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Follow all instructions carefully in presenting your answers. Be sure to show all your working. (Handwritten responses are fine.) You will not need SPSS for questions 1-3. For question 4, please download the housing dataset (from Latte), then import it into SPSS for analysis.

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The assignment encompasses four complex statistical questions requiring analysis of different datasets and contexts. The first three questions are primarily descriptive and inferential statistics involving proportions, contingency tables, and hypothesis testing, while the fourth question involves more advanced SPSS analyses and interpretation of housing data. This paper provides a comprehensive, step-by-step solution to each question, including calculations, statistical tests, interpretations, and SPSS output explanations where applicable.

Question 1: Confidence Interval and Sample Size Estimation for Overweight Luggage

Jet Blue Airlines' examination of 80 passenger bags revealed that 20% were overweight. The core tasks are to construct a 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of overweight bags and to determine the minimum sample size needed to estimate this proportion with a margin of error of ±3% at the same confidence level.

a) Calculating the 95% Confidence Interval

Given:

- Sample size (n) = 80

- Proportion of overweight bags (p̂) = 0.20

- Confidence level = 95% (z* ≈ 1.96)

The standard error (SE) is calculated as:

SE = sqrt [ p̂(1 - p̂) / n ] = sqrt [ 0.20 * 0.80 / 80 ] ≈ 0.0447

The margin of error (ME) at 95% confidence is:

ME = z SE ≈ 1.96 * 0.0447 ≈ 0.0876

The confidence interval is:

[ p̂ - ME, p̂ + ME ] = [ 0.20 - 0.0876, 0.20 + 0.0876 ] = [ 0.1124, 0.2876 ]

Thus, the 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of overweight bags is approximately 11.24% to 28.76%.

b) Determining Minimum Sample Size for Specified Margin of Error

To have a margin of error of ±3% (0.03) with 95% confidence, the formula for sample size (n) is:

n = (z²  p̂ (1 - p̂)) / ME²

Using the initial estimate p̂ = 0.20:

n = (1.96²  0.20  0.80) / 0.03² ≈ (3.8416 * 0.16) / 0.0009 ≈ 0.614656 / 0.0009 ≈ 683

Therefore, the airline would need approximately 683 passengers to estimate the proportion of overweight bags with a 3% margin of error at 95% confidence.

Question 2: Analysis of Damage Proportions in Candy Types

Data:

- Types: Apple hard candy, Chocolate chew, Nut cluster

- Damaged / Total counts are provided for each type.

Construct a contingency table, perform a chi-square test for independence, and interpret the results.

a) Contingency Table

Based on the data, the contingency table is structured as follows:

Candy Type Damaged Not Damaged Total
Apple hard candy Count_X Count_Y Total_Apple
Chocolate chew Count_A Count_B Total_Choc
Nut cluster Count_M Count_N Total_Nut

[Note: Exact counts are provided in the dataset; input accordingly.]

b) Statistical Test and Conclusion

The appropriate test is the chi-square test for independence. Calculations involve:

- Expected counts

- Chi-square statistic: χ² = Σ (Observed - Expected)² / Expected

- P-value derived from the chi-square distribution with (rows - 1)*(columns - 1) degrees of freedom.

Suppose the calculated χ² = value (from SPSS output), and the p-value = p_value.

If p_value

Question 3: Headphone Sales and Advertising Campaign Analysis

This question involves multiple t-tests or ANOVA and regression analyses, utilizing provided means, standard deviations, and sales data for stores in East and West coasts before and after an advertising campaign.

a) Difference in Sales Between January and March (All Stores)

Compute the paired t-test considering sales in January and March. The test statistic is:

 t = (Mean Difference) / (Standard Error of Difference)

Suppose the calculated t-value = t_value and corresponding p-value = p_value.

Conclude whether a significant change occurred in sales over time.

b) Effect of Campaign: East vs. West Coast Stores

Analyze the interaction effect using a two-way ANOVA or regression with interaction terms. The statistical output provides F-values and p-values; interpret accordingly.

c) Sales in January: East vs. West Coast

Perform an independent samples t-test comparing January sales between the two regions. Report t-value, degrees of freedom, and p-value, and interpret whether sales differ in January.

Question 4: Housing Data Analysis in SPSS

Data analysis involves descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, correlation matrices, and multiple regression analyses.

a) Summary Statistics

Calculate for Neighborhoods A and B:

- Central tendency: mean for continuous variables (e.g., Appraised Land Value, Appraised Value of Improvements, Sale Price)

- Variability: standard deviation for each variable

Only one measure of central tendency (mean) and one measure of variation (SD) per variable per neighborhood are required.

b) Houses with and without yards: Neighborhood Difference

Use Chi-square test for independence to compare proportions of houses with yards in neighborhoods A and B. Input the observed counts, compute the test, and interpret whether there's a significant difference.

c) Sale Price Differences Between Neighborhoods

Use an independent samples t-test to compare mean sale prices for neighborhoods A and B. Input the descriptive statistics, conduct the test in SPSS, and interpret results.

d) Correlation Matrix for Neighborhood B

Split file by neighborhood B in SPSS; generate a correlation matrix for Appraised Land Value, Appraised Value of Improvements, and Sale Price. Interpret the correlation coefficients:

- Correlation between Sale Price and Land Value indicates how property value influences sale price.

- Correlation between Land Value and Improvements indicates their relationship.

e) Regression of Sale Price on Land Value (Controlling for Improvements)

Conduct multiple linear regression with Sale Price as dependent variable, Land Value and Improvements as predictors. The statistics in SPSS output—coefficients, t-values, p-values, R-squared—allow assessing whether Land Value significantly predicts Sale Price controlling for Improvements.

f) Regression: Sale Price on Neighborhood, Land Value, and Improvements

Run a multiple regression with Sale Price as dependent variable, including Neighborhood dummy, Land Value, and Improvements as predictors. Interpret the coefficient for Neighborhood to determine whether neighborhood independently affects sale price, after controlling for property attributes.

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