Stat200Quiz5B 81 83 SP15KEY PDF
Stat200Quiz5B 81 83 SP15KEY PDF
ANSWER KEY
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1. (5 points) For each conjecture, indicate by letter (A) (D) which is the appropriate formulation of
the null and alternative hypotheses. An answer choice may be used more than once, or not at all.
A.
B.
C.
H0 : 9
H1 : 9
H0 : 9
H1 : 9
H0 : 9
H1 : 9
2. (5 points) A consumer organization reports that the mean price of 7.5-cubic-foot refrigerators is
greater than $300. A random sample of 18 such refrigerators has a mean price of $318.60 and a
standard deviation of $27. Do the data provide convincing evidence of the claim? Use a significance
level of 0.01. You may assume that the population is normally distributed.
H0 : 300
H1 : 300 (claim)
2.923
s n
27 18
2.567
2.923
DO REJECT H 0 . There is enough evidence to support the claim that the mean price of 7.5cubic-foot refrigerators is greater than $300.
3. (5 points) The College Board reports that in 2009, the mean score on the math SAT was 516. A
random sample of 20 students who took the test in 2010 had a mean score of 521. At a significance
level of 0.05 , can it be concluded that the mean score in 2010 differs from the mean score in
2009? Assume that the population is normally distributed and has a standard deviation of 116 .
H0 : 516
H1 : 516 (claim)
Since this is a two-tailed test with 0.05 the critical value is:
z 1.96
0.19
n 116 20
1.96
1.96
0.19
DO NOT REJECT H 0 . There is not enough evidence to support the claim that the mean
score in 2010 differs from the mean score in 2009.
H1 : 22
with a population standard deviation of 4.5 and a sample mean X 23.2 . For what minimum
sample size n would the conclusion be to REJECT H 0 ?
At 0.05 , for a right-tailed test, the critical
value would be z 1.65 . Thus, to be in the
rejection region, the test statistic must be
greater than 1.65:
23.2 22
4 .5
1.65
1 .2
n
1.65
4 .5
4 .5
n 1.65
1.2
n 6.18752 38.3