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Chapter 8: Q31BB (page 356)

Finding Critical t Values When finding critical values, we often need significance levels other than those available in Table A-3. Some computer programs approximate critical t values by calculating\(t = \sqrt {df \times \left( {{e^{{A^2}/df}} - 1} \right)} \)where df = n-1, e = 2.718,\(A = z\left( {8 \times df + 3} \right)/\left( {8 \times df + 1} \right)\), and z is the critical z score. Use this approximation to find the critical t score for Exercise 12 鈥淭ornadoes,鈥� using a significance level of 0.05. Compare the results to the critical t score of 1.648 found from technology. Does this approximation appear to work reasonably well?

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The value of the critical score using the approximation given in the question is equal to 1.6481.

Since the values of the critical score computed using the methods are the same, the approximation formula works well.

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01

Given information

A sample of 500 tornadoes is considered. It is claimed that the mean tornado length is greater than 2.5 miles.

02

Formula to compute the critical value

Since\(\sigma \)is unknown, the test statistic used to test the given claim is the t-score which follows Student鈥檚 t distribution with\(\left( {n - 1} \right)\)degrees of freedom.

Let n be the sample size.

The formula to compute the value of the critical score is given below:

\(t = \sqrt {df \times \left( {{e^{{A^2}/df}} - 1} \right)} \)

Where,

dfis the degree of freedom which is equal to \(n - 1\)

e is equal to 2.718

The formula to compute A is given below:

\(A = \frac{{z\left( {8\left( {df} \right) + 3} \right)}}{{\left( {8\left( {df} \right) + 1} \right)}}\)

03

Degrees of freedom

Here, n=500.

Thus, the value of the degrees of freedom is computed below:

\(\begin{array}{c}df = n - 1\\ = 500 - 1\\ = 499\end{array}\)

04

Value of A

Let the level of significance be equal to\(\alpha = 0.05\)

Since the claim involves a greater than sign, the test would be right-tailed.

The value of the z-score for;\(\alpha = 0.05\)a right-tailed test is equal to 1.645.

Thus, the value of A is computed below:

\(\begin{array}{c}A = \frac{{z\left( {8\left( {df} \right) + 3} \right)}}{{\left( {8\left( {df} \right) + 1} \right)}}\\ = \frac{{1.645\left( {8\left( {499} \right) + 3} \right)}}{{\left( {8\left( {499} \right) + 1} \right)}}\\ = 1.646\end{array}\)

05

Value of the critical score

The critical score using the formula stated above is computed as follows:

\(\begin{array}{c}t = \sqrt {df \times \left( {{e^{{A^2}/df}} - 1} \right)} \\ = \sqrt {df \times \left( {{e^{\frac{{{A^2}}}{{df}}}} - 1} \right)} \\ = \sqrt {499 \times \left( {{e^{\frac{{{{\left( {1.646} \right)}^2}}}{{499}}}} - 1} \right)} \\ = 1.648\end{array}\)

Thus, the value of the critical score is equal to 1.648.

06

Comparison

The value of the critical score at\(\alpha = 0.05\)using the formula stated in the question is equal to 1.648.

The value of the critical score at\(\alpha = 0.05\)using the t-distribution table/technology is equal to 1.648.


Since the two critical values using the two methods are approximately equal, the given formula to approximate the critical score works considerably well.

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