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2.5 Statistical Hypothesis Testing

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Question 206

A biochemist monitors the relationship between the concentration of a specific catalyst, ccc mmol/L, and the resulting reaction rate, rrr μ\muμmol/s, for 10 distinct chemical trials. The experimental results are summarized as follows:

∑c2=9625∑cr=6792.5∑c=275∑r=220Srr=325 \sum c^2 = 9625 \quad \sum cr = 6792.5 \quad \sum c = 275 \quad \sum r = 220 \quad S_{rr} = 325 ∑c2=9625∑cr=6792.5∑c=275∑r=220Srr​=325
a.

Determine the values of SccS_{cc}Scc​ and ScrS_{cr}Scr​ for this experiment.

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b.

Calculate, to 3 significant figures, the product moment correlation coefficient (PMCC) between ccc and rrr.

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c.

Find the equation of the least squares regression line of rrr on ccc in the form r=a+bcr = a + bcr=a+bc.

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d.

Identify which of the two variables is the explanatory variable in this study, providing a reason for your choice.

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e.

Using your regression model, estimate: (i) the reaction rate when the concentration of the catalyst is 32 mmol/L, (ii) the total change in the reaction rate for an 8 mmol/L increase in concentration.

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f.

It was later found that one trial, where the concentration was 20 mmol/L and the reaction rate was 25 μ\muμmol/s, was incorrectly transcribed and is considered an outlier.

State, with a reason, the effect that removing this outlier would have on the value of the PMCC.

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2.5 Statistical Hypothesis Testing Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /2.5 Statistical Hypothesis Testing

355 exam-style questions on OCR (MEI) A Level Maths 2.5 Statistical Hypothesis Testing, covering 2.5.1 Process and language of hypothesis testing, 2.5.2 When to apply 1-tail and 2-tail tests, 2.5.3 Significance level and incorrect rejection, 2.5.4 Null and alternative hypotheses (binomial), 2.5.5 Conduct a binomial hypothesis test, 2.5.6 Critical and acceptance regions (binomial), 2.5.7 Distribution of the sample mean (A-level only), 2.5.8 Hypothesis test for a single mean (A-level only), 2.5.9 Critical and acceptance regions (mean) (A-level only), 2.5.10 Correlation as closeness to a straight line (A-level only), 2.5.11 Inference using a correlation coefficient (A-level only), and 2.5 Statistical Hypothesis Testing. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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