Question 5 (14 Marks]
5. Two psychological tests were given to 11 men and 10 women. The variables are y1 = tool
(i~), (i~), G Zs)· recognition and y2 =vocabulary.The mean vectors and covariance matrices of the two samples
are
Y1 =
Yz =
S1 = (~ 1~) and S2 =
Assume that the observations are bivariate and follow multivariate normal distributions N (µi, 1:),
for i = l and 2.
5.1. Compute the pooled covariance matrix
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5.2. Conduct a test if there is any significant difference between the vector of expected mean
scores of men and women at 5% level of significance. Your answer should include the
following:
5.2.1. State the null and alternative hypothesis to be tested
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5.2.2. State the test statistics to be used and its corresponding distribution
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5.2.3. State the decision (rejection) rule and compute the tabulated value using an
appropriate statistical table
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5.2.4. Compute the test statistics and write up your decision and conclusion
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Question 6 [23 Marks]
(;~\\ (~\\
\\;:) \\!) 6. Let x~N 5 (µ, l:), where x = I X3 I, µ= I 7 I and
(~1-14
i: = I o 2
\\~ 0
4
!\\ 0 0
20
9 0 3 I.
:6) 0 9
37
Answer the follov.ing questions based on the above information.
xi;x 6.1. If z1 =
3 and z2 = x1 -½x 2 then, find the joint distribution of z1and z2. Are they
independently distributed? Provide explanation for your answer.
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6.2. Find the conditional distribution of x2 given (xi, x3 ).
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6.3. If y = 2x1 - 3x 2 + x3 , then find P(y > 7)
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Question 7 (9 Marks)
7. Let X' = [Xi, X2 , ... , Xp] have covariance matrix l: with eigenvalue-eigenvector pairs
(il1, e1), (i!.2, e2), ..., (ilp, ep) where il1 ;:::il2 ;:::... ;:::ilp ;:::0. Let Yi = e1X, Y2 = e;x, ..., Yp=
e;x be the principal components. Then show that
7.1. Var(l't) = ili
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rf=l 7.2. tr(l:) = Var(Ya = il1 + A.z+ ...+ ilp
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Question 8 (13 marks]
8. A researcher compared judges' scores on fish prepared by three methods. Twelve fish were
cooked by each method, and several judges tasted fish samples and rated each on four variables:
y 1 =aroma, y 2 =flavor, y 3 =texture, and y4 =moisture. The summary statistics of the data are
given in the attached software output (Tables 1-5 given below).
8.1. Draw conclusion of the Box test for equality of covariance matrix using the 5% significance
level. Your answer should include the hypothesis to be tested, test statics and p - value
and conclusion.
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8.2. Are there significant mean difference of judges' scores (as rated each on four variables)
between three different methods? Your answer should include the hypothesis to be tested,
test statics and p - value and conclusion.
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8.3. Are there significant mean difference of judges' score on flavour offish prepared by three
methods? If so, which cooking methods differ?
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8.4. Are there significant mean difference judges' score on moisture of fish prepared by three
methods? Explain in detail.
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