PSYC 354 Homework 6 Solution
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PSYC 354
HOMEWORK 6
Percentiles and Hypothesis Testing with Z-Tests
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Part I: Concepts
Questions 1–4
These questions are based on the Nolan and Heinzen reading and
end-of-chapter questions.
Part I: Questions 1-7
End-of-chapter problems:
Answer the following questions.
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1) What are the 6 steps of hypothesis testing?
(State the 6 steps)
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
F)
2) Using the z table in Appendix B, calculate the following percentages for a z score of
-0.45
2-a) % above this z
score: Answer
2-b) % below this z
score: Answer
Work:
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2-c) At least as extreme
as this z score (on either
side):
Work:
Answer
3) Rewrite each of the following percentages as probabilities, or p levels:
3-a) 5% = Answer
3-b) 95% = Answer
3-c) 43% = Answer
4) If the critical values, or cutoffs, for a two-tailed z test are -2.05 and +2.05, determine
whether you would reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis in each of the following
cases:
4a) z = 2.23
4b) z = -0.97
5)
Answer
Answer
Imagine a class of twenty-five 12-year-old girls with an average height of 62 inches.
We know that the population mean and standard deviation for this age group of
girls is m=59 inches, s = 1.5 inches. (Note that this is a z statistic problem.)
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