1.

What is your favorite color? A large survey of countries, including the United States,
China, Russia, France, Turkey, Kenya, and others, indicated that most people prefer the
color blue. In fact, about 24% of the population claim blue as their favorite color.
Suppose a random sample of 8 60 college students were surveyed and < 13 of them
said that blue is their favorite color. Does this information imply that the color preference
of all college students is different (either way) from that of the general population? Use
0.05.
claim:

: 0.24

H! :

: 0.24

H" :

: 0.24

Tail(s)?:
Test Statistic:
P-value:
Circle one:
Final Conclusion:
2.

Two tailed
D 0.42
0.6722
Reject H!

Fail to reject H!

Claim is not supported

Is fishing better from a boat or from the shore? Pyramid Lake is located on the Paiute
Indian Reservation in Nevada. Presidents, movie stars, and people who just want to catch
fish go to Pyramid Lake for really large cutthroat trout. Let row B represent hours per fish
caught fishing from the shore, and let row A represent hours per fish caught using a boat.
The following data are paired by month from October through April.

B: Shore
A: Boat

Oct
2.3
2.2

Nov
1.4
1.9

Dec
1.6
1.2

Jan
3.2
2.2

Feb
3.9
3.3

March April
3.6
3.3
3.0
3.8

Use a 10% level of significance to test if there is a difference in the population mean
hours per fish caught using a boat compared with fishing from the shore.
claim:

.. 0

H! :

.. 0

H" :

.. 0

Tail(s)?:
Test Statistic:
P-value:
Circle one:
Final Conclusion:

Two tailed
> 1.119
0.250  T  0.500
Reject H!

Fail to reject H!

Claim is not supported

3.

REM (rapid eye movement) sleep is sleep during which most dreams occur. Each night a
person has both REM and non-REM sleep. However, it is thought that children have
more REM sleep than adults. Assume that REM sleep time is normally distributed for
both children and adults. A random sample of 81 10 children (9 years old) showed that
they had an average REM sleep time of B1 2.9 hours per night. From previous studies,
it is known that 51 0.7 hour. Another random sample of 82 10 adults showed that
they had an average REM sleep time of B2 2.20 hours per night. Previous studies show
that 52 0.5 hour. Do these data indicate that, on average, children tend to have more
REM sleep than adults? Use a 1% level of significance.
claim:
H! :

.1 .2 !

H" :

.1 .2  !

Tail(s)?:
Test Statistic:
P-value:
Circle one:
Final Conclusion:
4.

.1  .2

Right tailed
D 2.57
0.0050
Reject H!

Fail to reject H!

Claim is supported

A random sample of 81 10 regions in New England gave the following violent crime
rates (per million population).
2.8

3.2

2.2

3.0

3.3

4.1

1.8

4.8

2.9

3.1

Another random sample of 82 12 regions in the Rocky Mountain states gave the
following violent crime rates (per million population).
3.0

4.0

4.6

5.0

3.3

4.8

3.5

2.4

3.1

3.5

5.2

2.8

Assume that the crime rate distribution is approximately normal in both regions. Do the
data indicate that the violent crime rate in the Rocky Mountain region is higher than in
New England? Use a = 0.10. Use your calculator to find B1 , =1 , B2 , and =2 .
claim:

.1  .2

H! :

.1 .2 !

H" :

.1 .2  !

Tail(s)?:
Test Statistic:
P-value:
Circle one:
Final Conclusion:

Left tailed
> 1.711
0.050  T  0.075
Reject H!

Fail to reject H!

Claim is supported

5.

Would you favor spending more federal tax money on the arts? Of a random sample of
81 240 women, <1 70 responded yes. Another random sample of 82 180 men
showed that <2 62 responded yes. Does this information indicate a difference (either
way) between the population proportion of women and the population proportion of men
who favor spending more federal tax dollars on the arts? Use 0.05.
claim:
H! :

:1 :2 0

H" :

:1 :2 0

Tail(s)?:
Test Statistic:
P-value:
Circle one:
Final Conclusion:
6.

:1 :2

Two tailed
D 1.15
0.2489
Reject H!

Fail to reject H!

Claim is not supported

How much should a healthy Shetland pony weigh? Let B be the age of the pony (in
months), and let C be the average weight of the pony (in kilograms).
B
C

3
60

a)

Make a scatter diagram of the data.

6
95

12
140

17
152

24
175

b)

Use a calculator to verify that
B 62,
B2 1054,
C 622,

C2 85,954, and
BC 9,214. Compute <.
< 0.960

c)

Is the linear correlation significant at 0.05? At 0.01?

Yes, because the absolute value of the given correlation coefficient is greater than
or equal to that for a sample size of n = 5 and a = 0.05.
Yes, because the absolute value of the given correlation coefficient is greater than
or equal to that for a sample size of n = 5 and a = 0.01.

7.

Let B be per capita income in thousands of dollars. Let C be the number of medical
doctors per 10,000 residents. Six small cities in Oregon gave the following information
about B and C.
B
C

9.0
9.4

9.3
18.8

9.9
22.0

8.0
10.2

8.3
11.4

8.7
13.1

Given
B 53.2,
C 84.9,
B2 474.08,
C2 1331.41,
BC 767.43, and
< 0.834.
a)

Find B, and C. Then find the equation of the least-squares line sC +  ,B.
(Round your answers for B and C to two decimal places. Round your answers for
+ and , to three decimal places.)
B 8.87
C 14.15
sC 40.582  6.173B

b)

Find the value of the coefficient of determination <2 . What percentage of the
variation in C can be explained by the corresponding variation in B and the leastsquares line? What percentage is unexplained? (Round your answer for <2 to three
decimal places. Round your answers for the percentages to one decimal place.)
<2 0.695
69.5% explained
30.5% unexplained

c)

Suppose a small city in Oregon has a per capita income of 8.3 thousand dollars.
What is the predicted number of M.D.s per 10,000 residents? (Round your answer
to two decimal places.)
10.65 M.D.s per 10,000 residents

d)

Draw a scatter diagram displaying the data and graph the least-squares line. Be
sure to plot the point (B, C) as a point on the line.