Module 6 - Assignment: Quantitative Data Analysis Assignment

StatCrunch U is a fictitious university made up of 46,000 students (the population). Each student completed the survey shown here:

That gives us a data base with that information for all 46,000 students.

For this assignment, you will first select a sample of 200 students from this population and then analyze the data from the sample to draw conclusions about the entire population of StatCrunch U students. The following instructions tell you how to select your sample.

Log in to StatCrunch.com and click on Resources at the top of the page, then on StatCrunch U on the left side. You should see the following paragraph.

Click on the StatCrunchU link in the paragraph above.

In the next screen, scroll down until you see the following, set the sample size to 200, and click Survey.

Your sample with the survey data should then show on theStatCrunch screen as shown below. If you don’t see the file, click MyStatCrunch, then My Preferences, then make sure classic StatCrunch is chosen. After that, try doing the survey. Be sure to click on Data>Save data and save the file to your My Data folder.

You should see a menu like the one below where you can give the file a name. Click on Save and you should get confirmation that the file was saved.

Next go to your StatCrunch My Data folder and find the file so that you can work with it to answer the following questions. Each question is worth 10 points.

1. Copy and paste the first 15 rows from your StatCrunch data file below. You can do that by highlighting the data in StatCrunch, then clicking on Edit>Copy. Next return to this file, place your cursor in the space below, and click Paste. The purpose of this is to allow your instructor to see the first part of your data set.Use all 200 students in your sample to answer the remaining questions.

2. What is the shape of the distribution of credit hours? Compute summary statistics and use StatCrunch to construct a histogram of the credit hour data. Include a short paragraph answering the question.

3. Suppose you want to construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean credit hours taken by StatCrunch U students. What sample size would be needed to limit the margin of error to 0.5 credit hours? Use the sample standard deviation from your sample as an estimate of the population standard deviation. You will need to follow the example on page 266 of the text.

4. (a) What is the proportion of females at StatCrunch U? Create a pie chart showing the proportion of female students at StatCrunch U. Be sure to include a couple of sentences answering the question.

(b) Does the proportion of females change across classes? Create a stacked bar chart and a contingency table to show how the proportion changes across classes. Make sure your bar chart shows proportions or percentages, not counts. Be sure to include a couple of sentences answering the question.

5. Does the number of credit hours taken vary depending on whether or not students work? Create two boxplots on the same set of axes showing the number of credit hours taken by students who work and by students who do not work. Describe the distributions and any similarities or differences.

6. Does the mean number of credit hours taken by all students appear to be significantly below 15? Use StatCrunch to conduct a one-sample t-test. Be sure to state the null and alternate hypotheses, include the output from StatCrunch, and briefly answer the question including justification for your answer.

7. For students who work, are there differences in the average loan amounts across classes? Use StatCrunch to conduct an ANOVA test to answer this question. Be sure to state the null and alternate hypotheses, include the output from StatCrunch, and briefly answer the question.

8. For students that work, is there a relationship between the dollar amount of loans they have and the number of hours per week that they work?

· Construct a scatter plot with Work Hours on the x-axis and Loan Amount on the y-axis.

· Compute the coefficient of correlation, the coefficient of determination, and the linear regression equation.

· Does there appear to be a relationship between work hours and loan amount? Explain your answer.

· Explain the meaning of the coefficient of determination as it applies specifically to this problem.

· Explain the meaning of the slope in the regression equation as it applies specifically to this problem. Is this the relationship you expected? Explain. If it isn’t what you expected, explain why it might have occurred.

· Does a linear model appear to be appropriate for this comparison? Explain.

9. For students with credit card debt, does there appear to be a difference in the mean amount of credit card debt based on gender of the student? Conduct an appropriate two-sample t-test. Be sure to state the null and alternate hypotheses, include the output from StatCrunch, and briefly answer the question.

10. Is there evidence of a relationship between class and whether or not students work? Conduct a chi-square test of independence. State the null and alternate hypotheses, include StatCrunch output, and explain the results of your test.