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Probability and Statistics - Problem Set 5

This document contains 6 problems related to probability and statistics. The problems involve: 1) testing whether the mean salary of teachers differs from a reported value; 2) testing whether the average calories in cookies exceeds 110; 3) testing a claimed percentage of adults who attended plays; 4) testing whether a film changed attitudes towards exercise; 5) finding a confidence interval for the difference in hospital stays between insured and uninsured women; and 6) testing for a difference in ages between resident and commuter students. For each problem, steps are provided to state the hypothesis, find critical values, compute test values, make decisions, and summarize results.

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Probability and Statistics - Problem Set 5

This document contains 6 problems related to probability and statistics. The problems involve: 1) testing whether the mean salary of teachers differs from a reported value; 2) testing whether the average calories in cookies exceeds 110; 3) testing a claimed percentage of adults who attended plays; 4) testing whether a film changed attitudes towards exercise; 5) finding a confidence interval for the difference in hospital stays between insured and uninsured women; and 6) testing for a difference in ages between resident and commuter students. For each problem, steps are provided to state the hypothesis, find critical values, compute test values, make decisions, and summarize results.

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Probability and Statistics

Problem Set 5

LAST NAME FIRST NAME MI SCORE

For the following exercises where applicable

a. State the hypothesis and identify the claim


b. Find the critical value
c. Compute the test value (you can do it manually or with the aid of technology)
d. Make the decision (use the traditional method unless otherwise specified)
e. Summarize results

1. The average salary for public school teachers for a specific year was reported to
be $39,385. A random sample of 50 public school teachers in a particular state had
a mean of $41,680 and a standard deviation of $5,975. Is there sufficient evidence
at the 𝛼 = 0.05 level to conclude that the mean salary differs from $39,385?

2. The average 1-ounce chocolate chip cookie contains 110 calories. A random
sample of 15 different brands of 1-ounce chocolate chip cookies resulted in the
following calorie amounts. At the 𝛼 = 0.01 level, is there sufficient evidence that the
average calorie is greater than 110 calories?

100 125 150 160 185 125 155


145 160 150 140 135 120 110

3. The statistical abstract reported that 17% of adults attended a musical play in the
past year. To test this claim, a researcher surveyed 90 people and found that 22 had
attended a musical play in the past year. At 𝛼 = 0.05, test the claim that this figure
is correct.

4. A doctor is interested in determining whether a film about exercise will change 10


person’s attitudes about exercise. The results of his questionnaire are shown. A
higher numerical value shows a more favorable attitude toward exercise. Is there
enough evidence to support the claim, at 𝛼 = 0.05 that there was a change in
attitude? Find the 95% confidence interval for the difference of the two means.

Before: 12 11 14 9 8 6 8 5 4 7
After: 13 12 10 9 8 8 7 6 5 5

5. Health Care Knowledge systems reported that an insured woman spends on


average 2.3 days in the hospital for routine childbirth, while uninsured woman
spends on average 1.9 days. Assume two samples of 16 women each were used and
the standard deviations are both equal. Find the 99% confidence interval for the
differences. Use the p-value method.
6. A College Dean wants to see whether there is a significant difference in ages of
resident students and commuting students. She selects a sample of 50 students from
each group. The ages are shown below. At 𝛼 = 0.05, decide if there is enough
evidence to reject the claim of no difference in the ages of two groups. Use the p-
value method.

Resident Students:
22 25 27 23 26 28 26 24 25 20 26 24
27 26 18 19 18 30 26 18 18 19 32 23
19 19 18 29 19 22 18 22 26 19 19 21
23 18 20 18 22 21 19 21 21 22 18 20
19 23

Commuter Students
18 20 19 18 22 25 24 35 23 18 23 22
28 25 20 24 26 30 22 22 22 21 18 20
19 26 35 19 19 18 19 32 29 23 21 19
36 27 27 20 20 21 18 19 23 20 19 19
20 25

Prepared by:

MICHAEL HOWARD D. MORADA, PhD

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