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A7.9.1 Is There a Significant Difference Between the Academic Tracks on Average Student
Height? Explain. Provide a Full Interpretation of the Results.........................................................3
A7.9.2 Is There a Difference Between the Number of Hours Students Study and the Hours They
Work? Also, Is There an Association Between the Two?...............................................................5
A7.9.3 Write Another Question That Can Be Answered from The Data Using A Paired Sample T
Test. Run the T Test And Provide A Full Interpretation.................................................................7
A7.9.4 Are There Differences Between Fast Track and Regular Track Students in Regard to the
Average Number Of Hours They (A) Study, (B) Work, And (C) Watch Tv? Hours of Study is
Quite Skewed so Compute an Appropriate Nonparametric Statistic...............................................8
References......................................................................................................................................13
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BUSI 820 – A7 QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
A7.9.1 Is There a Significant Difference Between the Academic Tracks on Average Student
Height? Explain. Provide a Full Interpretation of the Results.
Table 1 shows descriptive statistics for the two groups (fast track and regular track
students) separately. Note that the means within the pair look somewhat different. This might be
due to chance, so we will check the t tests in the next table. provides two statistical tests.Table 2
The left two columns of numbers are Levene’s test for the assumption that the variances of the
two groups are equal. The F test is not significant (p = 0.374). As such, the variances are not