Math 600-Biostatistics Name:_____________________________________ Score:_________

Problem Set #3 R R M CALINGASAN Date:_____________________ Section:________

Instruction: Perform the most appropriate statistical test using SPSS. Copy the output to a document and submit
a printed copy. Write the necessary hypotheses, decision and inferences.
1. This problem involves a one-sample t-tests using variables from the Framingham data set. For inferential
purposes, consider the people in the Framingham data set to be a random sample of the population of all
non-institutionalized adults. Use 𝛼 = .05 for all significance tests. A person with body mass index higher
the 25 is classified as overweight. Determine whether the mean body mass index of the population of
non-institutionalized adults as measured during the first examination (BMI1) is greater than 25. From the
PASW output, answer the following:
a) State the null and alternative hypothesis for determining whether the mean body mass index of the
population of non-institutionalized adults as measured during the first examination (BMI1) is greater than
25.
b) Conduct the one-sample t-test and determine, based on the resulting p-value, whether the mean body
mass index of the population of non-institutionalized adults as measured during the first examination is
greater than 25?
c) What course of action can you make from the output of the one-sample t-test?

2. This problem involves a one-sample t-tests using variables from the Framingham data set. For inferential
purposes, consider the people in the Framingham data set to be a random sample of the population of all
non-institutionalized adults. Use 𝛼 = .05 for all significance tests. Conduct a paired samples t-test to
determine whether systolic blood pressure (SYSBP1, SYSBP2) over time, on average, in non-
institutionalized adults. Assume that the normality and equality of variance assumptions are tenable.
a) State the null and alternative hypotheses for this case.
b) What is the p-value associated with the paired t-test for determining whether, among the population of
non-institutionalized adults, systolic blood pressure increases on average over time?
c) According to the p-value, does systolic blood pressure increase on average over time among non-
institutionalized adults?

3. Using the Blood data set, test whether adult African-American males have, on average, a systolic blood
pressure that is different from the general population of adult American males, which is known to be 120.
Use alpha = .05.

4. An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of management training on the decision-making
abilities of Nurse Supervisors in a large hospital. Sixteen nurse supervisors were selected and eight were
randomly chosen to receive managerial training. Four trained and four untrained were then randomly
selected to function in a situation in which a standard problem arose. The other eight nurse supervisors
were presented with an emergency to which standard procedures could not be used. The response was a
management behavior rating for each supervisor as assessed by a rating scheme devised by the
experiment. The following table for this experiment are shown:

Training (B)
Situation (A) Trained Not Trained
Standard 85 53
91 49
80 38
78 45
Emergency 76 40
67 52
82 46
71 39
Write the required hypotheses.
a) What are the experimental units in their experiment?
b) What are the two factors considered in the experiment?
c) What are the levels of each factor?
d) How many treatments are there in the experiment?
e) Is there a significant interaction between the presence or absence of training and the types of decision-
making situation? Test at the 5% level of significance.
f) Do the data indicate a significant difference in behavioral rating for the two types of situations at the 5%
level of significance?
g) Do behavioral ratings differ significantly for the two types of training categories at the 5% level of
significance?
5. In a study of length of time spent on individual home visits by public health nurses, data were reported on
length of home visit, in minutes, by a sample of 80 nurses. A record was made also of each nurse’s age and
type of illness of each patient visited. The following table shows the length of home visit (in minutes) by
public health nurse by nurse’s age group and type of patient. The researchers wished to obtain from their
investigation answers to the following questions:
a) Does the mean length of home visit differ among different age groups of nurses?
b) Does the type of patients affect the mean length of home visit?
c) Is there interaction between nurse’s age and type of patient?
Factor B: (Nurse’s Age Group) Levels
Factor A: (Type of 1 (20 to 29) 2 (30 to 39) 3 (40 to 49) 4 (50 and over)
Patient) levels
1 (Cardiac) 20 25 24 28
25 30 28 31
22 29 24 26
27 28 25 20
21 30 30 32
2 (Cancer) 30 30 39 40
45 29 42 45
30 31 36 50
35 30 42 45
36 30 40 60
3 (C.V.A.) 31 32 41 42
30 35 45 50
40 30 40 40
35 40 40 55
30 30 35 45
4 (Tuberculosis) 20 23 24 29
21 25 25 30
20 26 30 28
20 30 26 27
19 31 23 30

6. Hoekema et al studied the craniofacial morphology of 26 male patients with obstructive sleep apnoea
syndrome (OSAS) and 37 healthy male subjects (Non-OSAS). One of the variables of interest was the
length from the most super anterior point of the body of the hyoid bone to the Frankfort horizontal
(measured in millimeters).
Length (mm) Non-OSAS Length (mm) OSAS
96.80 97.00 101.95 88.95 105.95 114.90 113.70
100.70 97.70 88.25 101.05 114.90 114.35 116.30
94.55 97.00 92.60 97.00 110/35 112.25 108.75
99.65 94.55 98.25 91.95 113.10 106.15 113.30
109.15 106.45 90.85 88.95 119.30 102.60 106.00
102.75 94.55 95.25 95.75 110.00 102.40 101.75
97.70 94.05 88.80 92.60 98.95 105.05
92.10 89.45 101.40 114.20 112.65
91.90 89.85 90.55 108.95 128.95
89.50 98.20 109.80 105.05 117.70