Quezon City Science High School

Golden Acres Rd., Cor. Misamis St., Bago Bantay, Quezon City
SHS Mathematics Department
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

ACTIVITY #1: BASIC CONCEPTS AND STEPS IN HYPOTHESIS TESTING

Name #1: _______________________________
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Name #2: _______________________________

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I. Write the !! and !" for a test to determine the validity of the claim, in symbols. Then, on the blanks
provided before each number, write the type of hypothesis testing (right tailed, left-tailed and two-
tailed) appropriate for each of the following.
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is strong evidence that the average number of people in the center is greater than 6000 per day.
!! : _________________
M 600 O !" : _________________
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_________________2.
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claims that their miniature horses are an average of 3 inches less than the general breed average.
!! : _________________
13 !" : _________________
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_________________3. Aaron works for an electronics company, quality-testing batteries. The

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company claims a minimum of 5 hours battery life.

!! : _________________
M 5 !" : _________________
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_________________4. The lessons in Statistics average 13 practice problems each.

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1 13 !" : _________________
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_________________5.
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a/ The temperature in Hawaii averages between 72 and 83 degrees year-round.
!! : _________________
2 M 83 !" : _________________
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_________________6.
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a/ It is claimed that the average weight of a bag of biscuits is 250 grams with a
standard deviation of 20.5 grams. Is the claim valid if a random sample of 50 biscuits showed an
average of 240 grams using a 0.05 level of significance?
!! : _________________
M 258 !" : _________________
M 258

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25 brand A cigarettes had an average nicotine content of 5mg, while 40 brand B
cigarettes had an average nicotine content of 4.8mg. If the standard deviation of nicotine content is
1.6mg, does brand B has a lesser nicotine content with a 96% confidence level?
!! : _________________
MA MB !" : _________________
MA MB

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a/ Fifteen pupils from an international school have a mean of 110 and a variance
of 64 while 20 pupils from an integrated school have a mean IQ of 114 and a variance of 78. Is there a
significant difference between t heir mean IQs using a 0.02 level of significance?
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_________________9.
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It has been known that a fixed dosage of a certain medicine results to an
average increase of pulse rate by at least 12 beats per minute with a standard deviation of 5. A group
of 10 patients given the same dose has shown the following pulse rate increases: 15, 10, 12, 11, 9,
10, 17, 14, 15 and 7. Is there proof to show that this group has a lower average increase of pulse rate
than the others in general?
!! : _________________
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_________________10.
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standard deviation of 2 while another group of 60 senior high school students got an average grade
of 92 with a standard deviation of 3. Can the difference in the mean grade be attributed to chance
using a 0.04 level of significance?
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