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Chapter 7: Q1E (page 397)
Which hypothesis, the null or the alternative, is the status-quo hypothesis? Which is the research hypothesis?
The null hypothesis is a statement that represents the status-quo hypothesis.
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What is the difference between Type I and Type II errors in hypothesis testing? How do 伪 and 尾 relate to Type I and Type II errors?
Beta value of a stock. The 鈥渂eta coefficient鈥� of a stock is a measure of the stock鈥檚 volatility (or risk) relative to the market as a whole. Stocks with beta coefficients greater than 1 generally bear the greater risk (more volatility) than the market, whereas stocks with beta coefficients less than 1 are less risky (less volatile) than the overall market (Alexander, Sharpe, and Bailey, Fundamentals of Investments, 2000). A random sample of 15 high-technology stocks was selected at the end of 2009, and the mean and standard deviation of the beta coefficients were calculated: s = .37.
a. Set up the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses to test whether the average high-technology stock is riskier than the market as a whole.
b. Establish the appropriate test statistic and rejection region for the test. Use .
c. What assumptions are necessary to ensure the validity of the test?
d. Calculate the test statistic and state your conclusion.
e. What is the approximate p-value associated with this test? Interpret it.
f. Conduct a test to determine if the variance of the stock beta values differs from .15. Use .
Cooling method for gas turbines. During periods of high electricity demand, especially during the hot summer months, the power output from a gas turbine engine can drop dramatically. One way to counter this drop in power is by cooling the inlet air to the gas turbine. An increasingly popular cooling method uses high-pressure inlet fogging. The performance of a sample of 67 gas turbines augmented with high-pressure inlet fogging was investigated in the Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (January 2005). One performance measure is heat rate (kilojoules per kilowatt per hour). Heat rates for the 67 gas turbines are listed in the table below. Suppose that standard gas turbines have heat rates with a standard deviation of 1,500 kJ/kWh. Is there sufficient evidence to indicate that the heat rates of the augmented gas turbine engine are more variable than the heat rates of the standard gas turbine engine? Test using a = .05.
a. List three factors that will increase the power of a test.
b. What is the relationship between b, the probability of committing a Type II error, and the power of a test?
Play Golf America program. The Professional Golf Association (PGA) and Golf Digest have developed the Play Golf America program, in which teaching professionals at participating golf clubs provide a free 10-minute lesson to new customers. According to Golf Digest, golf facilities that participate in the program gain, on average, \(2,400 in greens fees, lessons, or equipment expenditures. A teaching professional at a golf club believes that the average gain in greens fees, lessons, or equipment expenditures for participating golf facilities exceeds \)2,400.
a. In order to support the claim made by the teaching professional, what null and alternative hypotheses should you test?
b. Suppose you select伪 = 0.05. Interpret this value in the words of the problem.
c. For 伪 = 0.05, specify the rejection region of a large sample test.
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