ACTIVITY

Instruction: Do as directed.

Chi-Square Test
1. Which of the two Chi Square distributions shown below (A or B) has the larger degrees of
freedom? How do you know?

Answer: Distribution B has the larger degrees of freedom, because it is less skewed and has a
higher mean.
2. Twelve subjects were each given two flavors of ice cream to taste and then were asked whether
they liked them. Two of the subjects liked the first flavor and nine of them liked the second
flavor. Is it valid to use the Chi Square test to determine whether this difference in proportions is
significant? Why or why not?
Answer: Chi square would not be appropriate in this case. The proportions being compared are
within-subject and thus are not independent of each other.
Not a valid used of Chi Square. The assumptions for the Chi Square test of independence are:
1)Sampling method is simple random sampling (SRS) - check
2) The population is at least 10 times as large as the sample -> assume is true -check
3) variable under study is categorical -> taste (like or not like) - check
4) The expected value of the number of sample observations in each level of the variable is at
least 5 - fail because each level of the categorical variable does not have an expected frequency
count of at least 5.

Correlation
3. Describe the relationship between variables A and C. Think of things these variables could
represent in real life.
Answer: As a bikers speed increases, his time to get to the finish line decreases.
4. If the correlation between weight (in pounds) and height (in feet) is 0.58, find: (a) the
correlation between weight (in pounds) and height (in yards) (b) the correlation between weight
(in kilograms) and height (in meters)
Answer: Correlation is not affected by units so it will be 0.58 for both situations.

5. Would you expect the correlation between High School GPA and College GPA to be higher
when taken from your entire high school class or when taken from only the top 20 students?
Why?
Answer: The 20% group will have a higher correlation since this group is more likely college.

6. For a certain class, the relationship between the amount of time spent studying and the test
grade earned was examined. It was determined that as the amount of time they studied increased,
so did their grades. Is this a positive or negative association?
Answer: Positive Association

7. For this same class, the relationship between the amount of time spent studying and the amount
of time spent socializing per week was also examined. It was determined that the more hours they
spent studying, the fewer hours they spent socializing. Is this a positive or negative association?
Answer: Negative association