An independent research firm conducted a study of 100 randomly selected children who were participating in a program advertised to improve mathematics skills. The results showed no statistically significant improvement in mathematical skills, using a significance level of 0.05. The program is effective, which of the following would be an appropriate method for increasing power in this context? a. Increase the sample size to 200 children.
b. Use a two-sided test instead of a one sided test.
c. Decrease the sample size.
d. Use alpha-0.01 instead of a-alpha.
e. Use a one sided test instead of a two-sided test.

Michelle and julie work at a catering company. they need to bake 264 cookies for a birthday party that starts in a little over an hour and a half. each tube of cookie dough claims to make 36 cookies, but michelle eats about 1/5 of every tube and julie makes cookies that are 1.5 times as large as the recommended cookie size. it takes about 8 minutes to bake a container of cookies, but since julie's cookies are larger, they take 12 minutes to bake. a. how many tubes should each girl plan to bake? how long does each girl use the oven? b. explain your solution process what did you make? c. what assumptions did you make?