Question 137470:  1.  Sixty-four students in an introductory college economics class were asked how many credits they had earned in college, and how certain they were about their choice of major. 
 
Research question: 
At α = .01, is the degree of certainty independent of credits earned?
 
Credits Earned	Very Uncertain	Somewhat Certain   Very Certain	    Row Total 
0–9	              12	     8	                3	        23 
10–59	               8	     4	                10	        22 
60 or more	       1	     7	                11	        19 
Col Total	       21	     19	                24        	64
 
 
2.  A student team examined parked cars in four different suburban shopping malls. One hundred vehicles were examined in each location. Research question: At α = .05, does vehicle type vary by mall location? 
 
Vehicle Type	Somerset    Oakland	Great Lakes	Jamestown   Row Total 
Car	          44	      49	     36	            64	       193 
Minivan	          21	      15	     18	            13	        67 
Full sized van	   2	       3	      3	             2	        10 
SUV	          19	      27	      26	    12	        84 
Truck	          14	        6	      17	     9	        46 
Col Total	  100	      100	     100	   100	       400
 
 
 
 
3.  High levels of cockpit noise in an aircraft can damage the hearing of pilots who are exposed to this hazard for many hours. A Boeing 727 co-pilot collected 61 noise observations using a handheld sound meter. Noise level is defined as “Low” (under 88 decibels), “Medium” (88 to 91 decibels), or “High” (92 decibels or more). There are three flight phases (Climb, Cruise, Descent). 
 
Research question: 
At α = .05, is the cockpit noise level independent of flight phase? 
 
Noise Level	Climb	Cruise	Descent	   Row Total 
Low	          6	  2	   6	      14 
Medium	          18	  3	    8	      29 
High	           1	  3	   14	      18 
Col Total	  25	  8	   28	      61
 
 
 
 
4.  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 α = .05, is the correctness of the prediction different for the two types of cola drinkers? Could you identify your favorite brand in this kind of test?  
Since it is a 2 °— 2 table, try also a two-tailed two-sample z test for π1 = π2 (see Chapter 10) and verify that z2 is the same as your chi-square statistic. Which test do you prefer? Why? 
 
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)      (Show Source): 
You can  put this solution on YOUR website! These problems have all been answered  
You should be able to find them in worked problems. 
College credits-----99903 
Mall cars-----------99895 
Cockpit noise-------97717 
Coke vs Pepsi-------99924 
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Cheers, 
Stan H. 
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