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Find the reference means rejected by an upper-tail test
Clara, who has diabetes, monitors glucose levels that vary throughout the day. A sample of 75 readings at random times over a week gives , .
(i) Find the set of values for which it would be accepted that at the 10% significance level.
(ii) State, with a reason, whether that conclusion would remain valid if all 75 readings were taken during weekends.
[2006/HCI/II/22(modified)]
CJC · Discussion · Question 6
Answer
(i) Full-precision normal-approximation rejection set ; intersect with positive values only if that restriction is imposed. (ii) Weekend-only readings do not justify whole-week inference.
(i) Estimate and invert the test
and . Test against . Using the source’s independent large-sample normal approximation, under . Reject for . Therefore This is rejection in favour of the upper alternative, not proof of it.
(i) Interpret the source’s set and rounding
The printed set is . Its positive lower bound is an extra restriction on reference means, not a consequence of the test inequality. Without that restriction, the real-valued rejection set is ; with positive reference means, intersect it with . The bound 6.42 is rounded; if reference means are explicitly restricted to a 0.01 grid, it is the largest rejecting grid value.
(ii) Coverage of the target time period
Weekend-only sampling does not cover all times during the week and need not represent the whole-week target. Randomness within weekends does not repair the missing weekday frame. The source rejects the whole-week inference for possible time-pattern bias; that does not establish any specific dietary or clinical effect. Even random times over the week need a suitable dependence model: temporal correlation can invalidate the iid standard error used here.
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Random times do not by themselves establish independent readings.