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Chapter 10

7. Millman’s golfing group is terrific for a group of amateurs. Are they ready to turn pro? Here’s the data. (Hint: Remember that the lower the score [in golf], the better!

Size

Average Score

Standard Deviation

Milman’s Group

82

2.6

The Pro’s

500

71

3.1

Chapter 11

8. Here are the results of three experiments where the means of the two groups being compared are exactly the same but the standard deviation is quite different from experiment to experiment. Compute the effect size using Formula 11.6 and then discuss why this size changes as a function of the change in variability.

Experiment 1

Group 1 Mean

78.6

Effective Size

Group 2 Mean

73.4

Standard Deviation

2.0

Experiment 2

Group 1 Mean

78.6

Effective Size

Group 2 Mean

73.4

Standard Deviation

4.0

Experiment 3

Group 1 Mean

78.6

Effective Size

Group 2 Mean

73.4

Standard Deviation

8.0