Question 1:
A field researcher is gathering data on the trunk diameters of mature pine and spruce trees in a certain area. The following are the results of his random sampling. Can he conclude, at the 0.10 level of significance, that the average trunk diameter of a pine tree is greater than the average diameter of a spruce tree?
Pine trees Spruce trees
Sample size 30 35
Mean trunk diameter (cm) 45 39
Sample variance 120 140
What is the test value for this hypothesis test? Round your answer to three decimal places.
What is the critical value? Round your answer to three decimal places.
Question 2:
Data for a sample of 25 apartments in a particular neighborhood are provided in the worksheet Apartments in the Excel workbook Apartments.xlsx. Using the estimated regression equation found by using size as the predictor variable, find a point estimate for the average monthly rent for apartments having 1,000 square feet of space. Place your answer, rounded to the nearest whole dollar, in the blank. When entering your answer do not use any labels or symbols. Simply provide the numerical value. For example, 123 would be a legitimate entry.
Rent Size
950 850
1600 1450
1200 1085
1500 1232
950 718
1700 1485
1650 1136
935 726
875 700
1150 956
1400 1100
1650 1285
2300 1985
1800 1369
1400 1175
1450 1225
1100 1245
1700 1259
1200 1150
1150 896
1600 1361
1650 1040
1200 755
800 1000
1750 1200