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Paul University Philippines

Tuguegarao City, Cagayan 3500

GRADUATE SCHOOL
May 2022 Comprehensive Examination
Advanced Statistics w/ Laboratory

Name: FURIGAY, GERALD-DINNI M. Course: MOP I Date: MAY 31, 2022

Answer the following:

1. The concentration of cholesterol (a type of fat) in the blood is associated with the risk of
developing heart disease, such that higher concentrations of cholesterol indicate a higher
level of risk, and lower concentrations indicate a lower level of risk. If you lower the
concentration of cholesterol in the blood, your risk of developing heart disease can be
reduced. Being overweight and/or physically inactive increases the concentration of
cholesterol in your blood. Both exercise and weight loss can reduce cholesterol
concentration. However, it is not known whether exercise or weight loss is best for lowering
cholesterol concentration. Therefore, a researcher decided to investigate whether an
exercise or weight loss intervention is more effective in lowering cholesterol levels. To this
end, the researcher recruited a random sample of inactive males that were classified as
overweight. This sample was then randomly split into two groups: Group 1 underwent a
calorie-controlled diet and Group 2 undertook the exercise-training programme. In order to
determine which treatment programme was more effective, the mean cholesterol
concentrations were compared between the two groups at the end of the treatment
programmes.

Subjects Treatment Cholesterol

Group Level (mg/dl)
1 1 170
2 1 185
3 1 199
4 1 201
5 1 198
6 1 203
7 1 211
8 1 198
9 1 187
10 1 185
11 1 194
12 1 198
13 1 201
14 1 205
15 1 198
16 2 179
17 2 206
18 2 210
 19 2 199
20 2 205
21 2 211
22 2 208
23 2 186
24 2 198
25 2 209
26 2 213
27 2 240
28 2 220
29 2 235
30 2 196

Legend
1 Exercise Group
2 Diet Group

Statement of the Problem: Is there a significant difference in the mean cholesterol levels between
the exercise and diet groups?
Null Hypothesis: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Alternative Hypothesis: ______________________________________________________________________________________

Table 1. Significant Difference in the Mean Cholesterol Levels between the Exercise and Diet Groups
Treatment Groups Mean SD t-value p-value Decision
     
           

Interpretation:
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2. A group of Sports Science students (n = 20) are selected from the population to investigate
whether a 12-week plyometric-training programme improves their standing long jump
performance. In order to test whether this training improves performance, the students are
tested for their long jump performance before they undertake a plyometric-training
programme and then again at the end of the programme (i.e., the dependent variable is
"standing long jump performance", and the two related groups are the standing long jump
values "before" and "after" the 12-week plyometric-training programme).

Participants Jump Before Jump After

1 2.95 3.15
2 2.45 2.42
3 3.12 3.1
4 2.74 3
5 3.16 3.25
 6 2.95 2.97
7 2.13 2.5
8 2.46 2.86
9 2.58 2.78
10 1.89 2
11 1.94 2.15
12 2.05 2.24
13 2.18 2.65
14 2.76 3.05
15 3.18 3.04
16 3.45 3.38
17 2.85 3.15
18 2.79 2.98
19 2.91 2.97
20 3.05 3.02

Statement of the Problem: Is there a significant difference in the mean standing long jump before
and after the plyometric training?
Null Hypothesis: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Alternative Hypothesis: ______________________________________________________________________________________

Table 2. Significant Difference in the Mean Standing Long Jump Before and After the Plyometric
Training
  Mean SD t-value p-value Decision
Jump Before          
Jump After    

Interpretation:
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3. A manager wants to raise the productivity at his company by increasing the speed at which
his employees can use a particular spreadsheet program. As he does not have the skills in-
house, he employs an external agency which provides training in this spreadsheet program.
They offer 3 courses: a beginner, intermediate and advanced course. He is unsure which
course is needed for the type of work they do at his company, so he sends 10 employees on
the beginner course, 10 on the intermediate and 10 on the advanced course. When they all
return from the training, he gives them a problem to solve using the spreadsheet program,
and times how long it takes them to complete the problem. He then compares the three
courses (beginner, intermediate, advanced) to see if there are any differences in the average
time it took to complete the problem.
Participants Course Time
1 1 35
 2 1 34
3 1 32
4 1 43
5 1 41
6 1 36
7 1 35
8 1 32
9 1 38
10 1 37
11 2 38
12 2 34
13 2 28
14 2 29
15 2 31
16 2 32
17 2 35
18 2 34
19 2 31
20 2 27
21 3 28
22 3 26
23 3 27
24 3 24
25 3 31
26 3 32
27 3 28
28 3 26
29 3 24
30 3 21
Legend
1 beginner
2 immediate
3 advanced

Statement of the Problem: Is there a significant difference in the mean time to complete the
problem among the three courses?
Null Hypothesis: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Alternative Hypothesis: ______________________________________________________________________________________

Table 3. Significant Difference in the Mean Time in Completing the Problem Among the Courses
Courses Mean SD F-ratio p-value Decision
Beginner          
 Immediate    
Advanced    

Interpretation:
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4. A researcher wants to know whether a person's height is related to how well they perform
in a long jump. The researcher recruited untrained individuals from the general population,
measured their height and had them perform a long jump. The researcher then investigated
whether there was an association between height and long jump performance by running a
Pearson's correlation.
Participants Height Long Jump
1 1.65 2.74
2 1.97 2.98
3 1.45 2.51
4 1.75 2.68
5 1.9 3
6 1.34 2.38
7 1.45 2.48
8 1.68 2.75
9 1.75 2.64
10 1.28 2.3
11 1.85 2.87
12 1.64 2.84
13 1.67 2.75
14 1.84 2.89
15 1.37 2.46

Statement of the Problem: Is there a significant relationship between person's height and long jump
skill?
Null Hypothesis: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Alternative Hypothesis: ______________________________________________________________________________________

Table 4. Significant Relationship between Person's Height and Long Jump Skill
Variables r p-value Decision
Height and Long Jump      

Interpretation:
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5. Educators are always looking for novel ways in which to teach statistics to undergraduates
as part of a non-statistics degree course (e.g., psychology). With current technology, it is
possible to present how-to guides for statistical programs online instead of in a book.
However, different people learn in different ways. An educator would like to know whether
gender (male/female) is associated with the preferred type of learning medium (online vs.
books). Therefore, we have two nominal variables: Gender (male/female) and Preferred
Learning Medium (online/books).

Participant Gender Preferred Learning

s Medium
1 1 1
2 1 1
3 1 2
4 1 2
5 1 1
6 1 1
7 1 1
8 1 2
9 1 1
10 1 1
11 1 2
12 1 1
13 1 1
14 1 1
15 1 2
16 1 1
17 1 2
18 1 1
19 1 1
20 1 1
21 2 2
22 2 1
23 2 2
24 2 2
25 2 2
26 2 2
27 2 2
28 2 2
29 2 1
30 2 1
31 2 2
32 2 2
33 2 2
34 2 1
35 2 2
 36 2 2
37 2 1
38 2 2
39 2 1
40 2 2

Legend:
Gender Medium
1 = Male 1 = Online
2 = Female 2 = Books

Statement of the Problem: Is there a significant relationship between gender and preferred learning
medium?
Is gender associated with the preferred learning medium?
Is preferred learning medium dependent on gender?
Is there a significant difference in the participants' preferred learning
medium when grouped according to gender?
Null Hypothesis: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Alternative Hypothesis: ______________________________________________________________________________________

Table 5. Significant Relationship between Gender and Preferred learning Medium

Variables x2 p-value Decision
Gender and Preferred Learning Medium      

Interpretation:
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