IET 421 (Spring 2016)

Exam -1
Elizabeth McClain
1. Experiment of my choice: Which tastes better, cheaper wine vs. more expensive wine.
Step One: Problem Statement
Determine whether expensive wine really tastes better than more affordable
alternatives.
Step Two: Response Variables
Type of wine, age of wine, taste of wine
Step Three: Factors, Levels, Ranges
Factors

Levels

Ranges

Red wine

color of grapes (light to dark purple)

Light to dark

White wine

Color of grapes (light to dark green)

Light to dark

Dry wine

Very dry semi dry

Dry to Semi

Sweet wine

Sweet to semi sweet

Sweet to not

2. One-way ANOVA
Source
DF
SS
MS
F
P
Factor
7
984.72
245.92
30.00
4.11688E-10
Error
23
188.52
8.1965
Total
30
1173.24
3. a) Hypotheses : H0: 1= 2
H1: 1 2
b) Given n1 =10, 1 =.015, n2 =10, 2 =.018
1 = 16.005
2 = 16.005
Z0 =16.015 -16.005/.0152/10 + .0182 /10 = .01/.0000225+.0000324 = Z0 = 1.35
Za/z =Z.05/2 =Z.025 = 1.96 conclusion = do not reject null hypothesis H0 at a=.05, the mean
net for filling the bottles by the two machines is equal.
c) P = 2[1 -(|Z0|)]
=2[1 - .91149]
= 0.17702
d) [ -.0045, 0.0245]
4. One-way ANOVA: 100, 125, 150, 175
Method
Null hypothesis
Alternative hypothesis
Significance level

All means are equal

At least one mean is different
= 0.05

Equal variances were assumed for the analysis.

Factor Information

Factor
Factor

Levels
4

Values
100, 125, 150, 175

Analysis of Variance
Source
Factor
Error
Total

DF
3
14
17

Adj SS
0.1561
0.3600
0.5161

Adj MS
0.05204
0.02571

F-Value
2.02

P-Value
0.157

Model Summary
S
0.160357

R-sq
30.25%

R-sq(adj)
15.30%

R-sq(pred)
0.00%

Means
Factor
100
125
150
175

N
5
4
5
4

Mean
21.7400
21.5000
21.7200
21.700

StDev
0.1140
0.1414
0.1643
0.216

95%
(21.5862,
(21.3280,
(21.5662,
( 21.528,

CI
21.8938)
21.6720)
21.8738)
21.872)

Pooled StDev = 0.160357

Fisher Pairwise Comparisons

Grouping Information Using the Fisher LSD Method and 95% Confidence
Factor
100
150
175
125

N
5
5
4
4

Mean
21.7400
21.7200
21.700
21.5000

Grouping
A
A B
A B
B

Means that do not share a letter are significantly different.

Fisher Individual Tests for Differences of Means
Difference
of Levels
125 - 100
150 - 100
175 - 100
150 - 125
175 - 125
175 - 150

Difference
of Means
-0.240
-0.020
-0.040
0.220
0.200
-0.020

SE of
Difference
0.108
0.101
0.108
0.108
0.113
0.108

95% CI
(-0.471, -0.009)
(-0.238, 0.198)
(-0.271, 0.191)
(-0.011, 0.451)
(-0.043, 0.443)
(-0.251, 0.211)

Simultaneous confidence level = 81.31%

Fisher Individual 95% CIs

T-Value
-2.23
-0.20
-0.37
2.05
1.76
-0.19

Adjusted
P-Value
0.043
0.847
0.716
0.060
0.100
0.855

Interval Plot of 100, 125, ...

a. no difference of firing temp on brick density

Fisher Individual 95% CIs

Difference of Means for 100, 125, ...
125 - 100

150 - 100

175 - 100

150 - 125

175 - 125

175 - 150
-0.50

b.

-0.25

0.00

0.25

If an interval does not contain zero, the corresponding means are significantly different.

It is not necessary to use the Fisher LSD method to decide which mean has difference.
c. Assumptions are not violated

0.50