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Chapter 8 Hypothesis Testing
True/False 1. The further the hypothesized mean is from the actual mean the greater the power of the test. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium (REF) 2. The manager of the quality department for a tire manufacturing company wants to know the average tensile strength of rubber used in making a certain brand of radial tire. She knows the population standard deviation and uses a Z test to test the null hypothesis that the mean tensile strength is 800 pounds per square inch. The calculated Z test statistic is a positive value that leads to a p-value of .067 for the test. If the significance level is .10, the null hypothesis would be rejected. Assume that the population of pressure values is normally distributed. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Use the following information to answer questions 3-4: The manager of the quality department for a tire manufacturing company wants to know the average tensile strength of rubber used in making a certain brand of radial tire. The population is normally distributed and the population standard deviation is known. She uses a Z test to test the null hypothesis that the mean tensile strength is less than or equal to 800 pounds per square inch. The calculated Z test statistic is a positive value that leads to a p-value of .067 for the test. 3. If the significance level is .10, the null hypothesis would be rejected. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium 4. If the significance level is .05, the null hypothesis would be rejected. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Use the following information to answer questions 5-6: The manager of the quality department for a tire manufacturing company wants to know the average tensile strength of rubber used in making a certain brand of radial tire. The population is normally distributed and the population standard deviation is known. She uses a Z test to test the null hypothesis that the mean tensile strength is 800 pounds per square inch. The calculated Z test statistic is a positive value that leads to a p-value of .045 for the test. 5. If the significance level ( ) is .01, the null hypothesis would be rejected. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium
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6. If the significance level ( ) is .05, the null hypothesis would be rejected. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium 7. A Type I error is rejecting a true null hypothesis. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium 8. The larger the p-value, the more we doubt the null hypothesis. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium 9. A Type II error is failing to reject a false null hypothesis. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium (REF) 10. You cannot make a Type II error when the null hypothesis is true. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium (REF) 11. For a hypothesis test about a population proportion or mean, if the level of significance is less than the p-value, the null hypothesis is rejected. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium 12. Alpha ( ) is the probability that the test statistic would assume a value as or more extreme than the observed value of the test. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium 13. Everything else being constant, increasing the sample size decreases the probability of committing a Type II error. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium 14. The null hypothesis is a statement that will be accepted only if there is convincing sample evidence that it is true. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy 15. The power of a statistical test is the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium
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16. As the level of significance increases, we are more likely to reject the null hypothesis. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium 17. A test statistic is computed from sample data in hypothesis testing and is used in making a decision about whether or not to reject the null hypothesis. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium 18. When conducting a hypothesis test about a single mean, other relevant factors held constant, increasing the level of significance from .05 to .10 will reduce the probability of a Type I error. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium 19. When conducting a hypothesis test about a single mean, other relevant factors held constant, increasing the level of significance from .05 to .10 will reduce the probability of a Type II error. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium (REF) 20. The null hypothesis always includes an equal (=) sign. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy 21. The level of significance indicates the probability of rejecting a false null hypothesis. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium (REF) 22. When conducting a hypothesis test about a single mean, reducing the level of significance ( ) will increase the size of the rejection region. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium 23. When the null hypothesis is not rejected, there is no possibility of making a Type I error. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium 24. When the null hypothesis is true, there is no possibility of making a Type I error. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium
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Multiple Choice 25. When testing the null hypothesis about a single population variance, one compares the computed test statistic for significance with a value from the ___________ distribution. A) t B) Z C) Binomial D) Chi-square Answer: D Difficulty: Medium 26. When testing a null hypothesis about a single population mean and the population standard deviation is unknown, if the sample size is less than 30, one compares the computed test statistic for significance with a value from the ___________ distribution. A) t B) Z C) Binomial D) Chi-square Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 27. Which statement is incorrect? A) The null hypothesis contains the equality sign. B) When a false null hypothesis is not rejected, a Type II error has occurred. C) If the null hypothesis is rejected, it is concluded that the alternative hypothesis is true. D) If we fail to reject the null hypothesis, then it is proven that null hypothesis is true. Answer: D Difficulty: Medium (REF) 28. For a given hypothesis test, if we do not reject H0, and H0 is true. A) No error has been committed. B) Type I error has been committed. C) Type II error has been committed. D) Type III error has been committed. Answer: A Difficulty: Easy 29. If a null hypothesis is rejected at a significance level of .01, it will ______ be rejected at a significance level of .05 A) Always B) Sometimes C) Never Answer: A Difficulty: Hard
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30. If a null hypothesis is rejected at a significance level of .05, it will ______ be rejected at a significance level of .01 A) Always B) Sometimes C) Never Answer: B Difficulty: Hard 31. If a null hypothesis is not rejected at a significance level of .05, it will ______ be rejected at a significance level of .01 A) Always B) Sometimes C) Never Answer: C Difficulty: Hard 32. When testing a hypothesis about a single proportion, if np > 5 and n(1 p) > 5, then Z statistic is ___________ used. A) Always B) Sometimes C) Never Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 33. If a two-sided null hypothesis is rejected for a single mean at a given significance level, the corresponding one- sided null hypothesis (i.e., the same sample size, the same standard deviation, and the same mean) will_________ be rejected at the same significance level. A) Always B) Sometimes C) Never Answer: A Difficulty: Hard 34. If a two-sided null hypothesis can not be rejected for a single mean at a given significance level, then the corresponding one-sided null hypothesis (i.e., the same sample size, the same standard deviation, and the same mean) will_________ be rejected at the same significance level. A) Always B) Sometimes C) Never Answer: B Difficulty: Hard
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35. If a one-sided null hypothesis for a single mean can not be rejected at a given significance level, then the corresponding two-sided null hypothesis (i.e., the same sample size, the same standard deviation, and the same mean) will_________ be rejected at the same significance level. A) Always B) Sometimes C) Never Answer: C Difficulty: Hard 36. If a one-sided null hypothesis is rejected at a given significance level, then the corresponding two-sided null hypothesis (i.e., the same sample size, the same standard deviation, and the same mean) will_________ be rejected at the same significance level. A) Always B) Sometimes C) Never Answer: B Difficulty: Hard 37. Type II error is defined as the probability of ________________ H0, when it should ___________. A) failing to reject; be rejected B) failing to reject; not be rejected C) rejecting, not be rejected D) rejecting, rejected Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 38. A professional basketball player is averaging 21 points per game. He will be retiring at the end of this season. The team has multiple options to replace him. However, the owner feels that signing a replacement is only justified, if he can average more than 22 points per game. Which of the following are the appropriate hypotheses for this problem? A) H0: 21 vs. H : > 21 B) H0: 22 vs. H : > 22 C) H0: 21 vs. H : < 21 D) H0: 22 vs. H : < 22 Answer: B Difficulty: Hard 39. A decision in a hypothesis test can be made by using a A) p-value B) Rejection point C) A and B D) None of the above Answer: C Difficulty: Medium
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57. Based on a random sample of 16 customer transactions the mean waiting time is 6.3 minutes and the standard deviation is 2 minutes per customer. What is the value of the test statistic? A) t = -1.2 B) t = 2.4 C) t = -2.4 D) t = -0.6 E) t = 9.6 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium 58. Based on a random sample of 16 customer transactions the mean waiting time is 6.3 minutes and the standard deviation is 2 minutes per customer. What is the p-value? A) .1151 B) .0082 C) .2302 D) .0164 E) .0000 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium Use the following information to answer questions 59-60: A major airline company is concerned that its proportion of late arrivals has substantially increased in the past month. Historical data shows that on the average 18% of the company airplanes have arrived late. In a random sample of 1,240 airplanes, 310 airplanes have arrived late. If we are conducting a hypothesis test of a single proportion to determine if the proportion of late arrivals has increased: 59. What is the correct statement of null and alternative hypothesis? A) H0: p < .18 and HA: p .18 B) H0: p .18 and HA: p > .18 C) H0: p = .18 and HA: p .18 D) H0: p > .18 and HA: p .18 E) H0: p .20 and HA: p > .20 Answer: B Difficulty: Hard 60. What is the value of the calculated test statistic? A) Z = 6.416 B) Z = 3.208 C) Z = -3.208 D) Z = -6.416 E) Z = 1.833 Answer: A Difficulty: Hard
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Essay 77. Test H0: 8 versus HA: > 8, given = .01, n = 25, X = 8.112, and s = .16. Assume the sample is selected from a normally distributed population. Answer: Reject H0 H0 : 8 H A : > 8
8.112 8 = 3.5 .16 25 t.01,24 = 2.492 t= 3.5 > 2.492, reject H 0 Difficulty: Medium
78. Test H0: 22 versus HA: < 22, given = .01, n = 100, X = 21.431, and s = 1.295. Answer: Reject H0 H 0 : 22 H A : < 22 21.431 22 .569 = = 4.394 1.295 .1295 100 Z.01 = 2.33 Z= 4.394 < 2.33, reject H 0 Difficulty: Medium 79. Assuming a normal population, use the data: 15, 19, 12, 14, 23, and 13 to test H0: = 18 versus HA: 18 at =.05. Answer: Fail to reject H0 H 0 : = 18 H A : 18
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80. Given sample data: .612, .619, .628, .631, .640, .643, .649, .655, .663, and .679, test H0: .625 versus HA: > .625 at =.10. Answer: Reject H0 H0: .625 HA: >.625 X = .6419, s = .02049
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t10,9 = 1.383 2.61 > 1,383, Reject H0 Difficulty: Hard 81. Determine the p-value for H0: p .5 versus HA: p > .5 when n = 225 and p = .54. Answer: .1151 .54 .5 Z= = 1.2 (.5)(.5) 225 p value = .5 .3849 = .1151 Difficulty: Medium 82. Determine the p-value for H0: p = .5 versus HA: p .5 when n = 225 and p = .54. Answer: .2302 .54 .5 Z= = 1.2 (.5)(.5) 225 p value = 2(.5 .3849) = .2302 Difficulty: Medium
83. Determine the p-value for H0: 95 versus HA: < 95 when X = 90.2, s = 9.92, and n = 37. Answer: .0016 90.2 95 4.8 Z= = = 2.94 9.92 1.6308 37 p value = .5 .4984 = .0016 Difficulty: Medium 84. Determine the p-value for H0: = 95 versus HA: 95 when X = 90.2, s = 9.92, and n
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86. In testing H0: = 23 versus HA: > 23 when X =26, s = 6, and n = 20, what is the value of the t-statistic? Answer: 2.24 26 23 t= = 2.24 6 20 Difficulty: Easy 87. In testing H0: 23 versus HA: > 23 when X = 26, s = 6, and n = 30, what is the value of the z-statistic? Answer: 2.74 26 23 Z= = 2.74 6 30 Difficulty: Easy
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88. In testing H0: p = .2 versus HA: p .2 with p = .26 and n = 100, what is the value of the zstatistic? Answer: 1.5 .26 .2 Z= = 1.5 (.2)(.8) 100 Difficulty: Easy 89. Test H0: p = .2 versus HA: p .2 with p = .26 and n = 100 at alpha = .05. Answer: Fail to reject H0 H 0 : p = .2 H A : p .2
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90. In testing H0: p .33 versus HA: p < .33 with p = .20 and n = 100, what is the value of the z-statistic? Answer: -2.77 .2 .33 Z= = 2.77 (.33)(.67) 100 Difficulty: Medium 91. Test at = .05 H0: p = .33 versus HA: p < .33 with p = .20 and n = 100. Answer: Reject H0 H 0 : p .33 H A : p < .33
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92. Test H0: .95 versus HA: > .95 when X = .99, s = .12, and n = 24 at alpha = .05. Assume a normally distributed population. Answer: Reject H0 H 0 : .95 H A : > .95
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93. Test H0: p .7 versus HA: p < .7 with p = .63 and n = 100 at Answer: Fail to reject H0 H 0 : p .7 H A : p < .7
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95. Test H0: 2.5 versus HA: < 2.5 when X = 2.46, s = .05, and n = 26 at = .10. Assume that the population from which the sample is selected is normally distributed. Answer: Reject H0 H 0 : 2.5 H A : < 2.5
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96. Can it be established at = .05 that a majority of students favor the plus/minus grading system at a university if in a random sample of 500 students, 270 favor the system? Answer: Yes. H 0 : p .5 H A : p > .5 270 = .54 500 .54 .50 Z= = 1.789 (.5)(.5) 500 Z.05 = 1.645 p= 1.789 > 1.645, we reject H 0 Difficulty: Medium 97. Is there enough evidence to establish that the mean population age exceeds 42? Write HA for this question. Answer: > 42 Difficulty: Easy
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127. Assume that the actual mean is 2.175 based on a sample size of 16, and determine the probability of a Type II error. Answer: .3085 .4 2.4 1.75 = 2.225 16 2.225 2.175 Z= = .50 .1 P (2.125 2.175) = .1915 = .5 .1915 = .3085 Difficulty: Hard 128. Assume that the actual mean is 2.175 based on a sample size of 16, and determine the power of the test. Answer: .6915 .4 2.4 1.75 = 2.225 16 2.225 2.175 Z= = .50 .1 P (2.125 2.175) = .1915 = .5 .1915 = .3085 Power = 1 .3085 = .6915 Difficulty: Hard Use the following information to answer questions 129-131: A null hypothesis H0: 2.4 is not rejected at a significance level of 0.05 ( = 0.05). The standard deviation for the normally distributed population is known to be 0.36. 129. Assume that the actual mean is 2.125 based on a sample size of 36, and determine the probability of a Type II error. Answer: 0.0016 .36 2.4 1.645 = 2.3013 36 2.3013 2.175 Z= = 2.9353 .06 P (2.125 2.3013) = .4984 = .5 .4984 = .0016 Difficulty: Hard
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130. Assume that the actual mean is 2.125 based on a sample size of 36 and determine the power of the test. Answer: .9984 .36 2.4 1.645 = 2.3013 36 2.3013 2.175 Z= = 2.9353 .06 P (2.125 2.3013) = .4984 = .5 .4984 = .0016 Power = 1 .0016 = .9984 Difficulty: Hard 131. In addition the firm desires to guard against Type II error (not rejecting the null hypothesis erroneously), when the true mean is less than 2.2 at a level of .02 ( ) . How large a sample should be taken? Answer: 45 2 [ (1.645 + 2.05)(.36) ] = 44.23 45 n= (2.4 2.2) 2 Difficulty: Hard 132. A null hypothesis H0: = 2.4 is tested at a significance level of 0.05 ( = 0.05). The standard deviation for the normally distributed population is known to be 0.40. In addition, the firm desires to guard against Type II error (not rejecting the null hypothesis erroneously), when the true mean is less than 2.25 at a level of .01 ( ). How large a sample should be taken? Answer: 131 2 [ (1.96 + 2.33)(.40) ] = 130.874 131 n= (2.4 2.25) 2 Difficulty: Hard Multiple Choice Use the following information to answer questions 133-136: A mail-order business prides itself in its ability to fill customers orders in less than six calendar days, on average. Periodically, the operations manager selects a random sample of customer orders and determines the number of days required to fill the orders. On one occasion when a sample of 39 orders was selected, the average number of days was 6.65 with a sample standard deviation of 1.5 days.
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133. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to test whether the standard is being met A) HO: = 6 vs. HA: 6 B) HO: 6.65 vs. HA: < 6.65 C) HO: 6 vs. HA: < 6 D) HO: 6 vs. HA: = 6 E) HO: 6 vs. HA: > 6 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium 134. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 2.71 B) 16.90 C) 0.65 D) -2.71 E) 3.31 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 135. What is the rejection point for = .10 to test the hypotheses. A) -1.28 B) -1.96 C) -2.33 D) 1.28 E) 1.96 Answer: C Difficulty: Easy 136. How much evidence do we have that the standard is being met? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: A Difficulty: Easy Use the following information to answer questions 137-140: A random sample of 80 companies who announced corrections to their balance sheets took a mean time of 8.1 days for the time between balance sheet construction and the complete audit. The standard deviation of these times was 1.3 days.
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137. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to provide evidence supporting the claim that is greater than 7.5 days which was the previous year amount. A) HO: = 7.5 vs. HA: 7.5 B) HO: 7.5 vs. HA: < 7.5 C) HO: 8.1 vs. HA: < 8.1 D) HO: 7.5 vs. HA: = 7.5 E) HO: 7.5 vs. HA: > 7.5 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium (AS) 138. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) -4.13 B) 36.92 C) 4.71 D) -4.71 E) 4.13 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium (AS) 139. What is the rejection point for = .001 to test the hypotheses. A) 2.575 B) 3.09 C) -1.96 D) -2.575 E) -3.09 Answer: B Difficulty: Easy (AS) 140. How much evidence do we have that the time is longer than 7.5 days? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: E Difficulty: Easy (AS) Use the following information to answer questions 141-144: The manufacturer of an over-the-counter heartburn relief mediation claims that it product brings relief in less than 3.5 minutes, on average. To be able to make this claim the manufacturer was required by the FDA to present statistical evidence in support of the claim. The manufacturer reported that for a sample of 50 heartburn sufferers, the mean time to relief was 3.3 minutes and the standard deviation was 1.1 minutes.
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141. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to test the manufacturers claim A) HO: = 3.3 vs. HA: 3.3 B) HO: 3.5 vs. HA: < 3.5 C) HO: 3.3 vs. HA: < 3.3 D) HO: 3.5 vs. HA: = 3.5 E) HO: 3.5 vs. HA: > 3.5 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 142. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 1.29 B) 9.09 C) -1.29 D) -2.58 E) -9.09 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium 143. Calculate the p-value that corresponds to the test statistic. A) 0.0985 B) 0.0001 C) 0.4015 D) 0.005 E) -0.985 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 144. How much evidence do we have that the claim is true? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Use the following information to answer questions 145-148: A company has developed a new ink-jet cartridge for its printer that it believes has a longer lifetime on average than the one currently being produced. To investigate its length of life, 225 of the new cartridges were tested by counting the number of high-quality printed pages each was able to produce. The sample mean and standard deviation were determined to be 1511.4 pages and 35.7 pages, respectively. The historical average lifetime for cartridges produced by the current process is 1502.5 pages.
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145. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to test whether the mean lifetime of the new cartridges exceeds that of the old cartridges. A) HO: = 1502.5 vs. HA: 1502.5 B) HO: 1511.4 vs. HA: < 1511.4 C) HO: 1502.5 vs. HA: < 1502.5 D) HO: 1502.5 vs. HA: = 1502.5 E) HO: 1502.5 vs. HA: > 1502.5 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 146. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 56.09 B) 3.74 C) 22.34 D) -3.74 E) -22.34 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 147. What is the rejection point for = .05 to test the hypotheses. A) 1.645 B) -1.645 C) 1.96 D) 1.28 E) -1.96 Answer: A Difficulty: Easy Refer To: 08_13 148. How much evidence do we have that the new cartridge is better than the old? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: E Difficulty: Easy Refer To: 08_13 Use the following information to answer questions 149-152: A study investigated the relationship of employment status to mental health. A sample of 49 unemployed men took a mental health examination measuring present mental health with lower values indicating better mental health. Their mean score was 10.94 and a standard deviation of 4.90.
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149. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses if we wish to test the research hypothesis that the mean score for all unemployed men exceeds 10. A) HO: = 10 vs. HA: 10 B) HO: 10.94 vs. HA: < 10.94 C) HO: 10 vs. HA: < 10 D) HO: 10 vs. HA: = 10 E) HO: 10 vs. HA: > 10 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 150. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 2.97 B) -2.97 C) 2.68 D) 1.34 E) -1.34 Answer: D Difficulty: Medium 151. Calculate the p-value for the test statistic. A) 0.0901 B) 0.0037 C) 0.0015 D) -0.0015 E) -0.0901 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 152. How much evidence do we have that the mean score exceeds 10? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Use the following information to answer questions 153-156: When 100 randomly selected car owners are surveyed, it is found that the mean length of time they plan to keep their car is 7.01 years, and the standard deviation is 3.74 years.
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153. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to test the claim that the mean for all car owners is less than 7.5 years. A) HO: = 7.5 vs. HA: 7.5 B) HO: 7.5 vs. HA: < 7.5 C) HO: 7.01 vs. HA: < 7.01 D) HO: 7.5 vs. HA: = 7.5 E) HO: 7.5 vs. HA: > 7.5 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 154. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) -13.10 B) -2.53 C) -1.31 D) 1.31 E) 2.53 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium 155. Calculate the p-value for the test statistic. A) -0.0951 B) 0.0951 C) 0.1902 D) 0.0057 E) 0.0057 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 156. How much evidence do we have that the mean years is less than 7.5? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Use the following information to answer questions 157-160: In a study of distances traveled by buses before the first major engine failure, a sample of 191 buses results in a mean of 96,700 miles and a standard deviation of 37,500 miles.
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157. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to test the claim that the mean distance traveled before a major engine failure is more than 90,000 miles. A) HO: = 90,000 vs. HA: 90,000 B) HO: 90,000 vs. HA: < 90,000 C) HO: 96,700 vs. HA: < 96,700 D) HO: 90,000 vs. HA: = 90,000 E) HO: 90,000 vs. HA: > 90,000 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium (AS) 158. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 2.47 B) 34.13 C) 478.16 D) -34.13 E) -2.47 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium (AS) 159. Calculate the p-value corresponding to the test statistic. A) 0.0000 B) 0.0068 C) -0.0068 D) 0.0136 E) -0.0136 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium (AS) 160. How much evidence do we have that the major engine failure will occur after 90,000 miles? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: D Difficulty: Easy (AS) Use the following information to answer questions 161-164: A manufacturer of a chemical used in glue, attempting to control the amount of a hazardous chemical its workers are exposed to, has given instructions to halt production if the mean amount in the air exceeds 3.0ppm. A random sample of 50 air specimens produced the following statistics: sample mean = 3.1 ppm , sample standard deviation = 0.5 ppm.
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161. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses that would be used to halt production A) HO: = 3.0 vs. HA: 3.0 B) HO: 3.0 vs. HA: < 3.0 C) HO: 3.1 vs. HA: < 3.1 D) HO: 3.0 vs. HA: = 3.0 E) HO: 3.0 vs. HA: > 3.0 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 162. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 1.00 B) -1.00 C) 2.80 D) 1.41 E) -1.41 Answer: D Difficulty: Medium 163. Calculate the p-value for the test statistic. A) -0.0793 B) 0.0398 C) 0.1587 D) -0.1587 E) 0.0793 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 164. If the level of shutting down production is set at 0.05, given this air sample should production be halted? A) Yes B) No Answer: B Difficulty: Hard Use the following information to answer questions 165-168: Standard x-ray machines should give radiation dosages below 5.00 mill roentgens. To test a certain x-ray machine a sample of 36 observations is taken with a mean of 4.13 m. and a standard deviation of 1.91 m.
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165. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to test whether this particular machine gives radiation below 5.00 mil (is in specification). A) HO: = 5 vs. HA: 5 B) HO: 5 vs. HA: < 5 C) HO: 4.13 vs. HA: < 4.13 D) HO: 5 vs. HA: = 5 E) HO: 5 vs. HA: > 5 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 166. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) -2.73 B) -3.78 C) -0.455 D) 3.78 E) 2.73 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 167. Calculate the p-value for this test statistic. A) 0.0032 B) 0.0001 C) 0.3264 D) 0.0064 E) -0.0032 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 168. How much evidence do we have that the machine is in specification? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: D Difficulty: Easy Use the following information to answer questions 169-172: It is estimated that the average person in the US uses 123 gallons of water per day. Some environmentalists believe this figure is too high and conducted a survey of 40 randomly selected Americans. They find a mean of 113.03 gallons and a standard deviation of 25.99 gallons.
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169. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to test the claim that the water usage is less than the AWWA estimate. A) HO: = 123 vs. HA: 123 B) HO: 123 vs. HA: < 123 C) HO: 113.03 vs. HA: < 113.03 D) HO: 123 vs. HA: = 123 E) HO: 123 vs. HA: > 123 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 170. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) -0.38 B) 2.43 C) 0.38 D) -15.34 E) -2.43 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 171. Calculate the p-value for this test statistic. A) 0.4925 B) -0.0075 C) 0.0075 D) 0.015 E) 0.352 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium 172. How much evidence do we have that the water usage is less than the AWWA estimate? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: D Difficulty: Easy Use the following information to answer questions 173-177: A state education agency designs and administers high school proficiency exams. Historically, time to complete the exam was an average of 120 minutes. Recently the format of the exam changed and the claim has been made that the time to complete the exam has changed. A sample of 50 new exam times yielded an average time of 118 minutes. The standard deviation is assumed to be 5 minutes.
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173. Set up the null and alternative hypothesis to test if the average time to complete the exam had changed from 120 minutes. A) H0 = 120 Ha 120 B) H0 120 Ha < 120 C) H0 120 Ha > 120 D) H0 120 Ha = 120 E) H0 118 Ha < 118 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 174. Calculate the test statistic to test these hypotheses. A) -2.82 B) -6.32 C) 5.64 D) -5.64 E) 2.82 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 175. Calculate the p-value. A) .0024 B) -.0024 C) .0000 D) -.0048 E) .0048 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 176. How much evidence do we have to reject the null hypothesis? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very Strong evidence E) Extremely Strong evidence Answer: D Difficulty: Easy 177. Calculate a confidence interval to test the hypotheses at = .01 A) [116.18 119.82] B) [116.36 119.64] C) [116.61 119.39] D) [115.67 120.33] E) [115.82 120.18] Answer: A Difficulty: Medium
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Use the following information to answer questions 178-182: A manufacturer of salad dressings uses machines to dispense liquid ingredients into bottles that move along a filling line. The machine that dispenses dressing is working properly when 8 ounces are dispensed. The standard deviation of the process is 0.15 ounces. A sample of 48 bottles is selected periodically, and the filling line is stopped if there is evidence that the mean amount dispensed is different from 8 ounces. Suppose that the mean amount dispensed in a particular sample of 48 bottles is 7.983 ounces. 178. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to test the filling process. A) H0 8 Ha = 8 B) H0 7.983 Ha > 7.983 C) H0 8 Ha > 8 D) H0 8 Ha < 8 E) H0 = 8 Ha 8 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 179. Calculate the test statistic A) -0.785 B) -1.57 C) -3.04 D) 1.57 E) 0.785 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 180. Calculate the p-value A) .216 B) .432 C) .0012 D) .0582 E) .1164 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 181. How much evidence do we have that the filling line should be stopped? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very Strong evidence E) Extremely Strong evidence Answer: A Difficulty: Easy
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182. Calculate a confidence interval to test the hypotheses at = .05 A) [7.947 8.019] B) [7.941 8.025] C) [7.933 8.033] D) [7.955 8.011] E) [7.916 8.050] Answer: B Difficulty: Medium Use the following information to answer questions 183-187: The manager of a grocery store wants to determine whether the amount of water contained in 1 gallon bottle purchased from a nationally known manufacturer actually average 1 gallon. It is known from the manufacturers specifications that the standard deviation of the amount of water is equal to 0.02 gallon. A random sample of 32 bottles is selected, and the mean amount of water per 1 gallon can is found to be 0.995 gallon. 183. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to test that the manufacturers claim is false. A) H0 .995 Ha > .995 B) H0 1 Ha = 1 C) H0 1 Ha < 1 D) H0 = 1 Ha 1 E) H0 1 Ha > 1 Answer: D Difficulty: Medium 184. Calculate the test statistic A) -2.83 B) -1.41 C) -2.00 D) 2.83 E) 1.41 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 185. Calculate the p-value A) .0793 B) .1586 C) .0023 D) .0046 E) .0456 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium
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186. How much evidence do we have that the manufacturers claim is false? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very Strong evidence E) Extremely Strong evidence Answer: A Difficulty: Easy 187. Calculate a confidence interval to test the hypotheses at = .001. A) [0.987 1.003] B) [0.986 1.004] C) [0.984 1.006] D) [0.983 1.007] E) [0.988 1.002] Answer: D Difficulty: Medium Use the following information to answer questions 188-192: The quality control manager at a cell phone battery factory needs to determine whether the mean life of a large shipment of batteries is equal to the specified value of 375 hours. The process standard deviation is known to be 100 hours. A random sample of 64 batteries indicates a sample mean of 350 hours 188. State the null and alternative hypotheses to test whether the shipment meets the specified value. A) H0 350 Ha < 350 B) H0 375 Ha = 375 C) H0 = 375 Ha 375 D) H0 375 Ha < 375 E) H0 375 Ha > 375 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium 189. Calculate the test statistic A) -16.00 B) -4.00 C) -2.00 D) 2.00 E) 4.00 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium
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190. Calculate the p-value A) 0.0001 B) 0.0002 C) 0.0228 D) 0.0456 E) -0.0228 Answer: D Difficulty: Medium 191. How much evidence do we have that the shipment is meeting the specified value? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very Strong evidence E) Extremely Strong evidence Answer: C Difficulty: Easy 192. Calculate a confidence interval to test the hypotheses at = .01 A) [317.8 382.2] B) [308.9 391.1] C) [311.4 362.5] D) [312.5 387.5] E) [320.9 379.1] Answer: A Difficulty: Medium Use the following information to answer questions 193-197: An injector molder produces plastic pens. The process is designed to produce pens with a mean weight of 0.250 ounce. To investigate whether the injection molder is operating satisfactorily, 40 pens were randomly sample with a mean of 0.2525 and a standard deviation of .0022. 193. Set up the appropriate hypotheses to test that the process is performing satisfactorily. A) H 0 0.250 Ha < 0.250 B) H 0 = 0.250 Ha 0.250 C) H 0 0.250 Ha > 0.250 D) H 0 0.250 Ha = 0.250 E) H 0 0.2525 Ha > 0.2525 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium
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194. Calculate the test statistic A) 7.187 B) .337 C) 3.371 D) -.337 E) -7.187 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 195. What is the rejection point for = .001 to test this hypothesis. A) 2.575 B) 2.33 C) 3.09 D) 1.96 E) 3.29 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 196. How much evidence do we have that the process is out of control A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very Strong evidence E) Extremely Strong evidence Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 197. Calculate a confidence interval to test the hypotheses at = .01 A) [.2514 .2536] B) [.2516 .2534] C) [.2517 .2533] D) [.2518 .2532] E) [.2521 .2529] Answer: B Difficulty: Medium Use the following information to answer questions 198-202: A survey of professors in History across the US found that the average income is $74,914. Since this survey is now over 8 years old, suppose an institutional researcher wants to test this figure by taking a random sample of 112 History professors. She finds a sample mean of $81,342 and a standard deviation of 15,121.
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198. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to determine is the figure has changed. A) H0 = 74914 Ha 74914 B) H 0 74914 Ha < 74914 C) H 0 74914 Ha > 74914 D) H 0 74914 Ha = 74914 E) H 0 81342 Ha > 81342 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 199. Calculate the test statistic A) 4.50 B) 47.61 C) 9.00 D) -47.61 E) -4.50 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 200. What is the rejection point for testing these hypotheses at = .05. A) 1.28 B) 1.645 C) 1.96 D) 2.33 E) 2.575 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium 201. How much evidence do we have that the figure has changed? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very Strong evidence E) Extremely Strong evidence Answer: E Difficulty: Easy 202. Calculate a confidence interval to test the hypotheses at = .001 A) [79,539 83,145] B) [78,992 83,692] C) [76,640 86,044] D) [76,927 85,757] E) [77,661 85,023] Answer: C Difficulty: Medium
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Use the following information to answer questions 203-207: It has been hypothesized that on average employees spend one hour a day playing video games at work. To test this at her company, a manager takes a random sample of 35 employees who showed a mean time of 55 minutes per day with a standard deviation of 5 minutes. 203. Set up the null and alternative hypothesis to test the claim that the companys playing time differs from the national average. A) H0 60 Ha > 60 B) H0 60 Ha < 60 C) H0 = 55 Ha 55 D) H0 = 60 Ha 60 E) H0 60 Ha = 60 Answer: D Difficulty: Medium 204. Calculate the test statistic A) 5.92 B) 63.89 C) 11.84 D) -5.92 E) -63.89 Answer: D Difficulty: Medium 205. What is the rejection point for testing these hypotheses at = .01. A) 1.28 B) 1.645 C) 1.96 D) 2.33 E) 2.575 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 206. How much evidence do we have that this companys employees are different from the average national employee? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very Strong evidence E) Extremely Strong evidence Answer: E Difficulty: Easy
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207. Calculate a confidence interval to test the hypotheses at = .02. A) [52.39 57.61] B) [53.03 56.97] C) [52.82 57.18] D) [53.34 56.66] E) [52.46 57.54] Answer: B Difficulty: Medium Use the following to answer questions 208-212: A cereal manufacturer is concerned that the boxes of cereal not be under filled or overfilled. Each box of cereal is supposed to contain 13 ounces of cereal. A random sample of 31 boxes is tested. The average weight is 12.58 ounces and the standard deviation is 0.25 ounces. 208. Setup the null and alternative hypothesis to test if the average number of ounces is different from 13 ounces. A) H0 13 Ha < 13 B) H0 = 13 Ha 13 C) H0 13 Ha > 13 D) H0 13 Ha = 13 E) H0 12.58 Ha > 12.58 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 209. Calculate the test statistic to test these hypotheses A) 9.35 B) -9.35 C) 4.68 D) -4.68 E) -1.68 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 210. What is the rejection point for testing these hypotheses at = .001. A) 1.28 B) 1.645 C) 2.575 D) 3.09 E) 3.291 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium
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211. How much evidence do we have that the mean of the process is not 13 ounces? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very Strong evidence E) Extremely Strong evidence Answer: E Difficulty: Easy 212. Calculate a confidence interval to test the hypotheses at = .10 A) [12.46 12.70] B) [12.48 12.68] C) [12.49 12.67] D) [12.51 12.65] E) [12.52 12.64] Answer: D Difficulty: Medium Use the following information to answer questions 213-217: A new manufacturing method has been introduced to streamline the canning process of cherries. Although the time to fill a can has been reduced the quality control manager is concerned about the uniformity of the amount of cherries in each can. The cans are labeled to contain 14.5 ounces of cherries and natural juice. To be sure that this level has not been affected by the new method the manager randomly samples 80 cans over an eight hour shift. The mean number of ounces is 14.64 with a standard deviation of .4 ounces. 213. Set up the null and alternative hypothesis to determine if the new method has changed the amount of cherries that should be in the can. A) H0 14.64 Ha 14.64 B) H0 14.5 Ha > 14.5 C) H0 14.5 Ha < 14.5 D) H0 = 14.5 Ha 14.5 E) H0 14.5 Ha = 14.5 Answer: D Difficulty: Medium 214. Calculate the test statistic A) 3.13 B) 1.98 C) 3.96 D) -3.13 E) -1.98 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium
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215. What is the rejection point for testing the hypotheses at = .01. A) 3.09 B) 3.29 C) 2.33 D) 2.575 E) 1.96 Answer: D Difficulty: Medium 216. How much evidence is there that the cans contain 14.5 ounces of cherries and juice? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very Strong evidence E) Extremely Strong evidence Answer: D Difficulty: Easy 217. Calculate a confidence interval to test the hypotheses at = .05 A) [14.58 14.70] B) [14.57 14.71] C) [14.55 14.73] D) [14.54 14.74] E) [14.50 14.78] Answer: C Difficulty: Medium Use the following information to answer questions 218-222: The local pharmacy prides itself on the accuracy of the number of tablets that are dispensed in a 60 count prescription. The new manager feels that the pharmacy assistants might have become careless in counting due to an increase in the volume of prescriptions. To test her theory she randomly selects 40 prescriptions requiring 60 tablets and recounts the number in each bottle. She finds a sample mean of 62.05 and a standard deviation of 4.45. 218. Set up the null and alternative hypothesis to test if the average number of tablets is different from the required number. A) H0 60 Ha = 60 B) H0 40 Ha < 40 C) H0 60 Ha < 60 D) H0 60 Ha > 60 E) H0 = 60 Ha 60 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium
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219. Calculate the test statistic A) 2.91 B) -2.91 C) -3.57 D) 6.15 E) 3.57 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 220. Calculate the p-value A) 0.0000 B) 0.0018 C) 0.0036 D) 0.0009 E) 0.3859 Answer: D Difficulty: Easy 221. How much evidence do we have to reject the null hypothesis? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very Strong evidence E) Extremely Strong evidence Answer: D Difficulty: Easy 222. Calculate a confidence interval to test the hypotheses at = .002 A) [59.73 64.37] B) [59.88 64.22] C) [60.24 63.86] D) [60.67 63.43] E) [61.15 62.95] Answer: B Difficulty: Medium Use the following information to answer questions 223-230: Last year, during an investigation of the time spent reading e-mails on a daily basis, researchers found that on Monday the average time was 50 minutes. Office workers claim that with the increased spam and junk mail, this time has now increased. To conduct a test, a sample of 25 employees is selected with the following results: sample mean = 51.05 minutes and sample standard deviation = 14.2 minutes.
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223. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to test the workers claim. A) HO: = 50 vs. HA: 50 B) HO: 50 vs. HA: < 50 C) HO: 51.05 vs. HA: < 51.05 D) HO: 50 vs. HA: = 50 E) HO: 50 vs. HA: > 50 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 224. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 2.38 B) 1.19 C) -1.19 D) 1.76 E) -1.76 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 225. What is the rejection point for = .05 to test the hypotheses. A) 1.711 B) 2.064 C) 2.060 D) 1.708 E) 1.645 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 226. How much evidence do we have that the workers claim is true? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: A Difficulty: Easy Use the following information to answer questions 227-230: The manager of a local specialty store is concerned with a possible slowdown in payments by her customers. She measures the rate of payment in terms of the average number of days receivables are outstanding. Generally, the store has maintained an average of 50 days with a standard deviation of 10 days. A random sample of 25 accounts gives an average of 54 days outstanding with a standard deviation of 8 days.
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227. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses needed to show that there has been a slowdown in payments by the companys customers. A) HO: = 50 vs. HA: 50 B) HO: 54 vs. HA: < 54 C) HO: 50 vs. HA: < 50 D) HO: 50 vs. HA: = 50 E) HO: 50 vs. HA: > 50 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 228. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) -2.00 B) -2.50 C) 12.50 D) 2.50 E) 2.00 Answer: D Difficulty: Medium 229. What is the rejection point for = .01 to test the hypotheses. A) 2.485 B) 2.797 C) 2.492 D) 2.787 E) 2.327 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium 230. How much evidence do we have that there is a slowdown? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: D Difficulty: Easy Use the following information to answer questions 231-234: In research on cell phone use by teenagers it was found that the average connect time for a call was at least 15 minutes. Social psychologists feel that this study understated the time. To determine this claim, cell phone bills for 15 teenagers were evaluated. On average, the time spent was 18.5 minutes with a sample standard deviation of four minutes (assume a normal distribution).
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231. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to test whether the original research claim is valid, A) HO: = 15 vs. HA: 15 B) HO: 15 vs. HA: < 15 C) HO: 18.5 vs. HA: < 18.5 D) HO: 15 vs. HA: = 15 E) HO: 15 vs. HA: > 15 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 232. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 3.39 B) 13.125 C) 0.875 D) -0.875 E) -3.39 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 233. What is the rejection point for = .001 to test the hypotheses. A) 4.140 B) -4.140 C) 4.073 D) 3.291 E) 3.787 Answer: E Difficulty: Easy 234. How much evidence do we have that cell phone conversations are longer than the original claim? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: D Difficulty: Medium Use the following information to answer questions 235-238: The quality control manager of a major cell phone provider is concerned about the life of the cell phone batteries they use. He took a sample of 13 batteries from a recent shipment and used them continuously until they failed to work. The manager measured the number of hours the batteries lasted and found the mean to be 550.4 with a standard deviation of 315.3.
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235. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to provide evidence that the mean life of the batteries is more than 400 hours. A) HO: = 400 vs. HA: 400 B) HO: 400 vs. HA: < 400 C) HO: 550.4 vs. HA: < 550.4 D) HO: 400 vs. HA: = 400 E) HO: 400 vs. HA: > 400 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 236. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 6.20 B) 1.72 C) 0.477 D) -6.20 E) -1.72 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 237. What is the rejection point for = .10 to test the hypotheses. A) -1.356 B) 1.356 C) 1.282 D) 1.782 E) -1.782 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 238. How much evidence do we have that the mean life is more than 400 hours? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: B Difficulty: Medium Use the following information to answer questions 239-242: The changing ecology of the swamps in Louisiana has been the subject of much environmental research. One water-quality parameter of concern is the total phosphorous level. Suppose that the EPA makes 15 measurements in one area of the swamp, yielding a mean level of total phosphorus of 12.3 parts per billion (ppb) and a standard deviation of 5.4 ppb. The EPA wants to test whether the data support the conclusion that the mean level is less than 15 ppb.
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239. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to test whether the standard is being met A) HO: = 15 vs. HA: 15 B) HO: 15 vs. HA: < 15 C) HO: 12.3 vs. HA: < 12.3 D) HO: 15 vs. HA: = 15 E) HO: 15 vs. HA: > 15 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium (AS) 240. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 7.50 B) 1.94 C) 3.88 D) -7.50 E) -1.94 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium (AS) 241. What is the rejection point for = .05 to test the hypotheses. A) -1.761 B) -1.753 C) -2.145 D) 1.645 E) 2.132 Answer: A Difficulty: Easy (AS) 242. How much evidence do we have that the mean level of phosphorus is less than 15 parts per billion? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: B Difficulty: Easy (AS) Use the following information to answer questions 243-246: In a bottling process, a manufacturer will lose money if the bottles contain either more or less than is claimed on the label. Suppose a quality manager for a steak sauce company is interested in testing whether the mean number of ounces of steak sauce per restaurant size bottle differs from the labeled amount of 20 ounces. The manager samples nine bottles, measures the weight of their contents, and finds the sample mean is 19.7 ounces and the sample standard deviation is 0.3 ounces.
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243. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to test the quality managers claim. A) HO: = 20 vs. HA: 20 B) HO: 20 vs. HA: < 20 C) HO: 19.7 vs. HA: < 19.7 D) HO: 20 vs. HA: = 20 E) HO: 20 vs. HA: > 20 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 244. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 3.00 B) 1.00 C) -9.00 D) -1.00 E) -3.00 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 245. What is the rejection point for = .05 to test the hypotheses. A) 2.306 B) 2.262 C) 1.860 D) 3.09 E) 1.96 Answer: A Difficulty: Easy 246. How much evidence do we have to reject the null hypothesis? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: C Difficulty: Easy Use the following information to answer questions 247-250: A major car manufacturer wants to test a new catalytic converter to determine whether it meets new air pollution standards. The mean emission of all converters of this type must be less than 20 parts per million of carbon. Ten (10) converters are manufactured for testing purposes and their emission levels are measured with a mean of 17.17 and a standard deviation of 2.98.
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247. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to support the claim that the mean emission level for all converters of this type is less than 20 ppm. A) HO: = 20 vs. HA: 20 B) HO: 20 vs. HA: < 20 C) HO: 17.17 vs. HA: < 17.17 D) HO: 20 vs. HA: = 20 E) HO: 20 vs. HA: > 20 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 248. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 3.00 B) 9.50 C) -0.95 D) -3.00 E) -9.50 Answer: D Difficulty: Medium 249. What is the rejection point for = .01 to test the hypotheses. A) -2.821 B) -3.250 C) -2.33 D) 2.821 E) 3.250 Answer: A Difficulty: Easy 250. How much evidence do we have that the new catalytic converter type meets the pollution standard? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: D Difficulty: Easy Use the following information to answer questions 251-254: According to a national survey, the average commuting time for people who commute to a city with a population of 1 to 3 million is 19.0 minutes. Suppose a researcher lives in a city with a population of 2.4 million and wants to test this claim in her city. Taking a random sample of 20 commuters she calculates a mean time of 19.346 minutes and a standard deviation of 2.842 minutes.
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251. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to test the claim. A) HO: = 19 vs. HA: 19 B) HO: 19 vs. HA: < 19 C) HO: 20 vs. HA: < 20 D) HO: 19 vs. HA: = 19 E) HO: 19 vs. HA: > 19 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 252. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 1.08 B) 0.54 C) -1.08 D) -0.54 E) 3.60 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 253. What is the rejection point for = .10 to test the hypotheses. A) 1.729 B) 1.725 C) 1.328 D) 1.325 E) 1.645 Answer: A Difficulty: Easy 254. How much evidence do we have to reject the null hypothesis? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: A Difficulty: Easy Use the following information to answer questions 255-258: In 1930, the average size of a public restroom was 172 square feet; by 1990, due to federal disability laws, the average size had increased to 471 square feet. Suppose that a design team believes that this standard has increased from the 1990 level. They randomly sample 23 public restrooms in a major Midwestern city and obtain a mean square footage of 498.78 with a standard deviation of 46.94.
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255. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses for the designers claim that the size had increased from the 1990 level. A) HO: = 471 vs. HA: 471 B) HO: 471 vs. HA: < 471 C) HO: 174 vs. HA: < 174 D) HO: 471 vs. HA: = 471 E) HO: 471 vs. HA: > 471 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium (AS) 256. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 2.84 B) 13.61 C) 30.34 D) -2.84 E) -13.61 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium (AS) 257. What is the rejection point for = .001 to test the hypotheses. A) 3.792 B) 3.767 C) 3.505 D) 3.485 E) 3.09 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium (AS) 258. How much evidence do we have that the designers claim is true? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: D Difficulty: Easy (AS) Use the following to answer questions 259-262: A manufacturing operation consists of a unique system that produces an average of 15.5 jet engine propulsion parts every hour. After undergoing a complete overhaul, the system was monitored by observing the number of parts produced in each of seventeen randomly selected one-hour periods. The mean is 15.42 with a standard deviation of 0.16.
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259. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to test whether the number of parts produced by the overhauled system differs from 15.5. A) HO: = 15.5 vs. HA: 15.5 B) HO: 15.5 vs. HA: < 15.5 C) HO: 15.42 vs. HA: < 15.42 D) HO: 15.5 vs. HA: = 15.5 E) HO: 15.5 vs. HA: > 15.5 Answer: A Difficulty: Medium 260. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) -0.50 B) -2.06 C) -8.50 D) 0.50 E) 2.06 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 261. What is the rejection point for = .10 to test the hypotheses. A) 1.746 B) 1.740 C) 1.337 D) 1.282 E) 1.645 Answer: A Difficulty: Easy 262. How much evidence do we have that the system differs from 15.5? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Use the following to answer questions 263-266: A sample of 400 journalism majors at a major research university were asked if they agreed with the following statement Government should be more involved in oversight and regulation of reporting. Fifty-two (52) percent of the respondents agreed with the statement.
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263. Set up the appropriate hypotheses that attempt to provide evidence supporting the claim that at least 50% journalism majors agree with the statement. A) H0: .52 vs HA: > .52 B) H0: .50 vs HA: < .50 C) H0: .50 vs HA: > .50 D) H0: = .50 vs HA: .50 E) H0: .50 vs HA: = .50 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium 264. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 0.80 B) 1.60 C) 8.00 D) -1.60 E) -0.80 Answer: A Difficulty: medium 265. Calculate the p-value associated with the test statistic. A) .0001 B) .2000 C) .2119 D) .2881 E) .4238 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium 266. How much evidence do we have to reject the null hypothesis in favor of the alternative hypothesis that the percent agreeing with the statement is more than 50%? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: A Difficulty: Easy Use the following to answer questions 267-270: In an early study, researchers at an Ivy University found that 33% of the freshmen had received at least one A in their first semester. Administrators are concerned that grade inflation has caused this percentage to increase. In a more recent study, of a random sample of 500 freshmen, 185 had at least one A in their first semester.
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267. Set up the appropriate hypotheses that attempt to test the claim that the proportion of of freshmen receiving at least one A is now greater than one-third (.33). A) H0: .37 vs HA: > .37 B) H0: .33 vs HA: < .33 C) H0: .33 vs HA: > .33 D) H0: = .33 vs HA: .33 E) H0: .33 vs HA: = .33 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium 268. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 1.853 B) 1.157 C) 1.902 D) 2.710 E) -1.902 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium 269. Calculate the p-value associated with the test statistic. A) .0034 B) .0287 C) .0322 D) .0547 E) .1230 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 270. How much evidence do we have to reject the null hypothesis in favor of the alternative hypothesis that the percent receiving at least one A is now greater than one third? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: C Difficulty: Easy Use the following to answer questions 271-274: In a survey conducted of 1000 workers by Employeesavings.com in August 2000, 440 indicated that they have Internet access at work (Carlos Tejada, Work Week, Wall Street Journal, August 29,2000, A1)
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271. Set up the appropriate hypotheses that attempt to provide evidence supporting the claim that fewer than half (.50) of the employed workers in the US have Internet access at work. A) H0: .44 vs HA: > .44 B) H0: .50 vs HA: < .50 C) H0: .50 vs HA: > .50 D) H0: = .50 vs HA: .50 E) H0: .50 vs HA: = .50 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 272. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 3.82 B) 3.79 C) 2.52 D) -2.54 E) -3.79 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 273. Calculate the p-value associated with the test statistic. A) -0.0001 B) 0.0001 C) 0.0055 D) 0.0059 E) 0.4990 Answer: B Difficulty: Easy 274. How much evidence do we have to reject the null hypothesis in favor of the alternative hypothesis that fewer than half of the employed workers in the US have Internet access at work? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: E Difficulty: Easy Use the following to answer questions 275-278: The university registrar claims that fewer than 20 percent of the students who enroll at Ivy University graduate in four years. To test this claim, a random sample of 100 students was selected, and 18 were found to have graduated in four years.
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275. Set up the appropriate hypotheses that attempt to provide evidence supporting the claim that at least 50% of college-educated 35 to 64 year-olds with incomes more than $100,000 agree with the statement. A) H0: .18 vs HA: > .18 B) H0: .20 vs HA: < .20 C) H0: .20 vs HA: > .20 D) H0: = .20 vs HA: .20 E) H0: .20 vs HA: = .20 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 276. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 5.00 B) 0.50 C) 0.212 D) -0.50 E) -1.00 Answer: D Difficulty: Medium 277. Calculate the p-value associated with the test statistic. A) 0.1587 B) 0.3085 C) 0.4168 D) 0.0001 E) -0.3085 Answer: B Difficulty: Easy 278. How much evidence do we have to reject the null hypothesis in favor of the alternative hypothesis that the graduation rate is less than 20 percent? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: A Difficulty: Easy Use the following to answer questions 279-282: Last year, KAAAs share of the 6 pm news audience was approximately equal to, but not greater than, 25 percent. This stations advertising department believes the current audience share is higher than last years 25 percent share. In an attempt to substantiate this belief, the station surveyed a random sample of 400 6 pm viewers and found that 146 watched KAAA.
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279. Set up the appropriate hypotheses to test the advertising departments claim. A) H0: .365 vs. HA: > .365 B) H0: .250 vs. HA: < .250 C) H0: .250 vs. HA: > .250 D) H0: = .250 vs. HA: .250 E) H0: .250 vs. HA: = .250 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium (AS) 280. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) -5.31 B) -4.69 C) 3.21 D) 4.69 E) 5.31 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium (AS) 281. Find the rejection point for testing these hypotheses at = .001. A) 3.09 B) 2.575 C) 2.33 D) 1.96 E) 3.00 Answer: A Difficulty: Easy (AS) 282. How much evidence do we have that the current audience share is higher than last years 25 percent share? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: E Difficulty: Easy (AS) Use the following information to answer questions 283-287: Failure to meet payments on student loans guaranteed by the US government has been a major problem for both banks and the government. Approximately 50% of all student loans guaranteed by the government are in default. A random sample of 350 loans to college students in one region of the US indicates that 147 are in default.
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283. Set up the appropriate hypotheses that attempt to provide evidence supporting the claim that at least 50% of college-educated 35 to 64 year-olds with incomes more than $100,000 agree with the statement. A) H0: .42 vs HA: > .42 B) H0: .50 vs HA: < .50 C) H0: .50 vs HA: > .50 D) H0: = .50 vs HA: .50 E) H0: .50 vs HA: = .50 Answer: D Difficulty: Medium 284. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 2.99 B) 3.03 C) -2.99 D) -3.03 E) -1.94 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium 285. Calculate the p-value associated with the test statistic. A) .0028 B) .0262 C) .0525 D) .0014 E) .0012 Answer: A Difficulty: Easy 286. How much evidence do we have that the region differs from the national population? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: D Difficulty: Easy 287. Calculate an interval that tests the hypotheses at = .01. A) [.35 .49] B) [.37 .47] C) [.33 .51] D) [.34 .50] E) [.36 .48] Answer: A Difficulty: Medium
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Use the following information to answer questions 288-292: Sleep researchers theorize that 25% of the general population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea. Researchers found that 124 of 159 emergency room nurses suffered from obstructive sleep apnea. 288. Set up the appropriate hypotheses that attempt to provide that emergency room nurses differ from the general population proportion. A) H0: .780 vs HA: > .780 B) H0: .250 vs HA: < .250 C) H0: .250 vs HA: > .250 D) H0: = .250 vs HA: .250 E) H0: .250 vs HA: = .250 Answer: D Difficulty: Medium 289. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) -16.13 B) -15.43 C) 13.63 D) 15.43 E) 16.13 Answer: E Difficulty: Medium 290. Find the rejection point to test the hypotheses at = .001. A) 1.645 B) 1.960 C) 2.575 D) 3.090 E) 3.291 Answer: E Difficulty: Easy 291. How much evidence do we have to reject the null hypothesis in favor of the alternative hypothesis that nurses differ from the general population? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: E Difficulty: Easy
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292. Calculate an interval to test the hypotheses at = .001. A) [.14 .36] B) [.17 .33] C) [.67 .89] D) [.68 .88] E) [.70 .86] Answer: C Difficulty: Medium Use the following information to answer questions 293-296: A survey of the wine market has shown that the preferred wine for 17% of Americans is merlot. A wine producer in California where merlot is produced believes the figure is higher in California. She contacts a random sample of 550 California residents and asks which wine they purchase most often. Suppose 115 replied that merlot was the primary wine. 293. Set up the appropriate hypotheses to test the wine producers claim. A) H0: .21 vs HA: > .21 B) H0: .17 vs HA: < .17 C) H0: .17 vs HA: > .17 D) H0: = .17 vs HA: .17 E) H0: .17 vs HA: = .17 Answer: C Difficulty: Medium (AS) 294. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 2.25 B) 2.44 C) 1.11 D) -2.25 E) -2.44 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium (AS) 295. Calculate the p-value associated with the test statistic. A) .0146 B) .0122 C) .0073 D) .1335 E) .0244 Answer: C Difficulty: Easy (AS)
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296. How much evidence do we have to reject the null hypothesis in favor of the alternative hypothesis that California residents purchase merlot at a higher percentage that the national percentage? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: D Difficulty: Easy (AS) Use the following information to answer questions 297-301: One survey conducted by a major leasing company determined that the Lexus is the favorite luxury car for 25% of leases in Atlanta. Suppose a US car manufacturer conducts its own survey in an effort to determine if this figure is correct. Of the 384 leases in Atlanta surveyed, 79 lease a Lexus. 297. Set up the appropriate hypotheses to test whether the claim is true. A) H0: .210 vs. HA: > .210 B) H0: .250 vs. HA: < .250 C) H0: .250 vs. HA: > .250 D) H0: = .250 vs. HA: .250 E) H0: .250 vs. HA: = .250 Answer: D Difficulty: Medium 298. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) -2.15 B) -2.00 C) -0.91 D) 2.00 E) 2.51 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 299. Calculate the p-value associated with the test statistic. A) 0.0228 B) 0.0456 C) 0.1814 D) 0.3628 E) 0.4772 Answer: B Difficulty: Easy
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300. How much evidence do we have to reject the null hypothesis in favor of the alternative hypothesis? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: C Difficulty: Easy 301. Calculate a confidence interval that tests the hypotheses at = .02. A) [.165 .246] B) [.179 .232] C) [.142 .269] D) [.153 .259] E) [.158 .254] Answer: E Difficulty: Medium Use the following information to answer questions 302-305: If you live in California, the decision to buy earthquake insurance is an important one. A survey revealed that only 133 of 337 randomly selected residences in one California county were protected by earthquake insurance. 302. Set up the appropriate hypotheses to test the claim that less than 40 percent of the residents in this county are protected by earthquake insurance. A) H0: .39 vs. HA: > .39 B) H0: .40 vs. HA: < .40 C) H0: .40 vs. HA: > .40 D) H0: = .40 vs. HA: .40 E) H0: .40 vs. HA: = .40 Answer: B Difficulty: Medium 303. Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypotheses. A) 0.20 B) 0.40 C) -0.13 D) -0.20 E) -0.40 Answer: D Difficulty: Medium
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304. Calculate the p-value associated with the test statistic. A) 0.0793 B) 0.1554 C) 0.3446 D) 0.4207 E) 0.4483 Answer: D Difficulty: Medium 305. How much evidence do we have to reject the null hypothesis in favor of the alternative hypothesis that less than 40% of the residents are protected by earthquake insurance? A) No evidence B) Some evidence C) Strong evidence D) Very strong evidence E) Extremely strong evidence Answer: A Difficulty: Easy
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