apu math302 quiz 4 done on may 2015

Question 1 of 20

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The null and alternative hypotheses divide all possibilities into:

A.two sets that overlap

B.two sets that may or may not overlap

C.two non-overlapping sets

D.as many sets as necessary to cover all possibilities

Question 2 of 20

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You conduct a hypothesis test and you observe values for the sample mean and sample standard deviation when n = 25 that do not lead to the rejection of H0. You calculate a p-value of 0.0667. What will happen to the p-value if you observe the same sample mean and standard deviation for a sample size larger than 25?

A.The p – value may increase or decrease

B.The p – value decreases

C.The p – value stays the same

D.The p – value increases

Question 3 of 20

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A severe storm has an average peak wave height of 16.4 feet for waves hitting the shore. Suppose that a storm is in progress with a severe storm class rating. Let us say that we want to set up a statistical test to see if the wave action (i.e., height) is dying down or getting worse. If you wanted to test the hypothesis that the waves are dying down, what would you use for the alternate hypothesis? Is the P-value area on the left, right, or on both sides of the mean?

A.H1: \f$\mu \f$ is greater than 16.4 feet; the P-value area is on both sides of the mean

B.H1: \f$\mu \f$ is less than 16.4 feet; the P-value area is on the left of the mean

C.H1: \f$\mu \f$ is greater than 16.4 feet; the P-value area is on the left of the mean

D.H1: \f$\mu \f$ is not equal to 16.4 feet; the P-value area is on the right of the mean

Question 4 of 20

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A lab technician is tested for her consistency by taking multiple measurements of cholesterol levels from the same blood sample. The target accuracy is a variance in measurements of 1.2 or less. If the lab technician takes 16 measurements and the variance of the measurements in the sample is 2.2, does this provide enough evidence to reject the claim that the lab technician’s accuracy is within the target accuracy?

At the a = .01 level of significance, what is your conclusion?

A.Cannot determine

B.Do not reject H0. At the \f$\alpha \f$ = .01 level of significance there is not sufficient evidence to suggest that this technician’s true variance is greater than the target accuracy.

C.Reject H0. At the \f$\alpha \f$ = .01 level of significance, there is enough evidence to support the claim that this technician’s variance is larger than the target accuracy.

D.

Reject H0. At the \f$\alpha \f$ = .01 level of significance, there is not enough evidence to support the claim that this technician’s true variance is larger than the target accuracy.

Question 5 of 20

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A manufacturer of flashlight batteries took a sample of 13 batteries from a day’s production and used them continuously until they failed to work. The life lengths of the batteries, in hours, until they failed were: 342, 426, 317, 545, 264, 451, 1049, 631, 512, 266, 492, 562, and 298.

At the .05 level of significance, is there evidence to suggest that the mean life length of the batteries produced by this manufacturer is more than 400 hours?

A.No, because the p-value for this test is equal to .1164

B.Yes, because the test value 1.257 is less than the critical value 2.179

C.No, because the test value 1.257 is greater than the critical value 1.115

D.Yes, because the test value 1.257 is less than the critical value 1.782

Question 6 of 20

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The hypothesis that an analyst is trying to prove is called the:

A.quality of the researcher

B.elective hypothesis

C.alternative hypothesis

D.level of significance

Question 7 of 20

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Results from previous studies showed 79% of all high school seniors from a certain city plan to attend college after graduation. A random sample of 200 high school seniors from this city reveals that 162 plan to attend college. Does this indicate that the percentage has increased from that of previous studies? Test at the 5% level of significance.

What is your conclusion?

A.Reject H0. There is enough evidence to support the claim that the proportion of students planning to go to college is now greater than .79.

B.Do not reject H0. There is not enough evidence to support the claim that the proportion of students planning to go to college is greater than .79.

C.More seniors are going to college

D.Cannot determine

Question 8 of 20

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The “Pizza Hot” manager commits a Type I error if he/she is

A.switching to new style when it is no better than old style

B.staying with old style when new style is no better than old style

C.staying with old style when new style is better

D.switching to new style when it is better than old style

Question 9 of 20

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Suppose that the mean time for a certain car to go from 0 to 60 miles per hour was 7.7 seconds. Suppose that you want to test the claim that the average time to accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour is longer than 7.7 seconds. What would you use for the alternative hypothesis?

A.H1: \f$\mu \f$ < 7.7 seconds

B.H1: \f$\mu \f$ > 7.7 seconds

C.H1: \f$\mu \f$ = 7.7 seconds

D.H1: \f$\mu \geq \f$ 7.7 seconds

Question 10 of 20

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Which of the following values is not typically used for f$alpha f$ ?

A.0.10

B.0.01

C.0.50

D.0.05

Question 11 of 20

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A null hypothesis can only be rejected at the 5% significance level if and only if:

A.a 95% confidence interval does not include the hypothesized value of the parameter

B.a 95% confidence interval includes the hypothesized value of the parameter

C.the null hypothesis is biased

D.the null hypotheses includes sampling error

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Question 12 of 20

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Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

A statistician wishes to test the claim that the standard deviation of the weights of firemen is greater than 25 pounds. To do so, she selected a random sample of 30 firemen and found s = 27.2 pounds.

Assuming that the weights of firemen are normally distributed, if the statistician wanted to test her research hypothesis at the .05 level of significance, what is the critical value?

Place your answer, rounded to 3 decimal places, in the blank. For example, 23.456 would be a legitimate entry. 34.328

Question 13 of 20

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Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

At a university, the average cost of books per student has been $550 per student per semester. The Dean of Students believes that the costs are increasing and that the average is now greater than $550. He surveys a sample of 40 students and finds that for the most recent semester their average cost was $630 with a standard deviation of $120. What is the test value for this hypothesis test?

Test value: 4.22 Round your answer to two decimal places as necessary.

Question 14 of 20

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Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

A survey determines that mint chocolate chip is the favorite ice cream flavor of 6% of consumers. An ice cream shop determines that of 260 customers, 20 customers stated their preference for mint chocolate chip.

Find the P-value that would be used to determine if the percentage of customers who prefer mint chocolate chip ice has increased at a 5% level of significance.

P-value: .1253 Round your answer to four decimal places as necessary.

Question 15 of 20

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Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

At a university, the average cost of books per student has been $400 per student per semester. The Dean of Students believes that the costs are increasing and that the average is now greater than $400. He surveys a sample of 40 students and finds that for the most recent semester their average cost was $430 with a standard deviation of $80. What is the test value for this hypothesis test?

Test value: 2.37 Round your answer to two decimal places as necessary.

Question 16 of 20

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Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

The ABC battery company claims that their batteries last at least 100 hours, on average. Your experience with their batteries has been somewhat different, so you decide to conduct a test to see if the company's claim is true. You believe that the mean life is actually less than the 100 hours the company claims. You decide to collect data on the average battery life (in hours) of a random sample of n = 20 batteries. Some of the information related to the hypothesis test is presented below.

Test of H0: f$mu geq f$ 100 versus H1: f$mu< f$ 100

Sample mean 98.5

Std error of mean 0.777

Assuming the life length of batteries is normally distributed, what is the p-value associated with this test? Place your answer, rounded to 3 decimal places in the blank. For example, 0.234 would be a legitimate entry. .034

Question 17 of 20

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Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

Suppose a firm that produces light bulbs wants to know whether it can say that its light bulbs typically last more than 1500 hours. Hoping to find support for their claim, the firm collects a random sample of n = 25 light bulbs and records the lifetime (in hours) of each bulb. The information related to the hypothesis test is presented below.

Test of H0: f$mu leq f$ 1500 versus H1: f$ mu f$ > 1500

Sample mean 1509.5

Std error of mean 4.854

Assuming the life length of this type of lightbulb is normally distributed, what is the p-value associated with this test? Place your answer, rounded to 3 decimal places in the blank. For example, .123 would be a legitimate entry. 1.711

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Question 18 of 20

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The probability of making a Type I error and the level of significance are the same.

True

False

Question 19 of 20

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In order to determine the p-value, it is unnecessary to know the level of significance.

True

False

Question 20 of 20

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Using the confidence interval when conducting a two-tailed test for the population mean, we do not reject the null hypothesis if the hypothesized value for f$mu f$ falls between the lower and upper confidence limits.

In

True

False