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8.
The following sample was taken from a normally
distributed population: 15, 22, 10, 15, 11, 17, and 8.
Calculate the 95% confidence interval for this sample.
A. 14 plus or minus 6.52
B. 14 plus or minus 10.35
C. 14 plus or minus 8.97
D. 14 plus or minus 4.40
9.
The width of a confidence interval for a proportion
will be
A. narrower for 99% confidence than for 95% confidence.
B. wider for a sample of size 100 than for a sample of size
50.
C. wider for 90% confidence than for 95% confidence.
D. wider when the sample proportion is 0.50 than when the
sample proportion is 0.20.
10.
A sample size of 200 light bulbs was tested and
found that 11 were defective. What is the 95% confidence
interval around this sample proportion?
A. 0.055 plus or minus 0.032
B. 0.055 plus or minus 0.009
C. 0.055 plus or minus 0.044
D. 0.055 plus or minus 0.018
11.
The sample mean is an unbiased point estimator of
A. the population variance.
B. the population mean.
C. the population proportion.
D. None of the above
12.
An economist is interested in studying the incomes
of consumers in a particular region. The population
standard deviation is known to be $1,000. What sample size
would the economist need to use for a 95% confiden7ce
interval if the width of the interval should not be more than
$100?
A. 20
B. 40
C. 385
D. 1537
13.
The confidence interval for the difference between
two population means that are normally distributed where
the population variances are unknown but assumed equal
rely on
A. the average sample variance.
B. the estimated sample variance.
C. Satterthwaite's approximation.
D. the pooled sample variance.
14.
In a random sample of 400 Georgia residents, 272
indicated they were home owners. In another random
sample of 600 Florida residents, 390 were home owners.
What is the 99%
confidence interval for the difference between the
proportions?
A. 0.030 plus or minus 0.016
B. 0.030 plus or minus 0.035
C. 0.030 plus or minus 0.051
D. 0.030 plus or minus 0.077
15.
If you were running
a small sample (e.g., n=24) two-sided test at level of
significance .05, then the critical t-value would be
_________.
A. 1.711
D. 1.96
B. 2.069
C. 1.714
16.
A student claims that he can correctly identify
whether a person is a business major or an agriculture
major by the way the person dresses. Suppose in actuality
that he can correctly identify a business major 87% of the
time, while 16% of the time he mistakenly identifies an
agriculture major as a business major. Presented with one
person and asked to identify the major of this person (who
is either a business or agriculture major), he considers this
to be a hypothesis test with the null hypothesis being that
the person is a business major and the alternative that the
person is an agriculture major. What would be a Type I
error?
A. Saying that the person is an agriculture major when in
fact the person is a business major.
B. Saying that the person is a business major when in fact
the person is a business major.
C. Saying that the person is a business major when in fact
the person is an agriculture major.
D. Saying that the person is an agriculture major when in
fact the person is an agriculture major.
17.
The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis that
is true is
A. known as the confidence level.
B. p-value.
C. power of the test.
D. significance level.
18.
A small business college claims that their average
class size is equal to 35 students. This claim is being tested
with alpha equal to 0.05 using the following sample of class
sizes: 42, 28, 36, 47, 35, 41, 33, 30, 39, and 48. Assume
class sizes are normally distributed. What is the test statistic
and what conclusions will be drawn?
A. Since the test statistics equals 1.36, we reject the null
hypothesis and conclude that class size does not equal 35
students.
B. Since the test statistics equals 1.36, we fail to reject the
null hypothesis and conclude that class size does equal 35
students.
C. Since the test statistics equals 2.26, we reject the null
hypothesis and conclude that class size does not equal 35
students.
D. Since the test statistics equals 2.26, we fail to reject the
null hypothesis and conclude that class size does equal 35
students.
19.
Each of the following statements is true except:
A. The level of significance of a hypothesis test is called
alpha
B. The probability of making a Type II error is called beta.
C. The probability of rejecting a null hypothesis when it is
true is called alpha
D. The probability of making a Type I error is called beta.
20.
Test at the level of significance of 0.01 that 55% of
season ticket holders plan to buy season tickets the next
year. The local newspaper reports that the proportion of
those season ticket holders who buy tickets next year is not
equal to 55%. A random sample of 400 season ticket
holders reveals that 228 will buy season tickets next year.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
33.
State the null and alternative hypotheses to test the
hypothesis that the change in advertising has increased
sales.
a)
H0: D > 0, H1: D 0
b)
H0: D 0, H1: D > 0
c)
H0: D 0, H1: D < 0
d)
H0: D = 0, H1: D > 0
e)
none of the above
34.
Find the critical value to test the hypothesis that the
change in advertising has increased sales, using = 0.05.
a)
+1.645
b)
+1.96
c)
+2.365
d)
+1.895
e)
none of the above
35.
Construct a 95% confidence interval for the average
change in sales.
a)
50.25 (2.365) (40.385)
b)
50.25 (1.96) (40.385)
c)
50.25 (1.895) (40.385)
d)
50.25 (2.306) (40.385)
e)
none of the above
Use the following to answer questions 9, 10:
A programmer has written a software package that points
out errors in programs. Previously, this was done manually.
The mean number of errors the software picket out of 100
different programs was 15, with a standard deviation of 8.2.
The mean number of errors picked out manually, out of 100
programs, was 13, with a standard deviation of 4.9. We
want to test whether there is evidence that this software
picks out more errors than checking manually does.
Assume that the software is population 1 and manual
checking is population 2.
36.
State the null and alternative hypotheses to test
whether this software does pick out more errors.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
37.
Find the critical points to test whether this software
does find more errors, at = 0.05.
a)
+1.96
b)
+1.645
c)
+1.282
d)
+2.575
e)
+2.33
38.
When testing for the equality of two population
proportions, the F distribution is:
a)
sometimes appropriate
b)
never appropriate
c)
only appropriate if both sample sizes are less than
30
d)
only appropriate if at least one sample is at least 30
e)
used when the two variances are not equal
39.
Calculate the pooled variance for the following
sample data.
Sample
mean
40
30
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Sample Variance
Sample Size
10
12
12
15
3.33
124.64
11.12
34.4
none of the above
40.
Compute the p-value for a two-tailed test of the
difference in two means, with both sample sizes at least 30,
if the test statistic is z = 2.50. 0.0124
41. ........................................... A survey was conducted
to see if the proportion of men and women liking this brand
of jeans differed. In a sample of 100 men and 90 women,
62 of the men liked the jeans, and 66 of the women liked
the jeans. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the
difference in the proportion of men and women liking these
jeans.
CI =
42. A Type II error occurs when
A. We accept a false null hypothesis.
alternate hypothesis.
C. We reject a false null hypothesis.
above.
B. We reject a true
D. None of the
2.00
D. 3.47
E. None of the
above
50. Which is not true of p-values?
A. When they are small, we want to reject H0.
B. They show the chance of Type I error if we reject H0.
C. They must be specified before the sample is taken.
D. None of these above
51. A paper manufacturer samples 100 sheets of paper with
the a variance in thickness of 0.0025 inches squared.
Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population
variance.
A. [0.001990 , 0.003176]
B. [0.002010 ,
0.002990]
C. [0.001910 , 0.003335]
D [0.001930 , 0.003368]
E [0.002011 , 0.003208]