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Statistical Comparison of Morning and Afternoon Chemistry Class Test Scores

Professor X investigates if there is a difference in test grades between his morning and afternoon chemistry classes. Using the Student’s t-test method, he calculates the t-value to determine statistical certainty. The analysis supports his hypothesis of higher test scores in the afternoon class.

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Statistical Comparison of Morning and Afternoon Chemistry Class Test Scores

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  1. Comparison of Two Means Paul Niezguski Peter Heisler University of Michigan College of Engineering

  2. Professor X is curious if there is statistical difference between the test grades of his morning and afternoon chemistry classes

  3. Statistical data for the two classes: Morning class: Afternoon class: mean: 78.5 mean: 84.2 std. dev: 11.3 std. dev: 11.0 sample size: 24 sample size: 27

  4. He hypothesizes that afternoon students will be more alert in class and thus have higher test scores. The class test means support this, but to what certainty can Professor X make this assertion?

  5. He finds a wiki article on comparison of means by using the Student’s t test. This method uses the following equations: For two sets with similar standard deviations: x1= mean from data set 1 x2= mean from data set 2 n1= number of measurements set 1 n2= number of measurements set 2 s1 = std. deviation of set 1 s2 = std. deviation of set 2

  6. After a careful mental calculation by professor X, he determines the following t value: t = 1.820741

  7. He then consults the following t table to determine at what confidence level the means are statistically different:

  8. The table gives a confidence level of 90 – 95% that the two means are statistically different…thus Professor X’s hypothesis is most likely correct. He is so pleased he decides to go hunting.

  9. THE END

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