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STAT600: Data Analysis And Interpretation

Question 2

The NSW Social Welfares Minister would like to form an opinion on which communities, males, females or persons, has worst experience in sexual assaults by family members in the period 2014-2020, supported by statistical analysis

a) Specify the confidence level for an ANOVA test

90% / 95%: _____

(1 mark)

a)    Specify the hypothesis in mathematical form and explain what the “Greek alphabets” are:

H0: _____

HA: _____

Explanation of “Greek alphabets”: _____

b)      Compute and interpret the following:

Critical Value: _____

SST: _____

 

SSE: _____

 

MST: _____

 

MSE: _____

 

 statistics: _____

(6 marks)

d)      Conclusion of the ANOVA Test:

Reject / Do not reject H0:  _____

Reason: _____

(2 marks)

e)    Could the NSW Social Welfare Minister conclude which communities, males, females or persons, has suffered most in family sexual assaults in the period 2014 to 2020, based on the answer in d)? Please explain.

Yes / No: _____

Explanation: _____

(2 marks)

f)      Generally, in all states and territories, persons has the most occurrences of sexual assaults by family members in the period 2014 to 2020, relative to males and females. 

Please explain the vulnerability of persons generally to sexual assaults by family members, from social-economical perspectives.

_____

(2 marks)


Question 3

Please explain why different statistics techniques are adopted for Questions 1 and 2.

_____

(2 marks)


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