Review Chapter 7 and 8.

1. Find zα 2 for the 90% confidence interval.

2. Find tα 2 for the 95% confidence interval with n = 19 .

3. Find the p-value for a two tailed test with observed z = 2.06 .

4. Find the p-value for a left tailed test with observed t = −2.602 and n = 16 .

5. A researcher wishes to estimate the average amount money a person spends on lottery
tickets each month. A sample of 50 people who play the lottery found the mean to be $19.
and the standard deviation to be 6.8. Find the best point estimate of the population mean
and the 95% confidence interval of the population mean.

6. A university dean of students wishes to estimate the average number of hours students
spend doing homework per week. The standard deviation from a previous study is 6.2 hours.
How large a sample must be selected if he wants to be 99% confident of finding whether the
true mean differs from the sample mean by 1.5 hours?

7. The data represent a sample of the number of home fires started by candles for the past
several years. Find the 99% confidence interval for the mean number of home fires started
by candles each year.
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8. In a poll of 1000 likely voters 560 say that the United States spends too little on fighting
hunger at home. Find a 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of voters who feel this
way.

9. A recent study indicated that 29% of the 100 women over age 55 in the study were widows.
a. How large a sample must one take to be 90% confident that the estimate is within 0.05 of
the true proportion of women over age 55 who are widows?
b. If no estimate of the sample proportion is available, how large should the sample be?
10. A researcher reports that the average salary of assistant professors is more than $42,000. A
sample of 30 assistant professors has a mean salary of $43,260. At α = 0.05 , test the claim
that assistant professors earn more than $42,000 a year. The standard deviation of the
population is $5230.
a. Identify the claim and state the null and alternative hypotheses for the test.
b. Find the critical value.
c. Compute the test value.
d. Make a decision whether to reject or not to reject the null hypothesis.
e. Summarize the conclusion.

11. According to a recent poll 53% of Americans would vote for the incumbent president. If a
random sample of 100 people results in 45% who would vote for the incumbent, test the claim
that the actual percentage is 53% at the 10% level of significance. Use the p-value method.
a. Identify the claim and state the null and alternative hypotheses for the test.
b. Compute the test value.
c. Find the P-value.
d. Make a decision whether to reject or not to reject the null hypothesis.
e. Summarize the conclusion.

12. A physician claims that joggers’ maximal volume oxygen uptake is greater than the average
of all adults. A sample of 15 joggers has a mean of 40.6 milliliters per kilogram (ml/kg) and a
standard deviation of 6 ml/kg. If the average of all adults is 36.7 ml/kg, is there enough
evidence to support the physician’s claim at α = 0.05? Use the p-value method.

a. Identify the claim and state the null and alternative hypotheses for the test.
b. Compute the test value.
c. Find the P-value.
d. Make a decision whether to reject or not to reject the null hypothesis.
e. Summarize the conclusion.