20- An advertising agency conducted a random survey of adults asking about their primary source of news and

1- 30 patients diagnosed with insomnia subscribed to the Calm app. After a follow-up of one month, the mean of the educational level. Test the claim that the proportion of college graduates whose primary news source is the internet is
differences between the current and the past sleep durations turned out to be 1.46 hours with a sample standard higher than the proportion of high school (but not college) graduates whose news source is the internet. What is the p
deviation of 2.5 hours. We wish to test whether using the Calm app leads to increased sleep duration in patients value? What is your conclusion at a signi cance level of 0.05? P-value = 0.0054, reject the Null Hypothesis college grad
diagnosed with insomnia at 0.05 level of signi cance. What is the t statistic and its associated degree of freedom? a t- 245/656 highschool grad 401/1271)
statistic equal to 3.199 with df = 29 21- Given a random sample of times for a swimming event, the 95% con dence interval for the mean time for this event
2- A manufacturer of tness equipment inspects a random sample of the welds that are performed on various pieces of was found to be 168.5<μ<177.4. Test the claim that the mean time for this event is equal to 170 seconds, using α=0.05.
equipment to monitor the quality and strength of the equipment. One week, a random sample of 200 welds showed that Fail to reject Ho because μ is in the con dence interval.
15 of the welds were defective. Which of the following represents a 95% con dence interval for the population 22. An advertising agency conducted a random survey of adults asking about their primary source of news and
proportion of defective welds? Note that z0.05=1.645, z0.025=1.96, z0.005=2.576. (Round your answer to 3 decimal educational level. You decide to test the claim that among college graduates, their primary news source is equally
places.) [.038, .112] divided among newspapers, television, and the internet. What is the Null Hypothesis? H0: pN=pT=pI=1/3
3. The mean potassium content of a popular sports drink is listed as 149 mg in a 32-oz bottle with a standard deviation 23. A Net ix show captured 30% of the audience, meaning that 30 out of every 100 people watched the show. In a
of 3 mg. An analysis of 22 bottles indicates a sample mean of 148.4 mg. At the 1 percent level of signi cance (α = .01) recent survey of 400 people, 100 reported watching the show. To test whether the percentage of audience viewed the
does the sample contradict the manufacturer’s claim? No. show remains at 30%, state the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis for this test: (Qualitative MC to follow)
4. Last year’s freshman class at USC totaled 5,348 students. Of those, 1,258 received a merit scholarship to help offset 24. A Net ix show captured 30% of the audience, meaning that 30 out of every 100 people watched the show. In a
tuition costs their freshman year (although the amount varied per student). The amount a student received was normally recent survey of 400 people, 100 reported watching the show. To test whether the percentage of audience viewed the
distributed with a mean of $3,446 and standard deviation (sigma) of $473. If the cost of full tuition was $4,000 last year, show remains at 30%, how would you construct the test statistic?
what percentage of students who received a merit scholarship did not receive enough to cover full tuition? Note: you do 25. An electric car company claims that their cars can operate for 350 hours without recharging. To test this claim, a
not need a proportion formula to answer this question. 88% sample of cars were tested, and a hypothesis test was conducted. The null hypothesis is H0: = 350, and the
5- Use the sample information = 41, σ = 4, n = 20 to calculate the 99% con dence interval for μ assuming the sample alternative hypothesis is HA: > 350. The test fails to reject the null hypothesis, this implies that… (Qualitative MC to
is from a normal population. 38.6960 to 43.3040 follow)
6. Use the sample information = 41, σ = 4, n = 20. Find the standard error of the mean for the sampling distribution 26. An electric car company claims that their cars can operate for 350 hours without recharging. To test this claim, a
(assuming a normal population). .89 sample of cars were tested, and a hypothesis test was conducted. The null hypothesis is H0: = 350, and the
7. Find the interval ± √ within which 95 percent of the sample means would be expected to fall, assuming that alternative hypothesis is HA: ≠350. The p-value from the test is 0.037, with a signi cance level of 0.05. What can we
each sample is from a normal population with µ = 200, σ = 12, n = 36. 196.08 to 203.92 conclude from the test: (Qualitative MC to follow
8- Use the sample information = 41, = 4, n = 20 to calculate the 90% con dence interval for assuming the sample 27. In what setting do we adopt a t-test? When n<30, unknown sigma, normal disturb, comparing means
is from a normal population. 39.5787 to 42.4713 28. When the degrees of freedom is increased, which of the following statement is
9- An automated lling process used by a soft drink manufacturer lls bottles marked as containing 32 ounces. The correct:
amount of liquid in the bottles is assumed to be a normally distributed random variable. To monitor the process, a 29. A candy manufacturer produces bags of jelly beans. The weight of a bag of jelly beans is normally distributed with a
random sample of 25 bottles is selected each day and the average amount of liquid in the bottles is computed. For a mean of 12 ounces and a standard deviation of 0.4 ounces. What is the approximate probability that a randomly
particular day, the average amount in the 25 bottles in the sample is 33.2 ounces and the sample standard deviation is selected bag weighs between 11.6 and 12.8 ounces? 81.5%
2.6 ounces. To determine the margin of error for a 95% con dence interval for the population mean of the amount in the 30. If a random sample of 4 bags of jelly beans is selected what is the approximate probability that the sample average
bottles, which combination of t-value and standard error should be used? t0.025 with 24 degrees of freedom and .52 will be greater than 11.6? 97.5%
10-In 2004, 56% of US voters were against gun control. A recent study nds that 100 out of a sample 200 US voters are 31. A cellphone company used a sample of size 600 to test the null hypothesis that a new purchase is equally likely to
against gun control. We would like to test if there is signi cant evidence in the sample that the proportion of US voters be made on each day of the week, versus the alternative the probabilities are not equal. Which of the following
against gun control has decreased from its 2004 value. For that purpose, the name and value of the test statistic that distributions is most useful for carrying out the test?
should be used is: z-statistic, -1.709 32: . The width of a con dence interval for an unknown population mean is not affected by: sample mean
11- . For the above problem, which one of the following statements is the correct inference? You can use the following Z 33. Suppose your commute to school is normally distributed with a mean of 15 minutes and a standard deviation of
values to decide: Z.10 = 1.282, Z0.05 =1.645, Z0.025=1.96, Z.01=2.326, Z0.005 = 2.576 5minutes. What is the probability that the average of 31 samples from your commute distribution would be less than or
12- In 1960, census results indicated that the age at which American men rst married had a mean of 25.2 years. You equal to 16 minutes? 86.7%
are suspecting that young people today are waiting longer to get married and want to see if your belief is supported by 34. It has been claimed that at least 66% of homeowners would prefer to heat with electricity instead of gas. You think
the data. You collect a sample of 25 married men and nd that the corresponding average is 27.5 years and the that this percentage might actually be lower and want to see how much evidence the data provides in support of your
standard deviation is 4 years. How should you state the alternative hypothesis? suspicion. You collect a random sample of 200 homeowners and discover that 125 of them prefer electric heating to
13- In a left-tailed test comparing two means with unknown variances assumed to be equal, the test statistic was t = gas. The value of the test statistic for the sample is: -1.04
−1.81 with sample sizes of n1 = 8 and n2 = 12. The p- value would be: between .025 and .05. 35. Hoping to lure more shoppers downtown, a city builds a new public parking garage in the central business district.
14- Over the past few decades, public health of cials have examined the link between weight concerns and teen girls' The city plans to pay for the parking structure through parking fees. For a sample of 21 days, daily fees are collected
smoking. Researchers surveyed a group of 273 randomly selected teen girls living in Massachusetts (between 12 and with a sample mean of $1251 and a sample standard deviation of $160. Find a 95% con dence interval for the mean
15 years old).After four years the girls were surveyed again. Sixty-three said they smoked to stay thin. Is there good daily revenue of this parking garage (note t_0.05 = 1.725, t_0.025 = 2.086). [1178, 1324]
evidence that more than thirty percent of the teen girls smoke to stay thin? The alternative hypothesis is: (Qualitative 36. When the null hypothesis is rejected, then we know for certain that:
MC to follow) 38. Historically, at the Newport Department Store, the proportion of delinquent accounts has been 14%. Newport
15- Previously, an organization reported that teenagers spent 4.5 hours per week, on average, on the phone. The conducted a customer communication campaign to try to reduce this percentage. After the campaign, Newport
organization thinks that, currently, the mean is higher. Fifteen randomly chosen teenagers were asked how many hours randomly selected 250 customer accounts and found that 30 were delinquent. Which of the following test statistics
per week they spend on the phone. The sample mean was 4.75 hours with a sample standard deviation of 2.0. If we would be used to nd the p-value to use when testing them hypothesis “the campaign had an effect” vs. “the campaign
conduct a hypothesis test. The null and alternative hypotheses are: did not have an effect”?
16. The Gallup Poll reported that 45% of individuals felt they were worse off than 1 year 40. A mail-order business prides itself in its ability to ll customers’ orders in no more than six calendar days, on
ago. A politician feels that this is too high for her district, so she commissioned her own survey and nds that, out of 150 average. Periodically, the operations manager selects a random sample of customer orders and tests the claim of the
randomly selected citizens, 58 feel they are worse off today than 1 year ago. At signi cance level 0.05, is the politician company. On one occasion when a sample of 39 orders was selected, the average number of days was 6.65 with a
correct about her district? (Qualitative MC to follow) sample standard deviation of 1.5 days. What are the name and the value of the appropriate test statistic? t, 2.71
17. The Gallup Poll reported that 45% of individuals felt they were = worse off than 1 year ago. A politician feels that this 41. A mail-order business prides itself in its ability to ll customers' orders in no more than six calendar days, on
is too high for her district, so she commissioned her own survey and nds that, out of 150 randomly selected citizens, average. Periodically, the operations manager selects a random sample of customer orders and tests the claim of the
58 feel they are worse off today than 1 year ago. What is the p value? 0.0595 company. On one occasion when a sample of 39 orders was selected, the average number of days was 6.65 with a
18. A pasta company wants to determine the average amount of macaroni they are putting in a one-pound box. The sample standard deviation of 1.5 days. What is the p value? 0.005
weights (in grams) of a sample of 14 boxes is: 460 462 458 466 457 455 459 457 458 460 453 459 464 461 You decide 42. The customer waiting time at a fast food restaurant is normally distributed with an unknown mean and standard
to test the claim that the mean weight of a box is equal to 454 grams (1 pound = 454 grams), with α= 0.01, What is the deviation. For a random sample of 16 customer transactions, the average customer waiting time at the restaurant was 8
test statistic you found? t=5.722 minutes and the standard deviation was 4 minutes. What is the margin of error of the 90% con dence interval for the
19- Adults were randomly selected for a Newsweek poll. They were asked if they “favor or oppose using federal tax average waiting time at the restaurant? 1.753
dollars to fund medical research using stem cells obtained from human embryos." Of those polled, 481 were in favor
and 401 were opposed. A politician claims that people don't really understand the stem cell issue and their responses to
such questions are random responses equivalent to a coin toss. Use a 0.01 signi cance level to test the claim that the
proportion of subjects who respond in favor is equal to 0.5. What does the result suggest about the politician's claim?
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