1/28/2013

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Chapter 5 - Comparing two means or two medians

• Using Minitab to compare means and medians
• Example - Exercise 3 on p. 176 - Do the noisy crowds in the Metrodome help the Minnesota Vikings play better defense?
  • Discuss different formats for 2-sample data (stacked versus unstacked)
  • Illustrate stacking and unstacking with Minitab (Data > Stack)
  • Stat > Basic Statistics > Two sample t
  • Stat > Nonparametrics > Mann-Whitney

In class exercises for Chapter 5

• Use SRIS applets or Statkey to solve Exercises 3, 19, 21, and 23

Reading Assignment - Please read Chapter 6 for class on Wednesday.