_____1. Which of the following will decrease the probability of a Type I error?

a. Decrease power

b. Increase power

c. Increase significance level

d. Decrease significant level

e. Use normal distribution vice t-distribution

_____2. A weatherman stated a null hypothesis that during the month of September, the mean
daily temperature of Boston was the same as the mean daily temperature of New York. His
alternative hypothesis was that mean temperatures in these two cities were different. He
computed a p-value of 0.094. Using a confidence level of 90%, he should conclude:

a. In September, Boston was colder than New York

b. In September, New York was colder than Boston

c. Reject the null hypothesis

d. Fail to reject the null hypothesis

e. None of the above.

_____3. The value of “t” will increase as the standard deviation of the difference _____ and the
difference between means ____.

a. increase; decreases

b. increases; increases

c. decreases; decreases

d. decreases; increases

e. None of the above

_____4. Which of the following descriptions of confidence intervals is correct? (Select all that
apply)

a. If a 95% confidence interval contains 0, then the 99% confidence interval contains 0

b. If a 99% confidence interval contains 0, then the 95% confidence interval contains 0

c. If a 95% confidence interval contains 1, then the 99% confidence interval contains 1

d. If a 99% confidence interval contains 1, then the 95% confidence interval contains 1

e. None of the above are correct about confidence intervals.

_____5. Imagine a researcher presented a null hypothesis that in a certain community, the
average energy expenditure of residents is at least 2,100 calories per day. He randomly sampled
100 residents in that particular community. He computed a negative test statistic and the
associated p-value was 0.08. Given a 90% confidence level, he should conclude:

a. The average energy expenditure is greater than 2,100 calories per day

b. The average energy expenditure is less than 2,100 calories per day

c. The average energy expenditure is not equal to 2,100 calories per day

d. Fail to reject the null hypothesis

e. None of the above

_____6. A researcher wanted to test the effect of a new drug on reducing blood pressure. In the
study, there were 35 participants. The researcher measured the participants’ blood pressure
before and after the drug was administered. If we want to compare the mean blood pressure from
the two time-periods with a two-tailed t test, how many degrees of freedom are there?

a. 34

b. 35

c. 68

d. 69

e. 70

_____7. In a statistical hypothesis test, how is the rejection region impacted when α, the level of
significance, is increased?

a. The answer depends on the value of β

b. The size of the rejection region decreases

c. The size of the rejection region increases

d. The rejection region is unaltered

e. None of the above

8. _____ The UMUC bookstore states the average textbook costs $119. A randomly selected
sample of 26 new textbooks at the UMUC bookstore had a mean price of $123.45 and sample
standard deviation of $15.23. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the mean price
of textbooks at the UMUC bookstore is significantly more than $119 (use the p-value method).
Show your work.

a. Give the symbolic null & alternative hypotheses. Use proper notation.

H0: HA:

b. Determine the test statistic (round to 3 decimal places):

c. Determine the p-value (round to 3 decimal places):

d. Result (Circle one & justify): REJECT H0: FAIL TO REJECT H0:

Reason:

e. State a conclusion within the context of the scenario:

9. In a study of proctored and non-proctored tests in an online course, researches obtained the
data below:

Group 1 (Proctored): 𝑛 = 30, 𝑥̅ = 74.30, 𝑠 = 12.87

Group 2 (Non-proctored): 𝑛 = 32, 𝑥̅ = 80.62, 𝑠 = 22.09

Use of 0.05 significance level to test the claim that students taking non-proctored tests get a
higher mean than those taking proctored tests (use the p-value method). Show your work. HINT:
See Illowsky, Chapter 10.

a. Give the symbolic null & alternative hypotheses. Use correct notation.
H0: H A:

b. Determine the test statistic (round to 3 decimal places): ____________________

c. Determine the p-value (round to 3 decimal places): ____________________

d. Result (Circle one & justify): REJECT 𝑯 𝟎 FAIL TO REJECT 𝑯𝟎

Reason

e. State a conclusion within the context of the scenario:

10. Listed below are body temperatures for four subjects measured at two different times in a
day.

Body Temperature ( ° F ) at 6 am :98.0 , 97.0 , 98.6 , 97.4

Body Temperature ( ° F ) at 6 pm: 98.0 , 97.6 , 98.8 ,98.0

Assume the sample data are simple random samples and that the differences have a distribution
that is approximately normal. Test the claim that body temperature measured at 6 pm is higher
than the body temperature measured at 6 am. Use a 0.10 significance level. Show your work.

a. Give the symbolic null & alternative hypotheses. Use correct notation.
H0: H A:

b. Determine the test statistic (round to 3 decimal places): _________________

c. Determine the p-value (round to 3 decimal places): _________________

d. Result (Circle one & justify): REJECT 𝑯 𝟎 FAIL TO REJECT 𝑯𝟎

Reason:
e. State a conclusion within the context of the scenario:
2. The formula for a regression equation is Y’ = 2X + 9.

a. What would be the predicted score for a person scoring 6 on X?

b. If someone’s predicted score was 14, what was this person’s score on X?

6. For the X,Y data below, compute:

a. r and determine if it is significantly different from zero.

b. the slope of the regression line and test if it differs significantly from zero.

c. the 95% confidence interval for the slope.

X Y
4 6
3 7
5 12
11 17
10 9
14 21

5. At a school pep rally, a group of sophomore students organized a free raffle for

prizes. They claim that they put the names of all of the students in the school in

the basket and that they randomly drew 36 names out of this basket. Of the prize

winners, 6 were freshmen, 14 were sophomores, 9 were juniors, and 7 were

seniors. The results do not seem that random to you. You think it is a little fishy

that sophomores organized the raffle and also won the most prizes. Your school is

composed of 30% freshmen, 25% sophomores, 25% juniors, and 20% seniors.

a. What are the expected frequencies of winners from each class?

b. Conduct a significance test to determine whether the winners of the prizes

were distributed throughout the classes as would be expected based on the

percentage of students in each group. Report your Chi Square and p values.

c. What do you conclude?

14. A geologist collects hand-specimen sized pieces of limestone from a particular

area. A qualitative assessment of both texture and color is made with the

following results. Is there evidence of association between color and texture for

these limestones? Explain your answer.

Colour
Texture Light Medium Dark
Fine 4 20 8
Medium 5 23 12
Coarse 21 23 4

Decide whether the following statement is true or false.

70. The standard deviation of the chi-square distribution is twice the mean.

102. Do men and women select different breakfasts? The breakfasts ordered by randomly
selected men and women at a popular breakfast place is shown in Table 11.55. Conduct a test for
homogeneity at a 5% level of significance.

French Toast Pancakes Waffles Omelettes

Men 47 35 28 53
Women 65 59 55 60
Table 11.55
Use the following information to answer the next two exercises:

Suppose an airline claims that its flights are consistently on time with an average delay of at
most 15 minutes. It claims that the average delay is so consistent that the variance is no more
than 150 minutes. Doubting the consistency part of the claim, a disgruntled traveler calculates
the delays for his next 25 flights. The average delay for those 25 flights is 22 minutes with a
standard deviation of 15 minutes.

113. df = ________

117. Let α = 0.05

Decision: ________

Conclusion (write out in a complete sentence.): ________

66. Can a coefficient of determination be negative? Why or why not?

Use the following information to answer the next exercise. The cost of a leading liquid
laundry detergent in different sizes is given in Table 12.31.

Size (ounces) Cost ($) Cost per ounce

16 3.99
32 4.99
64 5.99
200 10.99
Table 12.31
82.

a. Using “size” as the independent variable and “cost” as the dependent variable, draw a scatter
plot.

b. Does it appear from inspection that there is a relationship between the variables? Why or why
not?

c. Calculate the least-squares line. Put the equation in the form of: ŷ = a + bx

d. Find the correlation coefficient. Is it significant?

e. If the laundry detergent were sold in a 40-ounce size, find the estimated cost.

f. If the laundry detergent were sold in a 90-ounce size, find the estimated cost.

g. Does it appear that a line is the best way to fit the data? Why or why not?

h. Are there any outliers in the given data?

i. Is the least-squares line valid for predicting what a 300-ounce size of the laundry detergent
would you cost? Why or why not?

j. What is the slope of the least-squares (best-fit) line? Interpret the slope.

Inferences ???
    My younger brother had a run in earlier with Médecins Sans Frontières.  He narrowly
escaped from an adverse verdict by the court........  What he wants is that he be left alone to run
his small café......

    He asked my oldest brother if he can conduct a survey for him about justice in the Kangaroo
Court.  Oooops, I mean the Canadian Court.......

                   
   An initial survey was performed right after Médecins Sans Frontières accused my brother of
wrong doing.  Of 1852 customers, 53 were against the aggressive tactics of Médecins Sans
Frontières.  After my brother was cleared by the court, a follow-up survey was performed.  Of
4699 customers, 1751 said they did not agree with the aggressive tactics of Médecins Sans
Frontières.

     At the 1% significance level, do the data suggest that a higher percentage of
customers were against Médecins Sans Frontières after the court case?

    He is now hiding in the kitchen............  Can we restore his faith in his customers?  Oooops,
no Gendarmerie Royale du Canada.