Complete the assessment:
Q1. As reported by the College Entrance Examination Board in National College-Bound Senior, the mean verbal score on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) in 1998 was 505 points out of a possible 800. A random sample of 25 verbal scores for last year yielded the following data.
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421
571
427
453
390
566
435
460
575
633
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456
378
509
637
571
495
560
521
554
497
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569
364
511
591
690
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At the 10% significance level, does it appear that last year's mean for verbal SAT scores is greater than the 1998 mean of 505 points?
Q2. Observing that the proportion of blue M&Ms in his bowl of candy appeared to be less than that of the other colors, Ronald D. Fricker, Jr., decided to compare the color distribution in randomly chosen bags of M&Ms to the theoretical distribution reported by M&M/MARS consumer affairs. Fricker published his findings in the article "The Mysterious Case of the Blue M&Ms" (Chance, 1996, Vol. 9(4), pp. 19-22). The following is the theoretical distribution.
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Color
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Percentage
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Brown
Yellow
Red
Orange
Green
Blue
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30
20
20
10
10
10
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For his study, Fricker bought three bags of M&Ms from local stores and counted the number of each color. The average number of each color in the three bags was distributed as follows:
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Color
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Frequency
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Brown
Yellow
Red
Orange
Green
Blue
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152
114
106
51
43
43
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Do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that the color distribution of M&Ms differs from that reported by M&M/MARS consumer affairs? Use α = 0.05