Reality TV and cosmetic surgery. Refer to the Body Image: An International Journal of Research (March 201 0) study of the impact of reality TV shows on a college student’s decision to undergo cosmetic surgery, Exercise 12.43 (p. 715). The data saved in the file were used to fit the interaction model, E(y) = β0 + β0x1 + β2x4 + β3x1x4, where y = desire to have cosmetic surgery (25-point scale), x1 = {1 if male, 0 if female}, and x4 = impression of reality TV (7-point scale). From the SPSS printout (p. 715), the est1mated equation is:
- a. Give an estimate of the change in desire (y) for every 1-point increase in impression of reality TV show (x4) for female students.
- b. Repeat part a for male students.
Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solutionChapter 12 Solutions
Statistics Plus New MyLab Statistics with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (13th Edition)
- Red Wine and Weight LossResveratrol, a compound in grapes and red wine, has been shown to promote weight loss in rodents and now in a primate.1 Lemurs fed a resveratrol supplement for four weeks had decreased food intake, increased metabolic rate, and a reduction in seasonal body-mass gain compared to a control group. Suppose a hypothetical study is done for a different primate species, with one group given a resveratrol supplement and the other group given a placebo. We wish to see if there is evidence that resveratrol increases the mean metabolism rate for this species. (This exercise presents hypothetical data. We will see the results from the actual study later in this chapter.) (a) State the null and alternative hypotheses.Let group 1 be the species taking a resveratrol supplement and let group 2 be the species taking a placebo.arrow_forwardI am having trouble interpreting what this statitical results are saying. "the summary of antimicrobial effects on bacterial reduction" The ANCOVA confirmed that the antimicrobial dose response was paralleled between the two bacterial species S. Typhimurium and E. faecium, and the interaction between antimicrobial concentrations and bacterial species was not significant (P > 0.05). Only antimicrobial concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and paracetic acid showed significant ( P < 0.05) reduction on S. Typhimurium and E. faecium on squash.arrow_forwardDoes the presence of a significant interaction change the interpretation of significant main effects? Provide one example including a minimum of two independent variables.arrow_forward
- In a study conducted in the Science Department of Faculty of Science, Technology and Human Development in a University; the researcher examined the influence of the drug succinylcholine on the circulation levels of androgens in the blood. Blood samples from wild, free-ranging deer were obtained via the jugular vein immediately after an intramuscular injection of succinylcholine using darts and a capture gun. Deer were bled again approximately 30 minutes after the injection and then released. The level of androgens at time of capture and 30 minutes later, measured in nanograms per milliliter (ng/ml), for 15 deers as in Table Q1. Assuming that the populations of androgen at time of injection and 30 minutes later are normally distributed:i) Find the average and standard deviation of this studyii)Determine the critical region of this problem.iii) Test at the 0.05 level of significance whether the androgen concentrations are altered after 30 minutes of restraint.arrow_forwardA psychologist conducts a 2 x 3 x 2 ANOVA. How many main effects are possible? How many interactions are possible?arrow_forwardWhat is meant by the term main effect? What is an interaction effectarrow_forward
- Body Fat. J. McWhorter et al. of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, studied physical therapy students during their graduate-school years. The researchers were interested in the fact that, although graduate physical-therapy students are taught the principles of fitness, some have difficulty finding the time to implement those principles. In the study, published as “An Evaluation of Physical Fitness Parameters for Graduate Students” (Journal of American College Health, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 32–37), a sample of 27 female graduate physical-therapy students had a mean of 22.46 percent body fat. a. Assuming that percent body fat of female graduate physicaltherapy students is normally distributed with standard deviation 4.10 percent body fat, determine a 95% confidence interval for the mean percent body fat of all female graduate physical-therapy students. b. Obtain the margin of error, E, for the confidence interval you found in part (a). c. Explain the…arrow_forwardDuring the spring of 1999, many fuel storage facilities in Serbia were destroyed by bombing. As a result, significant quantities of oil products were spilled and burned,resulting in soil pollution. The article “Mobility of Heavy Metals Originating from Bombing of Industrial Sites” (B. Škrbić, J. Novaković, and N. Miljević, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, 2002:7–16) reports measurements of heavy metal concentrations at several industrial sites in June 1999, just after the bombing, and again in March of 2000. At the Smederevo site, on the banks of the Danube River, eight soil specimens taken in 1999 had an average lead concentration (in mg/kg) of 10.7 with a standard deviation of 3.3. Four specimens taken in 2000 had an average lead concentration of 33.8 with a standard deviation of 0.50. Find a 95% confidence interval for the increase in lead concentration between June 1999 and March 2000.arrow_forwardIn a study examining the effects of time of day (morning or afternoon) and temperature (cool, normal, warm) on worker productivity, how many interaction effect(s) are possible?arrow_forward
- For the horseshoe crab data with width, colors, and spine as predictors, suppose you start a backward elimination process with the most complex model possible Denoted by C ∗ S ∗ W, it uses main effects for each term as well as the three two-factor interactions and the three-factor interaction Conduct a likelihood-ratio test comparing this model to the simpler model that removes the three-factor interaction term but has all the two-factor interactions. Does this suggest that the three-factor term can be removed from the model? At the next stage, if we were to drop one term, explain why we would select model C ∗ S + C ∗ Warrow_forwardStudy: What type of soil conditions are favorable for the growth of a common flowering species such as Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus) often found along roadsides? Suppose that a controlled research study was conducted to compare the growth of this flower in three types of soil treatments, specifically the effects of nitrogen. (1) Group 1: No nitrogen added to the soil, (2) Group 2: Low amounts of nitrogen added to the soil, and (3) Group 3: High amounts of nitrogen added to the soil. The weight of dry biomass of Erigeron annuus (mg) planted in the containers under each of the three treatments was recorded and shown below. Express the null and alternative hypotheses with appropriate symbols for parameters. H0: Ha:arrow_forwardAn urban community wants to show that the incidence of breast cancer is higher in their locality than in a neighboring rural area. (PCB levels were found to be higher in the soil of the urban community). If you find that in the urban community 20 out of 200 adult women have breast cancer and that in the rural community 10 out of 150 adult women have it, could you conclude, at a significance level of 0.05, that breast cancer is more prevalent in the urban community?1. The parameter of interest is:2. The hypotheses for this test are:3. The calculated test statistic is:4. The critical region is:5. Draw the critical region (make decision):6. It can be concluded that:arrow_forward
- MATLAB: An Introduction with ApplicationsStatisticsISBN:9781119256830Author:Amos GilatPublisher:John Wiley & Sons IncProbability and Statistics for Engineering and th...StatisticsISBN:9781305251809Author:Jay L. DevorePublisher:Cengage LearningStatistics for The Behavioral Sciences (MindTap C...StatisticsISBN:9781305504912Author:Frederick J Gravetter, Larry B. WallnauPublisher:Cengage Learning
- Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th E...StatisticsISBN:9780134683416Author:Ron Larson, Betsy FarberPublisher:PEARSONThe Basic Practice of StatisticsStatisticsISBN:9781319042578Author:David S. Moore, William I. Notz, Michael A. FlignerPublisher:W. H. FreemanIntroduction to the Practice of StatisticsStatisticsISBN:9781319013387Author:David S. Moore, George P. McCabe, Bruce A. CraigPublisher:W. H. Freeman