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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1P

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We want to compare cholesterol levels between men and women, so we collect a sample of 20 women and 30 men. The group of men in our sample have a mean of 240.0 with standard deviation 35.0, and the women have a mean of 210.0 with standard deviation 30.0.

What is the null hypothesis? Note that two-sample problems (like this one) were not discussed in class, but you should know the answer (or at least be able to provide a good guess below) based on what was covered in class.

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The mean cholesterol level in men is equal to the mean cholesterol level in women

The mean cholesterol level in men is different than the mean cholesterol level in women

The mean cholesterol level in men is less than the mean cholesterol level in women

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...

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