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## data
n <- 40 + sample(1:12, 2) * 3
Waiting <- rnorm(sum(n), sd = sample(30:40, 1)/10) + rep(sample(30:80, 2)/10, n)
Waiting[Waiting < 0] <- 0
dat <- data.frame(
  Waiting = Waiting,
  Supermarket = factor(rep(1:2, c(n[1], n[2])), levels = 1:2, labels = c("Sparag", "Consumo"))
)

## questions/answer
questions <- character(5)
solutions <- logical(5)
explanations <- character(5)

tt <- t.test(Waiting ~ Supermarket, data = dat, var.equal = TRUE,
  alternative = sample(c("less", "greater", "two.sided"), 1))

questions[1] <- "The absolute value of the test statistic is larger than 1.96."
solutions[1] <- abs(tt$statistic) > 1.96
explanations[1] <- paste("The absolute value of the test statistic is equal to ", 
  round(abs(tt$statistic), digits = 3), ".", sep = "")

questions[2] <- "A one-sided alternative was tested."
solutions[2] <- tt$alternative != "two.sided"
explanations[2] <- paste("The test aims at showing that the difference of means is ",
  switch(tt$alternative, "two.sided" = "unequal to", "less" = "smaller than", 
  "greater" = "larger than"), "0.")

questions[3] <- "The p-value is larger than 0.05."
solutions[3] <- tt$p.value > 0.05
explanations[3] <- paste("The p-value is equal to ", format.pval(tt$p.value, digits = 3),
  ".", sep = "")

questions[4] <- paste("The test shows that the waiting time is longer at Sparag ",
  "than at Consumo.")
solutions[4] <- tt$p.value < 0.05 & tt$alternative != "less" & diff(tt$estimate) < 0
explanations[4] <- if (solutions[4]) paste("The test result is significant ($p < 0.05$)",
  "and hence the alternative is shown that the difference of means is",
  ifelse(tt$alternative == "two.sided", "unequal to ", "larger than"), "0.") else 
  paste(ifelse(tt$alternative != "less", "", paste("The test aims at showing",
  "that the alternative that the waiting time is shorter at Sparag than at Consumo.")),
  ifelse(tt$p.value < 0.05, "", "The test result is not significant ($p \\ge 0.05$)."))

questions[5] <- paste("The test shows that the waiting time is shorter at Sparag than at Consumo.")
solutions[5] <- tt$p.value < 0.05 & tt$alternative != "greater" & diff(tt$estimate) > 0
explanations[5] <- if (solutions[5]) paste("The test result is significant ($p < 0.05$)",
  "and hence the alternative is shown, that the difference of means are",
  ifelse(tt$alternative == "two.sided", "unequal to", "smaller than"),
  "0.") else paste(ifelse(tt$alternative != "greater", "", 
  paste("The test aims at showing that the waiting time at Sparag is longer than at Consumo.")),
  ifelse(tt$p.value < 0.05, "", "The test result ist not significant ($p \\ge 0.05$)."))

Question

The waiting time (in minutes) at the cashier of two supermarket chains with different cashier systems is compared. The following statistical test was performed:

print(tt)

Which of the following statements are correct? (Significance level 5%)

answerlist(questions, markup = "markdown")

Solution

answerlist(ifelse(solutions, "True", "False"), explanations, markup = "markdown")

Meta-information

extype: mchoice exsolution: r mchoice2string(solutions) exname: 2-sample t-test

exams documentation built on Oct. 17, 2022, 5:10 p.m.