Recall the study about anchoring , in which students estimated the population of Milwaukee aft er some had been told about Chicago and others about Green Bay. a. Describe in words the parameter(s) of interest in the context of this study.
b. In the context of the parameter(s) described in part (a), express the null and alternative hypotheses for testing whether the class data give strong evidence in support of the anchoring phenomenon described above. If you use symbols, make sure to defi ne them.
c. Check whether the conditions for the validity of the theory-based t-test to compare two means are satisfi ed here.
d. Use appropriate technology (an applet or a statistical soft - ware package) to conduct a t-test of signifi cance of the hypotheses that you stated in part (b). Report the test statistic and p-value.
e. State your conclusion in the context of the study, being sure to comment on statistical signifi cance.
f. Determine and interpret the 95% confi dence interval using a theory-based approach for the parameter(s) of interest in the context of the study.
g. Comment on causation and generalization for this study.