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This document discusses confidence intervals and surveys. It provides examples of true/false statements about confidence intervals and surveys. It also provides examples of confidence intervals calculated from survey data and interpretations of what these confidence intervals mean. Key points covered include: - Larger surveys provide a more accurate impression of the population than smaller surveys. - Examples are given of calculating parameters like population proportion from sample survey data. - Interpretations of confidence intervals include whether a value is plausible for the population mean and what percentage of the population a confidence interval likely covers. - The needed sample size increases as the desired confidence level or margin of error increases.

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Topics: Confidence Intervals

This document discusses confidence intervals and surveys. It provides examples of true/false statements about confidence intervals and surveys. It also provides examples of confidence intervals calculated from survey data and interpretations of what these confidence intervals mean. Key points covered include: - Larger surveys provide a more accurate impression of the population than smaller surveys. - Examples are given of calculating parameters like population proportion from sample survey data. - Interpretations of confidence intervals include whether a value is plausible for the population mean and what percentage of the population a confidence interval likely covers. - The needed sample size increases as the desired confidence level or margin of error increases.

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Topics: Confidence Intervals

1. For each of the following statements, indicate whether it is True/False. If false,


explain why.

I. The sample size of the survey should at least be a fixed percentage of the
population size in order to produce representative results.
True

II. The sampling frame is a list of every item that appears in a survey sample,
including those that did not respond to questions.
False( including those things which will respond to our questions)

III. Larger surveys convey a more accurate impression of the population than
smaller surveys.
True

2. PC Magazine asked all of its readers to participate in a survey of their satisfaction


with different brands of electronics. In the 2004 survey, which was included in an
issue of the magazine that year, more than 9000 readers rated the products on a scale
from 1 to 10. The magazine reported that the average rating assigned by 225 readers
to a Kodak compact digital camera was 7.5. For this product, identify the following:

A. The population p=x/n=225/9000=0.025


B. The parameter of interest
C. The sampling frame Readers that rated the Product(9000)
D. The sample size 225
E. The sampling design
F. Any potential sources of bias or other problems with the survey or sample->
Selection of the reader, Selection of the issue which will contain the survey.

3. For each of the following statements, indicate whether it is True/False. If false,


explain why.

I. If the 95% confidence interval for the average purchase of customers at a


department store is $50 to $110, then $100 is a plausible value for the
population mean at this level of confidence.

II. If the 95% confidence interval for the number of moviegoers who purchase
concessions is 30% to 45%, this means that fewer than half of all moviegoers
purchase concessions.

III. The 95% Confidence-Interval for μ only applies if the sample data are nearly
normally distributed.
4. What are the chances that X  ?

A. ¼
B. ½
C. ¾
D. 1
Ans: 1/4

5. In January 2005, a company that monitors Internet traffic (WebSideStory) reported


that its sampling revealed that the Mozilla Firefox browser launched in 2004 had
grabbed a 4.6% share of the market.

I. If the sample were based on 2,000 users, could Microsoft conclude that
Mozilla has a less than 5% share of the market?

II. WebSideStory claims that its sample includes all the daily Internet users. If
that’s the case, then can Microsoft conclude that Mozilla has a less than 5%
share of the market?

6. A book publisher monitors the size of shipments of its textbooks to university


bookstores. For a sample of texts used at various schools, the 95% confidence
interval for the size of the shipment was 250 ± 45 books. Which, if any, of the
following interpretations of this interval are correct?

A. All shipments are between 205 and 295 books.

B. 95% of shipments are between 205 and 295 books.

C. The procedure that produced this interval generates ranges that hold the
population mean for 95% of samples.

D. If we get another sample, then we can be 95% sure that the mean of this
second sample is between 205 and 295.

E. We can be 95% confident that the range 160 to 340 holds the population
mean.

7. Which is shorter: a 95% z-interval or a 95% t-interval for μ if we know that σ =s?

A. The z-interval is shorter


B. The t-interval is shorter
C. Both are equal
D. We cannot say
Questions 8 and 9 are based on the following: To prepare a report on the economy,
analysts need to estimate the percentage of businesses that plan to hire additional
employees in the next 60 days.

8. How many randomly selected employers (minimum number) must we contact in


order to guarantee a margin of error of no more than 4% (at 95% confidence)?

A. 600
B. 400
C. 550
D. 1000

9. Suppose we want the above margin of error to be based on a 98% confidence level.
What sample size (minimum) must we now use?

A. 1000
B. 757
C. 848
D. 543

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