STATISTICS: STA 2023

Fall 2015

Chapter 7

1. Find the critical value Z/2 that corresponds to a 99% confidence level.
(a) 1.645 (b) 1.96 (c) 2.575 (d) 2.32

2. Find the critical value Z/2 that corresponds to an 85% confidence level.
(a) -1.44 (b) 1.04 (c) 1.85 (d) 1.44

3. In a Pew Research Center poll, 73%of 3011 adults surveyed said that they use the
internet. Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the proportion of all adults
who use the internet.
(a) 0.819 < p < 0.865 (b) 0.754 < p < 0.764
(c) 0.741 < p < 0.764 (d) 0.714 < p < 0.746

4. In a poll of 1,000 randomly selected adults, 400 answered yes when asked if they
planned to vote in the state election. Find the margin of error E that corresponds to a
95% confidence level for the proportion of voters who plan to vote.
(a) 0.0304 (b) 0.9696 (c) 0.0255 (d) 0.0399

5. The Genetics and IVF Institute conducted a clinical trial of the XSORT method
designed to increase the probability of conceiving a girl. In the clinical trial 574 babies
were born to parents using the XSORT method, and 525 of them were girls. What is
the best point estimate of the population proportion of girls born to parents using the
XSORT method?
(a) .525 (b) .574 (c) .915 (d) 1.09

6. Refer to question 5. Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the percentage

of girls born to parents using the XSORT method.
(a) 0.819 < p < 0.865 (b) 0.865 < p < 0.916
(c) 0.838 < p < 0.882 (d) 0.892 < p < 0.937

7. Refer to question 6. What is the correct interpretation of the confidence interval

estimate for the percentage of girls born to parents using the XSORT method?
(a) We are 95% confident that the true percentage of girls born to parents using
the XSORT method will fall between 0.892 and 0.937.
(b) We are 95% confident that the interval estimate of the percentage of girls
born to parents using the XSORT method will fall between 0.838 and 0.882.
(c) We are 95% confident that the interval from 0.838 to 0.882 contains the true
value of the percentage of girls born to parents using the XSORT method.
(d) We are 95% confident that the interval from 0.892 to 0.937 contains the true
value of the percentage of girls born to parents using the XSORT method.
8. You have been hired by a consortium of local car dealers to conduct a survey about the
purchases of new and used cars. If you want to estimate the percentage of car owners
in your state who purchased new cars, how many adults must you survey if you want to
95% confidence that your sample percentage is in error by no more than four
percentage points? Assume that you have no prior knowledge of the percentage of car
owners in your state that purchased new cars.
(a) 601 (b) 1,037 (c) 1,086 (d) 916

9. The use of the Internet is constantly growing. How many randomly selected adults
must be surveyed to estimate the percentage of adults in the United States who now
use the Internet? Assume that we want to be 99% confident that the sample
percentage is within two percentage points of the true population percentage. Also
assume that nothing is known about the percentage of adults using the Internet.
(a) 4,145 (b) 2,401 (c) 3,268 (d) 4,415

10. Which of the statement below best completes the sentence: The margin of error
(a) Is the difference between sample estimates and non-sample estimates
(b) Represents the probability of obtaining incorrect data due to sample
differences
(c) Is the product of the critical value and the std deviation of sample proportion
(d) Is also called the minimum error of the estimate.

11. A Gallup Pool consisted of 1012 randomly selected adults who were asked whether
cloning of humans should or should not be allowed. Results showed that 901 adults
surveyed indicated that cloning should not be allowed. Find the best point estimate of
the proportion of adults believing that cloning of humans should not be allowed.
(a) .901 (b) .890 (c) 111 (d) .749

12. Refer to question 11. Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the proportion
of adults believing that cloning of humans should not be allowed.
(a) 0.871 0.910 (b) 0.890 0.935 (c) 0.859 0.927 (d) 0.871 0.971

13. A Pew Research Center poll included 1,708 randomly selected adults who were asked
whether global warming is a problem that requires immediate government action.
Results showed that 939 of those surveyed indicated that immediate government
action is required. Construct a 99% confidence interval estimate of the proportion of
adults believing that immediate government action is required.
(a) 0.519 0.581 (b) 0.527 0.573 (c) 0.489 0.544 (d) 0.528 0.583

14. True or false: A critical value is a Z-score with the property that it separates an area
of alpha ()/2 in the right tail of the standard normal distribution.
(a) True (b) False
15. A campaign was designed to convince car owners that they should fill their tires with
nitrogen instead of air. At a cost of $5 per tire, nitrogen supposedly has the
advantage of leaking at a much slower rate than air, so that the ideal tire pressure can
be maintained more consistently. Before spending huge sums to advertise the nitrogen,
it would be wise to conduct a survey to determine the percentage of car owners who
would pay for the nitrogen. How many randomly selected households should be
surveyed? Assume that we want to be 95% confident that the sample percentage is
within three percentage points of the true percentage of all car owners who would be
willing to pay for the nitrogen.
(a) 1,068 (b) 1,645 (c) 1,175 (d) 1.96

16. Given the following confidence interval limits, 0.278 < p < 0.338, find the margin of
error E
(a) 0.030 (b) 0.023 (c) 0.020 (d) 0.028

17. Given the following confidence interval limits, 0.58 < p < 0.81, find the point estimate P
(a) 0.0695 (b) 0.115 (c) 0.128 (d) 0.695

18. A simple random sample of the weights of 40 adult men is obtained and the mean
weight is found to be 172.55 lbs. Research from several other sources suggests that
the population of weights of men has a standard deviation of 26 lbs. Construct a 95%
confidence interval estimate of the mean weight of all men.
(a) 164.49 < < 180.61 (b) 167.46 < < 188.92
(c) 175.30 < < 193.60 (d) 159.45 < < 172.96

19. A simple random sample of 125 SAT scores has a mean of 1522. Assume that SAT
scores have a standard deviation of 333. Construct a 99% confidence interval estimate
of the mean SAT score.
(a) 1464 < < 1580 (b) 1445 < < 1599
(c) 1480 < < 1591 (d) 1510 < < 1652

20. How many adults must be randomly selected to estimate the mean FICO (credit rating)
score of working adults in the United States? We want to be 95% confidence that the
sample mean is within 3 points of the population mean, and the population standard
deviation is 68.
(a) 1974 (b) 3407 (c) 1390 (d) 842