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Chapter 1: Q2-6BSC (page 1)
Identify whether the given value is a statistic or a parameter.
CHIS A recent California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) included 2799 adolescent residents of California.
The number of adolescents living in California selected for the survey equal to 2799 represents a statistic.
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Statistical Significance versus Practical Significance. When testing a new treatment, what is the difference between statistical significance and practical significance? Can a treatment have statistical significance but not practical significance?
Determine whether the data are from discrete data or continuous data set.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety collects data consisting of the numbers of motor vehicle fatalities caused by driving while texting.
Statistical Significance and Practical Significance. In Exercises 13鈥�16, determine whether the results appear to have statistical significance, and also determine whether the results appear to have practical significance.
MCAT The Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) is commonly used as part of the decision-making process for determining which students to accept into medical schools. To test the effectiveness of the Siena MCAT preparation course, 16 students take the MCAT test, then they complete the preparatory course, and then they retake the MCAT test, with the result that the average (mean) score for this group rises from 25 to 30. There is a 0.3% chance of getting those results by chance. Does the course appear to be effective?
Simple Random Sample vs. Random Sample Refer to the definition of simple random sample on page 27 and its accompanying definition of random sample enclosed within parentheses.
Determine whether each of the following is a simple random sample and a random sample.
b. For the same class described in part (a), the 36 student names are written on 36 individual index cards. The cards are shuffled and six names are drawn from the top.
c. For the same class described in part (a), the six youngest students are selected.
Exercises 5鈥�8 refer to the study of an association between which ear is used for cell phone calls and whether the subject is left-handed or right-handed. The study is reported in 鈥淗emispheric Dominance and Cell Phone Use,鈥� by Seidman et al., JAMA Otolaryngology鈥� Head & Neck Surgery, Vol. 139, No. 5. The study began with a survey e-mailed to 5000 people belonging to an otology online group, and 717 surveys were returned. (Otology relates to the ear and hearing.)
Response Rate What percentage of the 5000 surveys were returned? Does that response rate appear to be low? In general, what is a problem with a very low response rate?
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