker? Could you identify your favorite brand in this kind of test? Since it is a 2x2 table, try also a two taled two sample z test for п1= п2 and verify that z2 is the same as your chi-square statistic. Which test do you prefer? Why?
 Show how the degrees of freedom are calculated, find the critical value of chi-square, and interpret the p-value. Is the conclusion sensitive to the level of significance chosen?
 Correct? Regular Cola	Diet Cola	Row Total
 Yes, got it right	7	7	14
 No, got it wrong	12	20	32
 Col total--------       19	27	46
 
 Answer by stanbon(75887)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! Can people really identify their favorite brand of cola? Volunteers tasted coca-cola classic, Pepsi, Diet Coke, and Diet Pepsi, with the results shown below. -----------------------------------------------------------------
 Correct?............ Reg Cola Diet Cola	Row Total
 Yes, got it right	7	7	   14
 No, got it wrong	12	20	   32
 Col total--------       19	27	   46
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 Research question: at alpha=.05,
 Is the correctness of the prediction different for the two types of cola drinker?
 Ho: They are the same
 Ha: They are different
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 un a Chi-Sq. Test on the 2X2 data:
 Reg Cola: 7....12
 DietCola: 7....20
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 Test statistic: Chi-Sq = 0.62768...
 p-value = 0.428207...
 Show how the degrees of freedom are calculated,
 df= (# of rows -1)(# of columns) = 1*1 = 1
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 Find the critical value of chi-square for alpha = 5% and df=1,
 Left margin = 0.001; Right margin is 7.879
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 Interpret the p-value.
 At least 43.8% of test results could provide stronger evidence for
 rejecting Ho.
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 Since p-value is greater then alpha = 5%, Fail to Reject Ho.
 Conclusion: Correctness of the predictions of RegCola and DietCola drinkers is not different.
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 Could you identify your favorite brand in this kind of test?
 Probably not since this test group was wrong in their identification
 32 out of 46 times.
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 Since it is a 2x2 table, try also a two tailed two sample z test for p1= p2 and verify that z2 is the same as your chi-square statistic.
 Ho: p1-p2=0
 Ha: p1-p2 is not 0
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 Critical Value for 2-tail 2-proportion z test with alpha=5%: z = +/-1.96
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 If data is pooled p-bar = (x1+x2)/(n1+n2) =14/46 = 0.304
 Test statistic:
 z(7/19 - 7/27) =  0.10916/sqrt[(0.304*0.696/19) + (0.304*0.696/27)]
 = 0.10916/sqrt(0.01897) = 0.015056...
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 Conclusion: Since the test statistic is between -1.96 and +1.96, Fail to Reject Ho.
 The proportions are the same.
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 Show how the degrees of freedom are calculated,
 df= (# of rows -1)(# of columns) = 1*1 = 1
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 Find the critical value of chi-square,
 Left margin = 0.001; Right margin is 7.879
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 p-value for the test statistic = 2P(z > 0.015056...) = 98.8%
 Interpret the p-value: 98.8% of the test results could have
 provided stronger evidence to reject Ho..
 Is the conclusion sensitive to the level of significance chosen?
 Not when the p-value is as large as 98.9%
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 Which test do you prefer? Why?
 The Chi-Sq is much easier to run and interpret.
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 Cheers,
 Stan H.
 
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