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Question 350687: HELP!!! I am completely lost in statistics!! Any assistance is greatly appreciated!
I need help with the following questions:
A survey of randomly chosen new students at a certain university revealed the data below
concerning the main reason for choosing this university instead of another. Research question: At α = .01, is the main reason for choosing the university independent of student type? Students
New Student Tuition Location Reputation Row Total
Freshmen 50 30 35 115
Transfers 15 29 20 64
MBAs 5 20 60 85
Col Total 70 79 115 264
and
Final exam scores for a sample of 20 students in a managerial accounting class are shown. (a) At α = .05, is there a difference in the population median scores on the two exams? Make an Excel worksheet for yourWilcoxon signed-rank test calculations and check your work by using MegaStat or a similar computer package. (b) Perform a two-tailed parametric t test for paired two-sample means by using Excel or MegaStat. Do you get the same decision? Accounting
Student Exam 1 Exam 2 Student Exam 1 Exam 2
1 70 81 11 84 96
2 74 89 12 95 96
3 65 59 13 83 99
4 60 68 14 81 76
5 63 75 15 59 68
6 58 77 16 54 47
7 72 82 17 75 84
8 71 69 18 92 100
9 52 53 19 70 81
10 79 84 20 54 58

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I need help with the following questions:
A survey of randomly chosen new students at a certain university revealed the data below
concerning the main reason for choosing this university instead of another. Research question: At alpha = .01, is the main reason for choosing the university independent of student type?
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Students
New Student Tuition Location Reputation Row Total
Freshmen 50 30 35 115
Transfers 15 29 20 64
MBAs 5 20 60 85
Col Total 70 79 115 264
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Ho: Row and Column factors are independent
Ha: Row and Column factors are not independent
I ran a Chi-Sq Test of the 3 by 4 set of data and got the following:
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Chi-Sq = 54.1768
p-value = 0.000000000048325
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Since the p-value is less than 1%, reject Ho
Conclusion: The test results do not support Ho.
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Cheers,
Stan H.