Stats Medic Ultimate Interpretations Practice

1. After a physical education class does the mile run, the teacher records the heart rates of his students
and finds they have a mean of 105.3 bpm with a standard deviation of 7.2 bpm. Interpret the standard
deviation in the context of the problem.
The
L
of studentin the physical education class aft
a
mile
in typically varies by7.2 born from the mean of 105.3 bpm.
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2. After completing a 5k marathon, Juan is told that his time has a z-score of z = 1.12. Interpret the z-
score in the context of the problem.

marathon
time is 2 standard deviations above the mean.
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3. For a biology project, Ebise observes the relationship between the number of birds she sees (") and
the outdoor temperature ($). After analyzing the data, she finds that the variables have a correlation
of % = 0.43. Interpret the correlation in the context of the problem.
The linear association between Ebise sees
birds and door
temperature is moderate and positive
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4. The remaining height (in inches) of a candle burning for a certain number of hours can be modeled by
. = 9.06 − 0.37(ℎ01%2). Interpret the slope and y-intercept of the regression equation in the
ℎ*+,ℎ-
context of the problem.

slope: The predicted heightdeceases by in for each additional hour

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red.

y-intercept: The predicted height when ithas been burned for

as
is in.

5. Over the course of the semester, Brian has built a model to predict his score on a test based on the
number of hours he has put into studying. On his most recent test, Brian studied for 3 hours and the
prediction using the model had a residual of -5.36 points. Interpret the residual in the context of the
problem.
The actual
Brian's
test was
pints bow the number predicted

When Brian studied for 3 hours.

e n
6. For a variety of vehicles, the pressure applied to the brake pedal (") is recorded along with the
distance it took to the vehicle to stop from 60 mph ($). For this model, technology gives % 2 = 0.632.
Interpret the % 2 in the context of the problem.

About
63.2% of variation in the tookthe vehicle to stop somph
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it
from
is explained bythe linear relationship with applied to the e
pr brake pedal.

7. A new coffee shop records the number of daily transactions for a random sample of 30 days. A 99%
confidence interval for the mean number of transactions per day yields (174.36, 206.21). Interpret the
confidence interval in the context of the problem.
we are the
atconfidentthat interval from 177.36 to 2021 captures the
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true transactions per dayatthis soffee shop.

number
of

8. Stats Medic is interested in sponsoring the Grand Rapids Whitecaps AAA baseball team, but only if
the average attendance for games last season is greater than 2,000. Lindsey decides to take a simple
random sample of 30 games from last season. She will perform a test of:

(0 : µ = 2000
(! : µ > 2000

where µ is the true mean number of people attending Whitecaps games last season. Interpret a Type I
error and a Type II error in this setting.

themattendence
Type I error:

sensoevart
200or enesas
enter
on

Type II error: The

intendence
for games lastseason is actuallygreater than

we don't
2000, but find
- convincing evidence thatthemattendence

↑games
lastseason is
greater than 2000.

9. The sample had a sample mean of "̅ = 2298.4 people. After conducting the significance test
referenced in the previous problem at the ! = 0.05 level, Lindsey finds a p-value of 0.0231. Interpret
the p-value in the context of the problem and give an appropriate conclusion for the significance test.

Assuming attendance for games lastseason is

t he (Ho:M 2000) 2000 =
there is

a
0231 probabilityof getting a of 2208.4
mean or more purelybysense.

Because thep-value 31Q0s, we to have convincing evidence the mean attendence

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es lastseason is more then 2000 (He:M 2000).

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