A local consumer reporter wants to compare the average costs of grocery items purchased at three different supermarkets – Kroger, Giant Eagle, and Meier.  Prices (in dollars) were recorded for a sample of 60 randomly selected grocery items at each of the three supermarkets.  In order to reduce item-to-item variation, the prices were recorded for each item on the same day at each supermarket. Item                          Kroger    Giant Eagle    Meier     1) Big Thirst Towel      $1.21       $1.49          $1.59 2) Post Golden Crisp    2.78         2.99            3.35 3) Tylenol Tablets         5.98         5.29            5.98           .                              .              .                   .           .                              .              .                   . 59) Colgate Shave       0.94         1.10            1.19 60) Kidney Beans        0.45          0.56            0.38                                                                                   The results of the Analysis of Variance for this experiment are as follows: Source           df       SS            MS          F     Total                       222.21     Supermarket              2.64       1.32       39.23 Item                        215.59       3.65     108.54 Error                           3.97      0.0337                                                                                What is the correct value of the test statistic for determining whether the three supermarkets have the same average prices?

Which one of the following is not an assumption for the randomized block design?

In a pizza takeout restaurant, the following probability distribution was obtained.  The random variable X represents the number of toppings for a large pizza.                                                                                      x             0          1          2          3          4          P(x)          0.30     0.40     0.20     0.06     0.04          Calculate the mean (µ) of this discrete probability distribution.

Consider the following sample of data points for variable X and variable Y.    X          Y      3          4    5          3    6          2    4          1    3          2    7          3    6          3    5          5    4          4    7          3   What is the variance of variable X?

We are interested in determining whether men’s and women’s attitudes concerning the environment are different.  Therefore, we sample 100 men and 100 women and ask:  “Do you think environmental issues are a major concern”?  Of those sampled, 67 women and 53 men responded that they believe environmental issues are a major concern. Construct a 96% confidence interval for the true difference in population proportions of men and women who believe that environmental issues are a major concern.

The following table shows litter sizes for sows in four breeds of pigs. Yorkshire     Landrace     Hampshire     Duroc      8                   9                   8                 7     10                  9                   7                 8     11                10                   8                 9     11                10                   9                 7       9                  8                                                 49                46                 32               31 – treatment totals     9.8               9.2               8.0              7.5 – sample means     The correct degrees of freedom for total, treatments, and error in the Analysis of Variance table for this problem are ____________.                                                                                    

A random sample of n = 200 observations is selected from a binomial population.  The sample estimate of the proportion of successes is 0.13.  Using a significance level of α = 0.10, we want to test: Ho:  p = 0.10 Ha:  p > 0.10 Assuming that we can use large-sample procedures, calculate the value of the test statistic needed to test these hypotheses.  Should we reject or not reject Ho:  p = 0.10?

A random sample of 4,000 U.S. citizens was asked their opinion concerning gun control.  A total of 2,600 of the 4,000 citizens in the sample stated that they are in favor of gun control legislation.  Perform the calculations needed to determine whether or not it would be appropriate to construct a large-sample confidence interval for the true population proportion (p).  What do you conclude (i.e., is it appropriate) and why?

A local consumer reporter wants to compare the average costs of grocery items purchased at three different supermarkets – Kroger, Giant Eagle, and Meier.  Prices (in dollars) were recorded for a sample of 60 randomly selected grocery items at each of the three supermarkets.  In order to reduce item-to-item variation, the prices were recorded for each item on the same day at each supermarket. Item                          Kroger    Giant Eagle    Meier     1) Big Thirst Towel      $1.21       $1.49          $1.59 2) Post Golden Crisp    2.78         2.99            3.35 3) Tylenol Tablets         5.98         5.29            5.98           .                              .              .                   .           .                              .              .                   . 59) Colgate Shave       0.94         1.10            1.19 60) Kidney Beans        0.45          0.56            0.38                                                                                   Identify the experimental design employed for this experiment.

The average weight of a kennel of dogs is 40 lb and the standard deviation of the weights is 5 lb.  Only 14% of the dogs are expected to weigh less than X lb.  Find the value of X.