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A study was conducted at a local high school to analyze the average cumulative GPAs of students who graduated
students who graduated from the high school last year are randomly selected and found that the average cumulat
Then, we have: a) The population is all students who graduated from the high school last year, b) The sample is 3
graduated from the high school last year randomly selected

You want to know the mean income of the subscribers to a particular magazine. You draw a random sample of 1
determine that their mean income is $27,500. Then, we have: a) the population is subscribers to the magazine, b)
subscribers of the sample.

The pH of a solution is measured eight times by one operator using the same instrument. She obtains the followi
7.18, 7.19, 7.21, 7.20, 7.16, and 7.18. Calculate the sample mean and sample standard deviation.

Parking at a large university has become a very big problem. University administrators are interested in determin
time (e.g. the time it takes a student to find a parking spot) of its students. An administrator inconspicuously follo
carefully recorded their parking times. Identify the sample of interest to the university administration.
Which of the following is a continuous quantitative variable?

Jared was working on a project to look at global warming and accessed an Internet site where he captured averag
temperatures from 1866. Which of the four methods of data collection was he using?
You want to know the mean income of the subscribers to a particular magazine. You draw a random sample of 1
determine that their mean income is $27,500. What are the population and the sample?
Classify each set of data as discrete or continuous: 1) The number of suitcases lost by an airline. 2) The height of c

Classify each set of data as discrete or continuous: 1) The time it takes for a car battery to die.2) The production o

Find the mode of the following sample: 2, 3, 5, 3, 6, 8, 9, 20, 11, 4, 6.

Find the median of the following sample: 2, 3, 5, 3, 6, 8, 9, 20, 11, 4, 6
Find the variance of the following sample: 2, 3, 5, 3, 6, 8, 9, 20, 11, 4, 6
Find the quartiles of the following sample: 2, 3, 5, 3, 6, 8, 9, 20, 11, 4, 6.
Find the interquartile of the following sample: 2, 3, 5, 3, 6, 8, 9, 20, 11, 4, 6.
Find the lower whisker and upper whisker of the following sample: 2, 3, 5, 3, 6, 8, 9, 20, 11, 4, 6.

A city engineering wants to estimate the average weekly water consumption for single-family dwelling units in t
are chosen randomly. And it is found that 25 families consumpt 30m^3 water per month. What is the sample and

The population is _____

Casualty data from the great flu epidemic of 1918 were collected for a study. This represents what type of study?
Tossing a six-sided (of a, b, c, d, e and f) dice and a coin (of head and tail). What is the sample space?
The time it takes to download a video from the Internet is _____
When data are collected in a statistical study for only a portion or subset of all elements of interest we are using a
C) sampling frame, D) population
An article reported the following data on oxygen consumption (mL/kg/min) for a sample of ten firefighters perfo
fire-suppression simulation: 29.5; 49.3; 30.6; 28.2; 28.0; 26.3; 33.9; 29.4; 23.5; 31.6; 20.1; 15.7. Compute sample m
deviation.

Which of the following is a discrete quantitative variable?

When data are collected in a statistical study for only a portion or subset of all elements of interest we are using a
Which of the following shows the data in a steam and leaf plot?

A small company has 7 employees. The numbers of years these employees have worked for the company are show
16; 9; 8; 16. Based upon this information, the median number of years that employeees have been with the comp

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the CONTINUOUS random variable? It ___________
Recently a study of fans attending the New York Mets baseball games was conducted and 500 fans were surveyed
forming a frequency distribution of the number of miles fans traveled from home to the stadium, it was found th
traveled between 0 and 5 miles. Based on this information what was the relative frequency for this class?
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parking times of the 130 students

The volume of gasoline that is lost to evaporation during the filling of a gas tank.

Retrospective study

the subscribers to a particular magazine & 100 subscribers randomly selected

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Retrospective.
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The probability is 1% that an electrical connector that is kept dry fails during the warranty period of a portable c
connector is ever wet, the probability of a failure during the warranty period is 5%. If 90% of the connectors are
wet, what proportion of connectors fail during the warranty period?

A research group asked the students if they carry a credit card. The responses are listed in the following table. If
selected, find the probability that he or she owns a credit card given that the student is a freshman. Round your a
places.
Suppose that P(A|B) = 0.6, P(A) = 0.5 and P(B) = 0.1. Find the value of P(B|A).

If an aircraft is present in a certain area, a radar correctly registers its presence with probability 0.99. If it is not p
registers an aircraft presence with probability 0.10. We assume that an aircraft is present with probability 0.05. W
false alarm (a false indication of aircraft presence), and the probability of missed detecation (nothing registers, ev
present)?

You enter a chess tournament where your probability of winning a game is 0.3 against half the players (call them
quarter of the players (call them type 2), and 0.5 against the remaining quarter of the players (call them type 3). Y
randomly chosen opponent. What is the probability of winning?

A test for a certain rare disease is assumed to be correct 95% of the time. If a person has the disease, the test resul
probability 0.95 and if the person does not have the disease, the test results are negative with probability 0.95. A
from a certain population has probability 0.001 of having the disease. Given that the person just tested positive, w
having the disease?

Which of the following is always true?

If two balanced die are rolled, the possible outcomes can be represented as follows.Determine the probability tha

At a Ohio college, 25% of students speak Spanish, 5% speak French, and 3% speak both languages. What is the p
chosen at random from the college speaks Spanish but not French?

According to a survey of American households, the probability that the residents own 2 cars if annual household
$30,000 is 70%. Of the households surveyed, 60% had incomes over $30,000 and 80% had 2 cars. The probability
household own 2 cars given that having an income under $30,000 a year is:
If two events A and B are __________, then P(A and B) = P(A)P(B).
Let P(A) = 0.5; P(B) = 0.4; P(AB) = 0. Which of the following statements are true?

The alarm system at a nuclear power plant is not completely reliable. If there is something wrong with the reacto
the alarm goes off is 0.99. On the other hand, the alarm goes off on 0.01 of the days when nothing is actually wro
something is wrong with the reactor only one day out of 100. What is the probability that something is actually w
off?

The probability of a New York teenager owning a skateboard is 0.37, of owning a bicycle is 0.81 and of owning b
York teenager is chosen at random, what is the probability that the teenager owns a skateboard or a bicycle?
In New York State, 48% of all teenagers own a skateboard and 39% of all teenagers own a skateboard and roller b
probability that a teenager owns roller blades given that the teenager owns a skateboard?
At a middle school, 18% of all students play football and basketball and 32% of all students play football. What is
student plays basketball given that the student plays football?
In a class of 30 students, there are 17 girls and 13 boys. 12 are good students, and nine of these students are girls.
random, what is the probability of choosing a boy or a good student
In the United States, 43% of people wear a seat belt while driving. If two people are chosen at random, what is th
of them wear a seat belt?
In a school, 14% of students take drama and computer classes, and 67% take drama class, 30% take computer clas
probability that a student takes computer class given that the student does not take drama class?
In a pet store, there are 6 puppies, 9 kittens, 4 gerbils and 7 parakeets. If a pet is chosen at random, what is the pr
puppy or a parakeet?

The probability is 2% that an electrical connector that is kept dry fails during the warranty period of a portable c
connector is ever wet, the probability of a failure during the warranty period is 10%. If 80% of the connectors ar
wet, what proportion of connectors fail during the warranty period?
If P(A) = 0.72, P(B) = 0.11, and A and B are independent, find P(A|B).
The probability is 2% that an electrical connector that is kept dry fails during the warranty period of a portable c
connector is ever wet, the probability of a failure during the warranty period is 10%. If 80% of the connectors ar
wet, what proportion of a connectors is wet given that it fails during the warranty period?

Company X is determining whether it should submit a bid for a new shopping center. In the past, X’s main comp
submitted bids 65% of the time. If Company Y does not bid on a job, the probability that Company X will get the
Y bids on a job, the probability that Company X will get the job is 0.3. What is the probability that Company X w

X and Y are not i

A car salesman has noted that the probability that the dealership sells a car on a Saturday morning is 0.30. Then t
dealership not selling a car on Saturday morning is .....
If two events are independent, then by definition they must also be mutually exclusive.

A class in advanced physics is composed of 10 juniors, 30 seniors, and 10 graduate students. The final grades show
the juniors, 10 of the seniors, and 5 of the graduate students received an A for the course. If a student is chosen a
this class and is found to have earned an A , what is the probability that he or she is a senior?

Find the probability of answering the two multiple choice questions correctly if random guesses are made. Assum
have five choices for the answer. Only one of the choices is correct.
Bag A contains 10 white and 6 black balls, Bag B contains 12 white and 4 black balls while Bag C contains 28 wh
ball is drawn from one of the bags and it is found to be white. Find the probability that it was drawn from Bag A

You have six unread mysteries on your bookshelf and six unread science fiction books. The first three of each typ
last three are paperback. Consider randomly selecting one of the six mysteries and then randomly selecting one o
books to take on a post-finals vacation. What is the probability that both selected books are paperbacks?
A company has 2 machines that produce widgets. An older machine produces 10% defective widgets, while the n
machine produces only 2% defective widgets. In addition, the new machine produces 3 times as many widgets as
machine does. Given that a randomly chosen widget was tested, what is the probability that the widget was defe

According to a survey of American households, the probability that the residents own 2 cars if annual household
over $50,000 is 80%. Of the households surveyed, 60% had incomes over $50,000. We have: (1) the probability th
a household own 2 cars and having an income over $50,000 a year is _____; (2) the probability that the residents
not own 2 cars and having an income over $50,000 a year is _____

The New York State Health Department reports a 10% rate of the HIV virus for the "at-risk" population. Under
preliminary screening test for the HIV virus is correct 95% of the time. If someone is randomly selected from the
is the probability that they have the HIV virus if it is known that they have tested negative in the initial screenin

A day’s production of a factory contains sub standard products of the ratio 10%. Before putting products on the m
they are tested by a machine.The ratio that the machine correctly recognize standard products is 95%. The ratio
ones is 85%. What are the probabilities that (a) sub standard product occurs on the market and (b) standard prod
factory?

A day’s production of a factory contains sub standard products of the ratio 10%. Before putting products on the m
they are tested by a machine.The ratio that the machine correctly recognize standard products is 95%. The ratio
ones is 85%. What is the probability that a product was incorrectly recognized?

A day’s production of a factory contains sub standard products of the ratio 10%. Before putting products on the m
a machine.The ratio that the machine correctly recognize standard products is 95%. The ratio for sub standard on
probability that a product, occurred on the market, is a standard one?
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Messages arrive at a computer at an average rate of 5 messages per second. The number of messages that arrive in
a Poisson random variable. Find the probability that 1 message arrive in 1 second
An urn contains 30 red and 20 green balls. A sample of 5 balls is selected at random, without replacement. Find t
deviation of the number of red balls in the sample.
The number of customers that arrive at a fast-food business during a one-hour period is known to be Poisson dist
equal to 8.60. What is the probability that 2 or 3 customers will arrive in one hour?
Let X be a discrete uniform random variable on the interval [2; 20]. Find the mean and standard deviation of X
The phone lines to an airline reservation system are occupied 40% of the time. Assume that the events that the li
successive calls are independent. Assume that 10 calls are placed to the airline. What is the probability that for ex
are occupied?

The phone lines to an airline reservation system are occupied 40% of the time. Assume that the events that the li
successive calls are independent. Assume that 10 calls are placed to the airline. What is the probability that for at
are not occupied?

An office has three telephone lines. Assume that the events that the lines are in use are independent. In addition
line in using are the same. At any given time, the probability that at least one line is in use is 0.8. Find the probab
time, all three lines are in use. (Round your answer to the nearest.)

The components in the system are regarded as independent trials. We have a system with 100 independent comp
that a component will fail during a prescribed period of time is 0.005. What is the probability that the system is o
the period, which requires that no component fail?

Compute the probability of obtaining three defectives in a sample of size 10 taken without replacement from a b
containing four defectives.
Messages arrive at a computer at an average rate of 3 messages/second. The number of messages that arrive in 1 s
Poisson random variable. Find the probability that no messages arrive in 1 second. (Round your answer to the ne
Messages arrive at a computer at an average rate of 15 messages/second. The number of messages that arrive in 1
Poisson random variable. Find the probability that no messages arrive in 1 second.
The number of messages that arrive at a Web site is a Poisson random variable with a mean of five messages per h
probability that five messages are received in 1.0 hour?
The number of messages that arrive at a Web site is a Poisson random variable with a mean of five messages per
probability that 10 messages are received in 1.5 hours?
The number of messages that arrive at a Web site is a Poisson random variable with a mean of five messages per h
probability that fewer than two messages are received in 0.5 hour? (Round your answer to the nearest.)
The number of industrial injuries per working week in a particular factory is known to follow a Poisson distribut
Find the probability that there will be no accidents in a three-week period
The number of misprints on a page of the Daily Mercury has Poisson distribution with mean 1.2. Find the probab
errors on all forty pages adds up to at least 3
The number of misprints on a page of the Daily Mercury has Poisson distribution with mean 1.2. Find the standa
number of error in thirty pages.
The probability that a radish seed will germinate is 0.7. A gardener plants seeds in batches of 11. find the standar
random variable X, the number of seeds germinating in each batch

From past experience it is known that 3% of accounts in a large accounting population are in error. What is the p
accounts are audited before two accounts in error are found?

From past experience it is known that 3% of accounts in a large accounting population are in error. What is the s
number of accounts audited until 3 accounts in error occur?
From past experience it is known that 3% of accounts in a large accounting population are in error. Find the mea
account audited before two accounts in error are found
The Ski Patrol at Criner Mountain Ski Resort has determined the following probability distribution for the numb
injured each weekend:Based on this information, what is the expected number of injuries per weekend?

The following probability distribution has been assessed for the number of accidents that occur in a mid western
this probability distribution, the standard deviation in the number of accidents per day is _- (Round your answer

The following probability distribution has been assessed for the number of accidents that occur in a mid western
the data given below, find the probability that there are at least two accidents per day.
A greenhouse is offering a sale on tulip bulbs because they have inadvertently mixed pink bulbs with red bulbs. I
pink and 65% are red, what is the probability that at least one of the bulbs will be pink if 5 bulbs are purchased?
Let X be a discrete uniform random variable on the interval [2; 20]. Find P(X < 13)
A jar contains 6 red balls, 3 green balls, 5 white balls and 7 yellow balls. Two balls are chosen from the jar, with r
probability that both balls chosen are green?
A nationwide survey showed that 65% of all children in the United States dislike eating vegetables. If 4 children
what is the probability that all 4 DISLIKE eating vegetables? (Round your answer to the nearest percent.)
On a math test, 5 out of 20 students got an A. If three students are chosen at random without replacement, what
that all three got an A on the test?
In a shipment of 100 televisions, 6 are defective. If a person buys two televisions from that shipment, what is the
one television are defective? (Round to 2 digits after dot)
The Ski Patrol at Criner Mountain Ski Resort has determined the following probability distribution for the numb
injured each weekend:What is the probability that the number of injuries per week is at most 3?

The number of patients visiting a clinic that treats insect bites can be modelled as a Poisson distribution with a ra
Find the probability that there are more than 4 patients on a given day. (Round to 3 digits after dot)

The number of patients visiting a clinic that treats insect bites can be modelled as a Poisson distribution with a ra
An extra doctor is required at the clinic, if within a 5 day period, at least 4 days have more than 2 patients. Find t
extra doctor is required. (Round to 3 digits after dot)

The number of patients visiting a clinic that treats insect bites can be modelled as a Poisson distribution with a ra
day. An extra doctor is required at the clinic, if within a 5 day period, at least 3 days have more than 4 patients. F
an extra doctor is required.
Pheo is a student basketball player. His probability of making a free throw is 0.9. During the season, what is the p
makes his 5-th free throw on his 8-th shot?
No is a football player. Her probability of making a goal is 0.9. During the season, what is the probability that Joh
shots?

The number of industrial injuries per working week in a particular factory is known to follow a Poisson distribut
It has been noted that, on Staturday, 60% of the customers at the store buy an umbrella. What is the probability
at the store until the first one buys an umbrella. (Round to 4 digits after dot)

A test consists of 25 multiple choice questions with four choices for each question. You will get 0.4 mark for each
experiment, you guess on each and every answer without even reading the questions. Find the mean of the mark

Roll a fair six-sided dice numbered 1 through 6 and let X be a random variable that observes which face appears.
value) and standard deviation of X. (Round to 2 digits after dot)

The probability of a successful optical alignment in an assembly of an optical data storage product is 0.9. Assume
independent. Let X denote the number of trials required until the first alignment occurs, so the possible values of
… What is the probability that the first successful alignment requires exactly four trials? (Round to 4 digits after

The probability of a successful optical alignment in an assembly of an optical data storage product is 0.9. Assume
independent. Let X denote the number of trials required until the first alignment occurs, so the possible values of
the average number of trials necessary to obtain the first successful alignment? (Round to 3 digits after dot)

Assume that a researcher randomly selects 14 newborn babies and counts the number of girls selected, x. The pro
to the 14 possible values of x are summarized in the given table. Find the probability of selecting 5 or more girls.
dot)

Suppose that X has a discrete uniform distribution on the integers 10 to 99. Which of the following are correct? (
(ii)E(2X) = 109
Let f(x) = (4/5)*[(1/5)^x] be the probability mass function of some discrete random variable X = {0, 1, 2, …}. Deno
cummulative distribution function of X. Find F(1). (Round to 2 digits after dot)

In a manufacturing process that laminates several ceramic layers, 1% of the assemblies are defective. Assume tha
independent. What is the standard deviation of the number of assemblies that need to be checked to obtain two

A quality-control engineer inspects a random sample of 3 batteries from each lot of 24 car batteries ready to be sh
contains 6 batteries with slight defects, what probabilities that the inspector's sample will contain only one batte
3 digits after dot)
A die is rolled 18 times and let X be the number of face three that come up. Find the standard deviation of X. (Ro

A total of 12 cells are replicated. Freshly-synthesized DNA cannot be replicated again until mitosis is completed.
mechanisms have been identified- one positive and one negative- that are used with equal probability. Assume th
independently uses a control mechanism. What is the mean and variance of the number of cells use a positive co

For the case of the thin copper wire, suppose that the number of flaws follows a Poisson distribution with a mean
millimeter. Determine the probability of exactly 2 flaws in 1 millimeter of wire? (Round to 2 digits after dot)
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The time it takes to assemble a children's bicycle by a parent has been shown to be normally distributed with a m
minutes with a standard deviation equal to 45 minutes. Given this information, what is the probability that it wi
selected parent between 300 and 340 minutes? Let P(Z < 0) = 0.5000, P(Z < 0.11 ) = 0.5438, P(Z < 1 ) = 0.8413.

Let X be a normal distribution with the mean of 4 and the variance of 9. Find the value of x such that P (x < X < 7
P(Z<-0.41) =0.34
Suppose X is an uniform continuous random variable over the interval [30, 80]. Find the mean (expected value) a
X
If the time it takes for a customer to be served at a fast-food chain business is thought to be uniformly distributed
minutes, what is the probability that the time it takes for a randomly selected customer will be less than 5 minut

The manager of a computer help desk operation has collected enough data to conclude that the distribution of tim
distributed with a mean equal to 8.21 minutes and a standard deviation of 2.14 minutes. The manager has decide
attached to the phone so that after a certain period of time, a sound will occur on her employees' phone if she ex
manager wants to set the time limit at a level such that it will sound on only 8 percent of all calls. Let P(Z < 1.41)
0.08, the time limit should be:

Let X be a continuous random variable with the probability density function. Find a.
Suppose that a continuous random variable X has probability density function f(x) = 4x3 (0 < x < 1). Find E(X) &
Let be a cumulative distribution function of a continuous random variable X. Find P( X < 0.7).
For standard normal curve, what is the area between the mean and 0.85 standard deviation below the mean?
Let X be a uniformly distributed random variable. Given two probabilites as follow. Find mean of X
Let X be a uniformly distributed random variable. Given two probabilites as follow. Find standard deviation of X
Let X be a uniformly distributed random variable. Given two probabilites of P(X < 30) = 0.25 and P(X > 50) = 0.25
Let X be a uniformly distributed random variable. Given two probabilites as follow. Find P(20<X<40).
Given the following. Find P(Y>5) .
If the time it takes for a customer to be served at a fast-food chain business is thought to be uniformly distributed
minutes. Find the mean and the standard deviation of the time it takes for a customer to be served.
If the time it takes for a customer to be served at a fast-food chain business is thought to be uniformly distributed
minutes. Find the mean of the time it takes for a customer to be served
Assume that z scores are normally distributed with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1. If P(0.2 < Z < a) = 0
The diameters of pencils produced by a certain machine are normally distributed with a mean of 0.32 inches and
0.01 inches. What is the probability that the diameter of a randomly selected pencil will be less than 0.297 inche
Let is a standard normal variable, find the the probability that Z lies between 0 and 3.01.
Suppose the probability density function of the length of computer cables is f(x) = 0.5 from 10 to 12 millimeters.
the cable length
Let X be continuous random variable such that P(x) is 0.5 for x in the interval [10; 12] and it is zero elswhere. De
P(11) and the standard deviation of X.
Suppose the probability density function of the length of computer cables is f(x) = 0.5 from 10 to 12 millimeters.
variance of the cable length.
Suppose the probability density function of the length of computer cables is f(x) = 0.5 from 10 to 12 millimeters.
standard deviation of the cable length.
Let X be a continuous random variable with the probability density function. Find F(0.5).
Letbe a cumulative distribution function of a continuous random variable X. Find f(2).
Letbe a cumulative distribution function of a continuous random variable X. Find P(0.2 < X < 0.5)
If the time it takes for a customer to be served at a fast-food chain business is thought to be uniformly distributed
minutes. Find the variance of the time it takes for a customer to be served.

The rate of return X (%) of an investment project is considered a normally distributed random variable. Accordin
committee's assessment, with probability 0.1587 for a rate of return higher than 20% and with probability 0.0228
greater than 25%. Find the probability P(X > 0). Let P(Z<1) =0.8413, P(Z<2) = 0.9772, note that, by 3-sigma rule,
standard deviation, 95% within 2 standard deviation and 68% within 1 standard deviation.

A study of the time spent shopping in a supermarket for a basket of 20 specific items showed an approximately u
between 20 minutes and 40 minutes. Find the probability that the shopping time will be between 25 and 30 min
A study of the time spent shopping in a supermarket for a basket of 20 specific items showed an approximately u
between 20 minutes and 40 minutes. Find the probability that the shopping time will be less than 35 minutes.
A study of the time spent shopping in a supermarket for a basket of 20 specific items showed an approximately u
between 20 minutes and 40 minutes. What are the mean and standard deviation of the shopping time?
The weekly salaries of teachers in one state are normally distributed with a mean of $490 and a standard deviatio
probability that a randomly selected teacher earns more than $525 a week? Let P(Z<0.778) = 0.7817 and P(Z<0.16
The time (in minutes) it takes adult to memorize a sequence of random digits is an exponential random variable.
is 2 minutes. What is the probability that it takes an adult over five minutes to memorize the digits?

A supermarket manager has determined that the amount of time customers spend in the supermarket is approxim
distributed with a mean of 45 minutes and a standard deviation of 6 minutes. Find the probability that a custome
43 minutes in the supermarket. Let P(Z<-1) = 0.159, P(Z<-0.33) = 0.371, P(Z<0.02) = 0.508, and P(Z<0.85) = 0.802

A supermarket manager has determined that the amount of time customers spend in the supermarket is approxim
distributed with a mean of 45 minutes and a standard deviation of 6 minutes. Find the probability that a custome
minutes in the supermarket. Let P(Z<-1) = 0.159, P(Z<-0.33) = 0.371, P(Z<0.02) = 0.508, and P(Z<0.5) = 0.6914.

If you were constructing a 99% confidence interval of the population mean based on a sample of n = 25 where th
the sample s = 0.05, the critical value of t will be _______
Suppose the cummulative distribution function of the random variable X is as below. Compute P(-1 < X < 2).
Suppose X is a uniform continuous random variable over the interval [40; 70]. Find the standard deviation of X.

Let X be a continuous random variable with expected value E(X) = 10 and variance V(X) = 4. Find E(X^2).

A catalog company that receives the majority of its orders by telephone conducted a study to determine how lon
willing to wait on hold before ordering a product. The length of time was found to be a random variable best app
exponential distribution with a mean equal to 2.8 minutes. Find the probability that callers is put on hold longer
A catalog company that receives the majority of its orders by telephone conducted a study to determine how lon
willing to wait on hold before ordering a product. The length of waiting time was found to be a variable best app
exponential distribution with a mean length of waiting time equal to 3 minutes (i.e. the mean number of calls an
Find the waiting time at which only 10% of the customers will continue to hold.

A naturalist leads whale watch trips every morning in March. The number of whales seen in a given day has a Po
mean of 4.3. Find the probability that on a randomly selected trip, the number of whales seen is 3.

Let X be a random variable that have exponential distribution with mean 3. Find P(X > 1).
The lifetime X of an electronic component has an exponential distribution such that P(X<=1000) =0.75. What is t
the component?

Suppose the lifetime of a particular brand of light bulbs is exponentially distributed with mean of 400 hours. Find
out of 7 randomly selected light bulbs would last over 500 hours.
Suppose the lifetime of a particular brand of light bulbs is exponentially distributed with mean of 400 hours. Find
randomly selected light bulb would last between 300 hours and 800 hours.
The length of time for telephone conversations (in minutes) is exponentially distributed with average (mean) len
minutes. What is the probability that a conversation lasts less than 2 minutes?
Suppose that X is normally distributed with mean 95 and standard deviation 25. What value of X does only the to
5e^-5y if y> 0
Given the following PDF and E(Y)=0.4. Find variance V(X).
The time in minutes that customers arrive at a bank has an exponential distribution with the mean of 3. Custome
What is the probability that there will be a customer who arrives later than Alicia, but no more than minutes la
The time in minutes that customers arrive at a bank has an exponential distribution with the mean of 3. Custome
What is the probability that no customer arrives for at least 6 minutes

The number of customers served (done) by a postal clerk during in 1-hour period has a Poisson distribution with
Suppose customer Alicia has spent four minutes (being processed) with a postal clerk. What is the probability tha
(done) by the postal clerk in the total waiting time at least 7 minutes (included last 4 minutes)?

The number of customers served (done) by a postal clerk during in 1-hour period has a Poisson distribution with
Suppose customer Alicia has spent four minutes (being processed) with a postal clerk. What is the probability tha
(done) by the postal clerk in the total waiting time at least 9 minutes (included last 4 minutes)?

The number of customers served (done) by a postal clerk during in 1-hour period has a Poisson distribution with
15. Suppose customer Alicia has spent four minutes (being processed) with a postal clerk. What is the probability
(done) by the postal clerk in the total waiting time at least 7 and at most 9 minutes (included last 4 minutes)?
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is the probability that the sample mean is between 9.8 and 10.2?

If the true proportion of voters who support candidate A is p = 0.6, what is the probability that a sample of size 2
proportion between 60% and 65%?

The Good-Guys Car Dealership has tracked the number of used cars sold at its downtown dealership. Consider th
representing the population of cars sold in each of the 8 weeks that the dealership has been open: 3; 5; 2; 7; 7; 7; 9
population standard deviation approximately?

You are given the following data: 23; 34; 11; 40; 25; and 47. Assuming that the data reflect a sample from a larger
sample mean and sample variance?
If we select a sample with sample size 40 from a population with mean of 20 and standard deviation of 5 then

To determine the difference, if any, between two brands of radial tires, 12 tires of each brand a tested. Assume th
brands of tires come from the same normal distribution N(m, 3300^2). Then the distribution of the difference of

The mean weight of men in a nation is 78.5 kg with a standard deviation of 11.2 kg. We randomly select 20 men
nation and let X’ be the average weight of these 20 people (i.e. sample mean). Find the probability that X’ is great
The height of women in a country is 1.8 m with a standard deviation of 0.7 m. We randomly select 40 men from
sample mean has the mean of ___ and the variance of ____

Two different box-filling machines are used to fill cereal boxes on an assembly line. The critical measurement infl
these machines is the weight of the product in the boxes. Engineers are quite certain that the variance of the wei
ounce. Both of two means are the same. Experiments are conducted using both machines with sample sizes of 36
surprised that the two sample averages for the filling machines are so different. Find the probability that the diffe
means is greater than 0.2

Two different box-filling machines are used to fill cereal boxes on an assembly line. The critical measurement infl
machines is the weight of the product in the boxes. Engineers are quite certain that the variance of the weight of
Both of two means are the same. Experiments are conducted using both machines with sample sizes of 50 each. E
that the two sample averages for the filling machines are so different.

The effective life of a component used in a jet-turbine aircraft engine is a random variable with mean 5000 hours
deviation 40 hours. The distribution of effective life is fairly close to a normal distribution. The engine manufactu
improvement into the manufacturing process for this component that increases the mean life to 5050 hours and d
deviation to 30 hours. Suppose that a random sample of 16 components is selected from the old process and a ran
components is selected from the improved process. What is the probability that the difference from the sample m
to the one of old process is at least 25 hours? Assume that the old and improved processes can be regarded as inde
The effective life of a component used in a jet-turbine aircraft engine is a random variable with mean 100 hours
deviation 20 hours. The distribution of effective life is fairly close to a normal distribution. The engine manufactu
improvement into the manufacturing process for this component that increases the mean life to 50 hours and dec
deviation to 10 hours. Suppose that a random sample of 50 components is selected from the old process and a ran
components is selected from the improved process. What is the probability that the difference from the sample m
process to the one of old process is at most 48 hours? Assume that the old and improved processes can be regarde
population.

An electronic company manufactures resistors that have a mean resistance of 100 ohms and a standard deviation
We are ready detemine the distribution of the sample mean of 25 resistors having a resistance. What is the proba
sample mean will greater than 95 ohms.

An electronic company manufactures resistors that have a mean resistance of 100 ohms and a standard deviation
ready detemine the distribution of the sample mean of 25 resistors having a resistance. The mean is _____, and th

An electronic company manufactures resistors that have a mean resistance of 160 ohm and a standard deviation o
probability that a random sample of 136 resistors will have a resistance from 150 to 165 ohms.
Suppose that a random variable X has a continuous uniform distribution as follows. Find the distribution of the s
random sample of size n = 40.
Suppose that a random variable X has a continuous uniform distribution as follows. We get 20 random numbers i
and call X’ be the average of them. Find the variance of X’ …...
A cell phone company finds those who go over their data limit, go over by on average of 2.2 GB with a standard
conduct a survey of 80 customers. Find probability the average overage is above 2.3 GB
A cell phone company finds those who go over their data limit, go over by on average of 3 GB with a standard de
You conduct a survey of 50 customers. Find the standard deviation of the average overage distribution

A new method of measuring the thermal conductivity of Armco iron: Using a temperature of 100 deg F and a pow
watts, the following 8 measurements of thermal conductivity (in Btu/hr-ft- deg F) were obtained the following: 4
41.86; 42.18; 41.72; and 42.26. Find a point estimate of the mean thermal conductivity at 100 deg F and 550 watts
standard error

The manager of a computer help desk operation has collected enough data to conclude that the distribution of tim
distributed with a mean equal to 8.21 minutes and a standard deviation of 2.14 minutes. Find the probability that
completed in 10 minutes or greater than.

Market researchers use the number of sentences per advertisement as a measure of readability for magazine adve
The following represents a random sample of the number of sentences found in 15 advertisements: 9; 20; 18; 16;
6; 6; and 5. Find a point estimate of the population mean
A survey is done and 708 out of 2038 U.S. adults like to watch football matches. What is the probability that the
who like football is between 0.35 and 0.4?
 A population of Vietnamese cats has a mean height of 20 centimeters and standard deviation of 4 centimeters. Y
sample of 64 cats at random. What is the probability of a sample mean at least 21? Let P(Z<0) =0.5; P(Z<0.1) =0.8

Scores of final exam in Math has a normal distribution with mean of 73 and standard deviation 7.8. If 24 students
selected, find the probability that the mean of their test scores is less than 70. Let P(Z < -1.884)=0.0297 and P(Z >

The amount of time required for an oil and filter change on an automobile is normally distributed with a mean o
standard deviation of 10 minutes. A random sample of 16 cars is selected. What is the probability that the sample
52 minutes? Let P(Z < 0) = 0.5, P(Z < 2.8) = 0.9974, P(Z < 3.2) = 1, and P(Z < -1) = 0.3974

Suppose a sample of n=15 items is drawn from a population of manufactured products and the weight of each item
experience has shown that the weight has a probability distribution of the mean = 6 ounces and standard deviatio
the following is true about the sample distribution of the sample mean if a sample of size 15 is selected?

The monthly electrical utility bills of all customers for the Far East Power and Light Company are known to be d
distribution with mean equal to $87.00 a month and standard deviation of $36.00. If a statistical sample of n = 10
random, what is the probability that the mean bill for those sampled will exceed $75.00?

A candy company claims that its jelly bean mix contains 21% blue jelly beans. Suppose that the candies are packa
bags containing about 400 jelly beans. Describe the sampling distribution model of the proportion of blue jelly be

A candy company claims that its jelly bean mix contains 15% blue jelly beans. Suppose that the candies are packa
small bags containing about 200 jelly beans. The sampling distribution model of the proportion of blue jelly bean
Distribution. What is the probability that a bag will contain more than 10% blue jelly beans?

Researchers believe that 7% of children have a gene that may be linked to a certain childhood disease. In an effo
children, researchers test 950 newborns for the presence of this gene. What is the probability that they DO NOT
their study?

Department of Education in 2008, the average Pell grant award for 2007-2008 was $2,600. Assume that the stand
grants awards was $500. If we randomly sample 36 Pell grant recipients, would you be surprised if the mean gran
was $2,940? Pick the correct response that gives the best reason.
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Approximately 1.00

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amount of $2,600.
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A random sample of 200 people shows that 50 are left-handed. Form a 95% confidence interval for the true prop
….....

Of 346 items tested, 12 are found to be defective. Construct a 98% confidence interval for the percentage of all su
defective

Of 81 adults selected randomly from one town, 64 have health insurance. Find 90% low-confidence bound for th
adults in the town who have health insurance

A study involves 634 randomly selected deaths, 29 of them caused by accidents. Construct a 98% confidence inte
percentage of all deaths that are caused by accidents.
30 randomly selected students tool the calculus final. If the sample mean was 82 and the sample standard deviatio
population has normal distribution. Construct a 99% confidence interval for the mean score of all students.
30 randomly selected students tool the calculus final. If the sample mean was 82 and the sample standard deviatio
population has normal distribution. Find a 98% upper-confidence bound for the mean score of all students.
Among a sample of 65 students selected at random from one college, the mean number of siblings is 1.3 with a st
Find a 95% confidence interval for the mean number of siblings for all students at this college.
Among a sample of 65 students selected at random from one college, the mean number of siblings is 1.3 with a st
Find a 98% lower-confidence bound for the mean number of siblings for all students at this college.

The yield of chemical process is being studied. From previous experience yield is known to be normally distribut
plant operation have resulted in the following percent yields: 91.6; 88.75, 90.8, 89.95, and 91.3. Find a 98% confi
true mean yield.

What sample size is needed to estimate the mean white blood cell count for the population of adults in the Unite
Assume that you want 99% confidence that the sample mean is within 0.2 of the population mean. The populatio

A major tire manufacturer wishes to estimate the mean tread life in miles for one of their tires. They wish to dev
interval estimate that would have a maximum sampling error of 500 miles with 90 percent confidence. Let popul
equal to 4,000 miles. Based on this information, the required sample size is, given

A survey of 865 voters in one state reveals that 408 favor approval of an issue before the legislature. Construct th
interval for the true proportion of all voters in the state who favor approval
 Private colleges and universities rely on money contributed by individuals and corporations for their operating e
money is put into a fund called an endowment, and the college spends only the interest earned by the fund. A re
colleges in the United States revealed the following endowments (in millions of dollars) yields the sample mean i
standard sample deviation is 143.042. Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the mean endowment of all the pri
United States assuming a normal distribution for the endowment.

A university dean is interested in determining the proportion of students who receive some sort of financial aid.
records for all students, the dean randomly selects 200 students and finds that 118 of them are receiving financial
to estimate the proportion of all students receiving financial aid to within 3% with 99% reliability, how many stu
sampled?

An economist is interested in studying the incomes of consumers in a particular region. The population standard
known to be $1,000. A random sample of 50 individuals resulted in an average income of $15,000. What is the w
confidence interval?

Let: (A) Other things being equal, as the confidence level for a confidence interval increases, the width of the int
point estimate consists of a single sample statistic that is used to estimate the true population parameter. Then,
For a t distribution with 12 degrees of freedom, the area between – 2.6810 and 2.1788 is _____.

A sample of 100 fuses from a very large shipment is found to have 10 that are defective. The 95% confidence inte
that, for this shipment, the proportion of defective fuses is between _______

A quality control engineer is interested in the mean length of sheet insulation being cut automatically by machin
that the standard deviation in the cutting length is 0.3 feet. A sample of 50 cut sheets yields a mean length of 12.1
will be used to obtain a 95% confidence interval for the mean length cut by machine. The confidence interval go

A quality control engineer is interested in the mean length of sheet insulation being cut automatically by machin
standard deviation in the cutting length is 0.15 feet. Suppose the engineer had decided to estimate the mean leng
the sample size would be ________.

The actual voltages of power packs labeled as 12 volts are as follows: 11.77; 11.90; 11.64; 11.84; 12.13; 11.99; and
interval for this sample would be based on the t distribution with __________ degrees of freedom (DF). The criti
confidence interval for this sample is __________.

The actual voltages of power packs labeled as 12 volts are as follows: 11.77; 11.90; 11.64; 11.84; 12.13; 11.99; and
confidence interval for the mean voltage of the power packs is from ____ to _____.

A hotel chain wants to estimate the average number of rooms rented daily in each month. The population of roo
assumed to be normally distributed for each month with a standard deviation of 24 rooms. During January, a sam
sample mean of 48 rooms. This information is used to calculate an interval estimate for the population mean to b
What is the level of confidence of this interval? Let P(Z<1.33) = 0.91.

A hotel chain wants to estimate the average number of rooms rented daily in each month. The population of roo
assumed to be normally distributed for each month with a standard deviation of 24 rooms. During February, a sa
sample mean of 48 rooms. Use this information to calculate a 80% confidence interval for the population mean.
A survey is done and 95 out of 174 voters support you. You wants to estimate a 95% confidence interval for the p
which extends at most 0.07 to either side of the sample proportion. How large a sample must be taken to assure t

A survey is done and 95 out of 174 voters support the county clerk. Construct 90% lower and upper confidence b
voters who support him. (TWO answer)
A survey of 26 students showed that the average mean height of students is 66 inches with a sample standard dev
95% confidence interval for the of height mean of students.

A sample of fish was selected from 53 Florida lakes and mercury concentration in the muscle tissue was measured
mean and sample standard deviation are 0.52 and 0.35. Find an approximate 95% confidence interval on true me

An article in the journal Materials Engineering describes the results of tensile adhesion tests on 22 samples of U-7
The population is normally distributed. The load at specimen failure have sample mean of 13.71 and sample stand
Find a 95% CI on true mean population.

In a survey of 1219 U.S. adults, 354 said that their favorite sport to watch is football. Construct a 95% confidence
proportion of adults in the United States who say that their favorite sport to watch is football.
Given that the standard deviation for adult height is 3 inches , we want to construct a 90% confidence interval fo
an error of no more than 0.5 inches. What is the minimum sample size to achieve the above requirement?

We want to construct a 95% confidence interval and an accuracy of 2 miles for the average speed of cars on the h
survey sample gives us sample standard deviation = 9 miles. What is the minimum sample size needed to achieve
confidence level?

An agronomist wishes to estimate the germination rate of a seed type, with 90% confidence with an error not ex
He random selected 1000 samples and found that 640 seeds germinated. What size sample should be taken?

A university conducted a study to see how much money a student spends on average phone calls in a month. A r
students gave an average of $41.05 with a standard deviation of $27.99. Construct a 95% confidence interval for t
of phone calls of students

To determine the average weight of bags of flour, packed with the automatic machine, 15 bags were randomly se
39.8 kg and the variance was 0.144. Find a confidence interval for the mean weight of flour bags with 99% confid
In a random sample of 200 motorbike users, there are 162 people using 100cc or more motorbikes. Find a 95% co
proportion of vehicle users over 100 cc.
The width of a confidence interval estimate for a proportion will be __________.
A major tire manufacturer wishes to estimate the mean tread life in miles for one of their tires. They wish to dev
interval estimate that would have a maximum sampling error of 500 miles with 90 percent confidence. Let popul
equal to 4,000 miles. Based on this information, the required sample size is _______.

Suppose a 95% confidence interval for μ turns out to be (1000, 1900). Give a definition of what it means to be "95
inference.
A 99% confidence interval estimate can be interpreted to mean that _____.
A confidence interval was used to estimate the proportion of statistics students that are females. A random sampl
students generated the following 90% confidence interval: (0.438; 0.642). Based on the interval above, is the popu
females equal to 0.60?

Suppose a 95% confidence interval for µ turns out to be (1000, 2100). To make more useful inferences from the d
reduce the width of the confidence interval. Which of the following will result in a reduced interval width?

In a survey of 5100 T.V viewers, 2040 viewers said they watch network news programs. How large must the sam
least 93% confident that the error in estimating the true value of p is less than 0.02, regardless of the true values

A survey of senior executives found that, 47% said that the most common job interview mistake is to have little o
company. What the sample size should be if we want 97% confidence that the sample proportion is within 0.2 of
proportion, regardless the true value of population proportion?

A simple random sample of 50 adults (including males and females) is obtained, and each person’s red blood cell
per micro liter) is mean-sured. The sample mean is 4.63. The population standard deviation for red blood cell cou
99%-confidence BOUNDS on the mean red blood cell count of adults.

20 packages are randomly selected from packages received by a parcel service. The sample has a mean weight of 2
standard deviation of 2.9 pounds. What is the 95 percent confidence interval for the true mean weight of all pack
parcel service? Assume that the population has a normal distribution and given

Suppose a 95% confidence interval for μ turns out to be (1,000; 2,100). To make more useful inferences from the
reduce the width of the confidence interval. Which of the following will result in a reduced interval width?

Suppose a 95% confidence interval for μ turns out to be (1,000; 2,100). Given a definition of what it to be “% con

A manufacturer of golf equipment wishes to estimate the number of left-handed golfers. How large a sample is n
confident that the true proportion is estimated to within 2%? A previous study indicates that the proportion of le

Weights of woman in one age group are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 13 lb. A researcher wi
weight of all women in this age group. Find how large a sample must be drawn in order to be 90% confident that
not differ from the population mean by more than 3.5 lb.
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H,:p < 0.03 at a = 0.05. Find the P-value. Let P(Z < -1.31 ) = 0.095, P(Z < -2.33) = 0.01

A researcher claims that more than 55% of votes favor gun control. Identity the null hypothesis and the alternati

Assume that the data has a normal distribution and the number of observations is greater than 50. Find the critic
a null hypothesis with significance level of 0.02 for a upper-tailed test. Let P(Z < -2.05) = 0.02; P(Z < -2.33) = 0.01

The test statistic in a two-tailed test is z=1.43. Let P(Z<1.43) =0.9236. Then the P-value is

Your statistics instructor claims that 60 percent of the students who take her Elementary Statisticsclass go throug
enriched. For some reason that she can't quite figure out, most people don't believe her. You decide to check this
randomly survey 64 of her past Elementary Statistics students and find that 34 feel more enriched as a result of h
significance level of 0.05. Which of the following states is true?

According to an article in Newsweek, in Vietnam, the birth ratio is 100:114 (46.7% girls). Suppose you don't beli
reported. You think that the percent of girls born in Vietnam is less than 46.7%. You conduct a study. In this stu
number of girls and boys born in 150 randomly chosen recent births. There are 60 girls out of the 150. Based on t
conclusion. Let .............

When a new drug is created, the pharmaceutical company must subject it to testing before receiving the necessar
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the drug. Suppose the null hypothesis is "the drug is unsafe."
Error?

An assembly line produces widgets with a standard deviation of 0.2. A new process supposedly will produce widg
standard deviation. In fact, a sample of 20 widgets produced by the new method has a sample standard deviation
significance level of 10%, what is the value of the test statistic?

The cost of a college education has increased at a much faster rate than costs in general over the past twenty year
compensate for this, many students work part- or full-time in addition to attending classes. At one university, it
average hours students work per week exceeds 20. To test this at a significance of 0.05, a random sample of n=20
Find the critical value

A soft drink company has a filling machine that can be set at different levels to produce different average fill amo
the machine to provide a mean fill of 15 ounces. Which of the following would be the correct formulation of the

A melting point test of n = 10 samples of a binder used in manufacturing a rocket propellant resulted in sample m
that melting point is normally distributed with o = 1.5 . Test Surname : µ = 155 ; H ₁ : µ ‡ 155 using a = 0.05

From the population that has a normally distributed, with unknown expectation and standard deviation 5.2, a sa
and a mean of 27.56 is obtained. At a significance level of 0.05, test the hypothesis that the mean of the populatio
assumption that the mean is different from 26.

One study found that a person in a supermarket spends an average of 140K. An survey of 50 randomly selected p
average consumption was 154K, sample standard deviation 62K. It is suspected that the average consumption wil
check the above claim of the research team.
A company has a computer system that can process 1200 invoices in an hour. The new company imported a new
system when running tests for 40 hours shows that the average number of invoices processed in 1 hour is 1260 w
of 215. At 5% significance level, judge whether the new system is better than the old system or not?

A diet method advertised to reduce weight by at least 45 pounds in 6 months. A sample of 28 people following th
weight of 35 pounds with a standard deviation of 20 pounds. With a significance level of 0.1, judge whether the a
exaggerated or not?

A phone company claims 43% smart phone users have an i-phone. You doubt this claim. So you conduct a survey
users. 44 of them use an i-phone. What can you conclude if significance level is 0.05?

It has been claimed 58.4% of web users prefer Firefox. You believe that the proportion is lower. You sample 152
use Firefox. With significance level of 0.01, what can you conclude?

A customer wants to know how the cost of school supplies varies from store to store. A teacher claims that the st
deviation is only $15. The customer surveys 43 stores and yields a mean of $84 and sample standard deviation of
standard deviation is $15 (on the alternation that it is less than $15) with significance level of 0.05.

Given two alternative hypotheses, acceptance and rejection regions as follows. What is the probability (type I err
hypothesis when it is true exactly? Let the standard deviation of 2.5, the sample size of 10, P(Z<-1.9)=0.28 and P(

Given two alternative hypotheses, acceptance and rejection regions as follows. What is the probability (type II er
reject null hypothesis when it is false exactly, given the true mean is 52? Let the standard deviation of 2.5 and th

Given two alternative hypotheses, acceptance and rejection regions as follows. What is the probability (type I err
reject null hypothesis when it is true exactly? Let the standard deviation of 2.5 and the sample size of 16.

Given two alternative hypotheses, acceptance and rejection regions as follows. What is the probability (type II er
to reject null hypothesis when it is false exactly, given the true mean is 52? Let the standard deviation of 2.5 and

What is the P-value?

Can you reject the null hypothesis when significance level is 0.05?

In a random sample of 85 automobile engine crankshaft bearings, 10 have a surface finish roughness that exceeds
Does this data present strong evidence that the proportion of crankshaft bearings exhibiting excess surface rough
and test the appropriate hypotheses using significance level of 0.05.

There is no strong ev

The life in hours of a battery is known to be approximately normally distributed, with standard deviation of 1.25
sample of 10 batteries has a mean life of 40.5 hours. Test the claim that battery life exceeds 40 hours with signific
The life in hours of a battery is known to be approximately normally distributed, with standard deviation of 1.25
sample of 10 batteries has a mean life of 40.5 hours. We want to support the claim that battery life exceeds 40 ho
level of 0.05? What is the type II error probability if the true mean life is 41.5 hours?

The life in hours of a battery is known to be approximately normally distributed, with standard deviation of 1.25
random sample of 10 batteries has a mean life of 40.5 hours. We want to support the claim that battery life is sma
with significance level of 0.05? What is the type II error probability if the true mean life is 38.5 hours?

The life in hours of a battery is known to be approximately normally distributed, with standard deviation of 2 ho
16 batteries has a mean life of 50 hours. We want to support the claim that battery life is not equal to 50 hours w
0.02? What is the type II error probability if the true mean life is 48.5 hours?

Consider the dissolved oxygen concentration at TVA dams. An sample of n = 8 observations has sample mean 3 a
deviation 1.45. We want to test the following hypotheses with significance level alpha of 0.1.What can be conclu

Determine whether the hypothesis test involves a sampling distribution of means that is a normal distribution, S
neither. Claim: true mean is 959, sample data: n = 25, sample mean = 951, sample standard deviation = 25. The sa
normally distributed population.

In tests of a computer component, it is found that the mean time between failures is 520 hours. A modification is
to increase the time between failures. Test on a random sample of 10 modified components resulted the sample m
standard deviation of 20.7. At the 0.05 significance level, test the claim that for the modified components, the me
is greater than 520 hours.

In tests of a computer component, it is found that the mean time between failures is 520 hours. A modification is
to increase the time between failures. Test on a random sample of 10 modified components resulted the sample m
standard deviation of 20.7. At the 0.05 significance level, test the claim that for the modified components, the me
is greater than 520 hours.What is the P-value?

Test the claim that for the population of female college students, the mean weight is given by 132 lb. Sample data
20, sample mean = 137, and sample standard deviation s = 14.2 lb. Use a significance level of 0.1. Assume that sam
from a normally distributed population. The alternative hypothesis is that the mean weight is gretear than 132 lb

Test the claim that for the population of female college students, the mean weight is given by 132 lb. Sample data
20, sample mean = 126, and sample standard deviation s = 14.2 lb. Assume that sample has been selected from a n
population. The alternative hypothesis is that the mean weight is smaller than 132 lb. What is the P-value?

Find the critical value based on the given information

A machine dispenses a liquid drug into bottles in such a way that the standard deviation of the contents is 40 mil
machine is tested on a sample of 24 containers and the standard deviation for this sample group is found to be 50
of significance, test the claim that the amounts dispensed by the new machine have a greater standard deviation.
A machine dispenses a liquid drug into bottles in such a way that the standard deviation of the contents is 40 mil
machine is tested on a sample of 24 containers and the standard deviation for this sample group is found to be 30
the amounts dispensed by the new machine have a smaller standard deviation. What is the P-value?

The manufacturer of a refrigerator system for beer kegs produces refrigerators that are supposed to maintain a tru
45 deg F, ideal for a certain type of German pilsner. The owner of the brewery does not agree with the refrigerat
claims he can prove that the true mean temperature is incorrect. Assume that a hypothesis test of the given claim
Identify the type II error for the test.

The owner of a football team claims that the average attendance at games is over 79,000, and he is therefore justi
to a city with a larger stadium. Express the null hypothesis H0 and the alternative hypothesis H1 in symbolic for

Various temperature measurements were recorded at different times for a particular city. One believes that the tr
22 deg C. You doubt this claim and obtained the mean of 20 deg C for 18 temperatures on 18 different days with
deviation is 3 deg C. Test the claim that the true temperature mean is different to 22 deg C, use the significance l

Various temperature measurements were recorded at different times for a particular city. One believes that the tr
mean is 22 deg C. You doubt this claim and obtained the mean of 23.7 deg C for 18 temperatures on 18 different
standard deviation is 3 deg C. Test the claim that the true temperature mean is different to 22 deg C. What is the

A random sample of 11 boys from one city is obtained and their mean weights is 146 with sample standard devia
0.02 significance level to test the claim that these sample weights come from a population with a mean smaller th
population has normal distribution.

A random sample of 42 boys from one city is obtained and their mean weights is 153 with sample standard devia
significance level of 0.1, test the claim that these sample weights come from a population with a mean different t
population has normal distribution. What is the values of critical and P-value?

A user of a certain gauge of steel wire suspects that the variance of its breaking strength, in newton (N), is differe
0.5625 as specified by the manufacturer. Consequently the users test the breaking strength of each of a random sa
and see that the sample variance is 1.3. Assume that breaking strength to be normally distributed, test, at the 2%
claim that the variance is greater than 0.5625.

A user of a certain gauge of steel wire suspects that the variance of its breaking strength, in newton (N), is differe
0.5625 as specified by the manufacturer. Consequently the users test the breaking strength of each of a random sa
and see that the sample variance is 0.7. Assume that breaking strength to be normally distributed, test, the claim
smaller than 0.5625. What is the P-value?

A machine which manufactures black polythene dustbin bags is known to produce 3% defective bags. Following
breakdown of the machine, extensive repair work is carried out which may result in a change in the percentage o
produced. To investigate this possibility, a random sample of 200 bags is taken from the machine’s production an
defective bags. You suspective that the proportion is greater than 3%. What may be concluded? Use significance
A machine which manufactures black polythene dustbin bags is known to produce 22% defective bags. Followin
the machine, extensive repair work is carried out which may result in a change in the percentage of defective ba
investigate this possibility, a random sample of 50 bags is taken from the machine’s production and a count revea
suspective that the proportion is smaller than 22%. What is the P-value?

The FPT university claims that 20 % of its graduates are women. In a graduate class of 250 students , 60 were wo
this suggest that the school is believable ? Let z(0.025) = 1.96 and z(0.05) = 1.65 .

Assume that the data has a normal distribution and the number of observations is greater than 50. Find the critic
test a null hypothesis.

An airline claims that the no-show rate for passengers is greater than 3%. You think that In a sample of 420 rand
reservations, 21 were no-shows. Compute the value of the test statistic and P-value when test the airline’s claim
If you were constructing a 99% confidence interval of the population mean based on a sample of n = 12, the critic
______.
Assume that the data has a normal distribution and the number of observations is greater than fifty. Find the crit
null hypothesis with α=0.05 for a upper-tailed test. Let P(Z<-1.96) =0.025; P (Z< -1.645) =0.05;
The test statistic in a two-tailed test is z=1.55. Let P(Z<1.55) = 0.940. Then the P-value is _____

If an economist wishes to determine whether there is evidence that average family income in a community excee
A sample is used to obtain a 95% confidence interval for the mean of a population. The confidence interval goes f
sample had been used to test the null hypothesis that the mean of the population is equal to 20 versus the alterna
mean of the population differs from 20, the null hypothesis could be rejected at a level of significance of 0.05.

A sample is used to obtain a 95% confidence interval for the mean of a population. The confidence interval goes f
sample had been used to test the null hypothesis that the mean of the population is equal to 18 versus the alterna
mean of the population differs from 18, the null hypothesis could be rejected at a level of significance of 0.05.

A sample is used to obtain a 95% confidence interval for the mean of a population. The confidence interval goes f
sample had been used to test the null hypothesis that the mean of the population is equal to 19 versus the alterna
mean of the population smaller than 19, the null hypothesis could be failed to reject at a level of significance of 0

A sample is used to obtain a 95% confidence interval for the mean of a population. The confidence interval goes f
sample had been used to test the null hypothesis that the mean of the population is equal to 15 versus the alterna
mean of the population greater than 15, the null hypothesis could be failed to reject at a level of significance of 0

An article in the San Jose Mercury News stated that students in the California state university system take 4.5 ye
their undergraduate degrees. Suppose you believe that the meantime is longer. You conduct a survey of 49 studen
mean of 5.1 with a sample standard deviation of 1.2. Do the data support your claim at the 1% level, using a T-te

An article in Vietnam stated that students in FPT university system take an average of 4.5 years to finish their un
Suppose you believe that the average ime is shorter. You conduct a survey of 49 students and obtain a sample me
standard deviation of 1.2. Calculate the value of the test statistic and the critical values for this test statistic. Use a
The National Center for Education Statistics would like to test the hypothesis that the proportion of Bachelor's d
by women equals 0.60. A random sample of 140 college graduates with Bachelor degrees found that 75 were wom
this hypothesis test would be ________.
 0.095

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H0: p = 55% ; H1: p > 55%

2.05

0.1528

The value of the test statistic is -1.123. There is not sufficient evidence to reject your statistic instructor's claim

There is insufficient to reject the report of the percent of girls born in Vietnam is 46.7%

To claim the drug is unsafe when, in fact, it is safe.

7.54

is equal to 1.73

H0: u = 15 H1: u # 15 ounces

Fail to reject the null hypothesis

Reject the hypothesis that the mean of the population is 26.

It is temporarily accepted that the search team's report is correct

 There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the new system is better than the old one

TRUE

Fail to reject the claim that 43% smart phone users have an i-phone.

There is suficient evidence to conclude the proportion of web users who prefer Firefox is less than58.4%

Reject the claim.

0.057

0.264

0.016

0.212

0.038
TRUE

Fail to reject null hypothesis

variance of fill volume exceeds 0.01.

Fail to reject the claim that battery life is 40 hours

 0.016

0.016

0.25

Reject the null hypothesis

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Reject the claim that the mean time between failures is 520 hours

0.014

We can believe that the mean weight is 132 lb.

0.037

8.23

There is sufficient evidence to believe that the true standard deviation is greater than 40
 0.047

The error of failing to reject the claim that the mean temperature equals 45 deg F when it is really different from
deg F

Ho: u, the average attendance at games, is equal to 79,000 H1: u, the average attendance at games, is greater th
79,000

There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the true temperature mean is different to 22 deg C

0.028

There is sufficient evidence to conclude that these sample weights come from a population with a mean smaller t
150

(-)1.645; 1.645 and 0.015

Reject the claim that the standard deviation is 0.75.

0.732

Reject the null hypothesis

 0.086

Yes, we can believe this suggest

1.476

Value = 2.403 and P-value = 0.0081

3.106

-1.645

0.121

A one-tail test should be utilized

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

Yes, we support the claim at a 1% level.

Test statistic: 3.5 and critical value: -1.645

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Two different box-filling machines are used to fill cereal boxes on an assembly line. The critical measurement infl
machines is the weight of the product in the boxes. Engineers are quite certain that the variance of the weight of
of two means are the same. Experiments are conducted using both machines with sample sizes of 36 each. Engine
two sample averages for the filling machines are so different. Find the probability that the difference of two samp
0.2.

Two different box-filling machines are used to fill cereal boxes on an assembly line. The critical measurement infl
machines is the weight of the product in the boxes. Engineers are quite certain that the variance of the weight of
Both of two means are the same. Experiments are conducted using both machines with sample sizes of 50 each. E
that the two sample averages for the filling machines are so different. Select one:

The effective life of a component used in a jet-turbine aircraft engine is a random variable with mean 5000 hours
40 hours. The distribution of effective life is fairly close to a normal distribution. The engine manufacturer introd
into the manufacturing process for this component that increases the mean life to 5050 hours and decreases the s
hours. Suppose that a random sample of 16 components is selected from the old process and a random sample of 2
from the improved process. What is the probability that the difference from the sample mean of improved proce
process is at least 25 hours? Assume that the old and improved processes can be regarded as independent populat

The effective life of a component used in a jet-turbine aircraft engine is a random variable with mean 100 hours
hours. The distribution of effective life is fairly close to a normal distribution. The engine manufacturer introduc
the manufacturing process for this component that increases the mean life to 50 hours and decreases the standard
Suppose that a random sample of 50 components is selected from the old process and a random sample of 25 com
the improved process. What is the probability that the difference from the sample mean of improved process to t
most 48 hours? Assume that the old and improved processes can be regarded as independent population.

Two samples are random, independent, and come from two populations that are normally distributed. The sampl
below. Find the test statistic, t, to test the claim that the true mean of the first population is greater than the seco

In an election, exit polls provided the following results: 53% voted for candidate A (the number of respondents i
candidate B (the respondents is also 2020). Construct a 95% confidence interval for the difference in the proporti

Let P(Z<0.252) be 0.9941 and use the right-tail test

Let P(z<1.645) = 0.95.
Fail

In the two-sided test on the difference in means, variances unkown, two standard deviations are not the same. Le
and the value of the test statistic -2.77.
There is insufficient evidence to support th
116)

0.198

The difference in sample means is approximately standard normal distribution

0.984

0.282

0.96

(0.039; 0.101)

Reject the null hypothesis.

(12.22; 13.98)
ll hypothesis.

Yes

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