1. A dog groomer is often asked if small dogs bark more than larger dogs. To test this, he logs the number of separate barking episodes per day for three size dogs: small, medium, and large. In a separate file you will find the number of barking episodes for 12 dogs.
On average, small dogs barked the most
Mean: 7.25
On average, medium sized dogs barked the least
Mean: 2.75
USE SPSS FOR ALL PARTS AND SHOW DATA OUTPUT (PLOTS AND TABLES)
A. Do the different size dogs bark a significantly different number of times? Test with an α = 0.05.
B. If appropriate, use Tukey’s HSD post hoc test and report where the differences are. If inappropriate, state why.
Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...
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