1 Z is a standard normal random variable. The P(1.20 < z < 1.

85) equals
0.9678
0.8849
0.0829

2 30000 40000 -10000 -2

5000

z score 1
-2 0.0228
0.9772

3 Your investment executive claims that the average yearly rate of return on the stocks she recomm

recommends is at least 10.0%

4 fills the bottles with 12 ounces of soft drink

5 A two-tailed test is performed at a 5% level of significance. The p-value is determined to be 0.09. T

Should not be rejected 0.09 > 0.05

6 The manager of a grocery store has taken a random sample of 100 customers. The average
The pvalue is

z 3.1 3 0.1 2
0.05

pvalue 1
0.9772
0.0228

7 At a .05 level of significance, it can be concluded that the mean of the population is

0.0228 < 0.5

H0: u <= 3 Reject Ho

Ha: u >3
 Reject Ho. significantly greater
than 3

8 A random sample of 16 students selected from the student body of a large university had an avera

Test statistic (t) 25 24 1 2

0.5

9 rejection rule (t >= t alpha reject ho)

2< 2.131

Accept Ho
not significantly different from 24

10 The test statistic is

0.8 0.75 0.05 0.05

0.1875 0.043301
100

11 The p-value is 1
0.8749
0.1251

12 At a .05 level of significance, it can be concluded that the proportion of the population in fa
Ho p <= .75 accept ho
Ha p > .75
0.1251 > 0.05 Accept Ho
not significantly greater than 7

13

6.75 6.25 0.5 3.012832

1 0.9025
80 60
 0.0125 0.015042 0.165957

14 0.0026 < 0.05 should be rejected

15

0.14 0.09 0.05 1.846189 z score

0.027083

poooled estimate standard error

62 0.112727 0.112727 0.887273
550 0.10002
0.027083

16 0.0644 < 0.1

ho should be rejected

17 The manager of a grocery store has taken a random sample of 100 customers. The average length
The 95% confidence interval for the average checkout time of all customers is

3 1.96 0.1

3 0.196

2.804 to 3.196

18 If a hypothesis is rejected at a 5% level of significance , it

may be rejected or not rejected at the 1% level

19 When the p-value is used for hypothesis testing , the null hypothesis is rejected if
 p value is less than or equal to alpha

20 In hypothesis testing if the null hypothesis has been rejected when the alternative hypothesis has

the correct decision has been made

21 A sample of 26 elements from a normally distributed population is selected. The sample me

10 2.056 4
5.09902

10 2.06 0.784465

10 1.615997

8.38400304646136 to 11.616

22 It is known that the population variance equals 484. With a 0.95 probability, the sample size that n

484 3.8416 1859.334 74.37338 round up

25

23 A new brand of breakfast cereal is being market tested. One hundred boxes of the cereal were giv

0.6 1.96 0.24

100

0.6 1.96 0.04899

0.6 0.09602

0.504 to 0.696

24 a local newspaper reported that part time students are older than full time students. In order to te
 Full time part time
Sample Size 42 31
Sample Mean 26 24
Sample Standard Deviation 2.000 3.000

Estimate of Variance 0.3856

Standard Error 0.6209

Degrees of Freedom 49.0

Test statistic (t) 2 3.220947

0.6209

25 test statistic (t)

3.22094737492432 > 1,677

Reject Ho, test statistic is greater than t alpha

return on the stocks she recommends is at least 10.0%. You plan on taking a sample to test her claim. The correct set of hypotheses is

es of soft drink

value is determined to be 0.09. The null hypothesis

f 100 customers. The average length of time it took the customers in the sample to check out was 3.1 minutes. The population sta

f the population is
of a large university had an average age of 25 years. We want to determine if the average age of all the students at the university is signifi

df 15
area in upp 0.025

1.15
>

oportion of the population in favor of candidate A is

Accept Ho
not significantly greater than 75%

1
0.9987
0.0013 2 0.0026 2 tailed test
 1
1.85 0.9678
0.0322 2 0.0644

0.004 0.003333
0.007333

0 customers. The average length of time it took these 100 customers to check out was 3.0 minutes. It is known that the standard deviation
customers is

esis is rejected if
n the alternative hypothesis has been true,

ion is selected. The sample mean is 10 with a standard deviation of 4. The 95% confidence interval is

probability, the sample size that needs to be taken to estimate the population mean if the desired margin of error is 5 or less is

75

dred boxes of the cereal were given to consumers to try. The consumers were asked whether they liked or disliked the cereal. You are give

n full time students. In order to test the validity of its statement, two independent samples of students were selected.
 ect set of hypotheses is

minutes. The population standard deviation is known to be 0.5 minutes. We want to test to determine whether or not the mean wa
nts at the university is significantly different from 24. Assume the distribution of the population of ages is normal with a standard deviation
n that the standard deviation of the checkout time is one minute
rror is 5 or less is

iked the cereal. You are given their responses below.

whether or not the mean waiting time of all customers is significantly more than 3 minutes.
rmal with a standard deviation of 2 years