Quiz Ch.

8 (Correct choice is a BOLD one)

1. The owner of travel agency would like to determine whether or not the mean age of the agency's
customers is over 24. If so, he plans to alter the destination of their special cruises and tours. If he
concludes the mean age is over 24 when it is not, he makes a _______ error. If he concludes the mean
age is not over 24 when it is, he makes a ______error.

A) Type II; Type II B) Type I; Type I C) Type I; Type II D) Type II; Type I

2. Suppose we wish to test H 0 : µ ≤ 53 vs H a : µ > 53 . What will result if we conclude that

A) We have made a Type I error B) We have made a correct decision

3. The value that separates a rejection region from an acceptance region is called a ___________.
A) parameter B) critical value C) confidence coefficient D) significance level

4. A hypothesis test is used to prevent a machine from underfilling or overfilling quart bottles of beer.
On the basis of sample, the null hypothesis is rejected and the machine is shut down for inspection. A
thorough examination reveals there is nothing wrong with the filling machine. From a statistical point
of view:

A) Both Type I and Type II errors were made. B) A Type I error was made.
C) A Type II error was made. D) A correct decision was made.

5. Suppose we wish to test H 0 : µ ≥ 21 vs H a : µ < 21 . Which of the following possible sample

A) x = 23, s = 3 B) x = 19, s = 4 C) x = 17, s = 7 D) x = 18, s = 6

6. Given H0: µ = 25, Ha: µ ≠ 25, and P-value = 0.041. Do you reject or fail to reject H0 at the 0.01
level of significance?

A) fail to reject H0 B) not sufficient information to decide C) reject H0

7. A bottling company needs to produce bottles that will hold 12 ounces of liquid. Periodically, the
company gets complaints that their bottles are not holding enough liquid. To test this claim, the
bottling company randomly samples 36 bottles. Suppose the p-value of this test turned out to be
0.0455. State the proper conclusion.

A) At α = 0.085, fail to reject the null hypothesis. B) At α = 0.035, accept the null hypothesis.
C) At α = 0.05, reject the null hypothesis. D) At α = 0.025, reject the null hypothesis.
8. If a hypothesis test were conducted using α = 0.05, for which of the following p-values would the
null hypothesis be rejected?

A) 0.100 B) 0.041 C) 0.055 D) 0.060

9 . For Ha: µ > µo p-value is 0.042. What will be p-value for Ha: µ < µo?

A ) 0.084 B ) 0.021 C ) 0.958 D ) 0.042

10. The test statistic is t = 2.63 and the p-value is 0.9849. What type of test is this?

A ) Right tail B ) Two tail C ) Left tail D ) Can't tell

11. The test statistic is z =2.75, the critical value is z = 2.326 The P- value is ...

A ) Less than the significance level B ) Equal to the significance level C) Large than the significance level

12. The area to the left of the test statistic is 0.375. What is the probability value if this is a left tail test?

A ) 0.750 B ) 0.375 C ) 0.1885 D ) 0.625

13. The area to the left of the test statistic is 0.375. What is P- value if this is a right tail test?

A ) 0.625 B ) 0.1885 C ) 0.750 D ) 0.375

14. Test Statistic: t = 2.374, Critical Values: t = +/- 2.011. There is ________ evidence to ________ the claim that the
before and after results are the same.

A ) not enough / reject B ) enough / support C ) enough / reject D ) not enough / support

15. Cattle with mad cow's disease are butchered and sent to grocery stores. What type of error is this?

A) Not enough info B) Correct decision C) Type I D) Type II

The assumed condition is that cow's are not infected with mad cow's disease. Since these cattle have the disease, the null
hypothesis is false and the error is to retain the null hypothesis. This is a type II error.

16. A 90% confidence interval for the population mean is 18 < mu < 24. What is the sample mean?

A ) 21 B) 6 C ) 10% D) 3

17. There is a fire, but the smoke detector doesn't go off. What type of error is this?

A ) Type II Error B ) There is no error C ) Type I Error

18. P-value = 0.001, Significance Level = 0.05. There is __ evidence to _____the claim that more women than men speed.

A ) enough / support B ) not enough / support C ) not enough / reject D ) enough / reject
19. The area to the left of the test statistic is 0.375. What is the P- value if this is a two tail test?

A ) 0.625 B ) 0.750 C ) 0.375 D ) 0.1885

20. If you are testing the claim: µ > 96 , and your significance level is 8%, what is the probability that
you commit the type one error?

a) At least 8% b) At most 8% c) Equal 8% d) less than 8 %

21. For Ha: µ ≠ µo P-value is 0.2. The sign of Test Statistic is negative. What is P-value for Ha: µ > µo?

A ) 0.2 B ) 0.1 C ) 0.4 D ) 0.9 E) 0.8

22. Explain what the phrase “95% confident” means when we interpret a 95% CI for µ.

A) 95% of the observations in the population fall within the bounds of the calculated interval.

B) In repeated sampling, 95% of constructed intervals would contain the value of µ.

C) The probability that the mean falls in the calculated interval is 0.95.

D) 95% of similarly constructed intervals would contain the value of the sampled mean.

23. What will result in a reduced interval width of the confidence interval for µ ?

A) Increase the confidence level and increase the sample size

B) Decrease the sample size and decrease the confidence level

C) Increase the sample size and decrease the confidence level.

D) Decrease the sample size and increase the confidence level.

24. An consultant came up with a new plan to increase productivity at your office. When you
compared those who followed the plan to those in a different office who did not adopt the plan, your
p-value was .85. Is this plan helpful?

Probably

It would depend on how the other office does when it adopts the plan

Not likely

Even knowing how the other office would do if the plan were adopted, there is not enough
information to answer the question
25. In a recent study, it was reported that snake oil salespeople are rated more likely to lie to their
customers than politicians to their constituents. The p-value from the study is 0.5. Is the report
accurate and, if not, which report would be the most accurate?

• Not enough information to tell

• Politicians are the bigger liars

• Politicians and snake oil sales people are rated equally as liars

• The existing report is accurate