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THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Thesupervisorofaproductionlinebelievesthattheaveragetimetoassembleanelectroniccomponentis14minutes.
Assumethatassemblytimeisnormallydistributedwithastandarddeviationof3.4minutes.Thesupervisortimesthe
assemblyof14components,andfindsthattheaveragetimeforcompletionwas11.6minutes.
1) Whataretheappropriatenullandalternativehypotheses?
A) H0 :=14andH1 :14

B) H0 :14andH1 :>14

C) H0 :14andH1 :=14

D) H0 : 14andH1 :<14

2) Whichofthefollowingstatementsismostaccurate?
A) Rejectthenullhypothesisat=0.008
B) Unabletorejectthenullhypothesisat 0.10
C) Rejectthenullhypothesisat=0.05,butnotat=0.01
D) Rejectthenullhypothesisat=0.025,butnotat=0.05
3) Whatisthezvalueforatwosidedtestofhypothesisforapopulationmeanwhentheprobabilityofrejectinga
truenullhypothesisisequalto.05?
A) 1.960

B) 1.645

C) 2.575

D) 2.330

THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Thesalesrepresentativeforamanufacturerofanewproductclaimsthattheproductwillincreaseoutputpermachinebyat
least29unitsperhour.Alinemanagerinstallstheproducton15ofthemachines,andfindsthattheaverageincreasewas
only26withastandarddeviationof6.2.
4) Whataretheappropriatenullandalternativehypotheses?
A) H0 :=29H1 :>29

B) H0 :>29H1 :29

C) H0 :=29H1 :29

D) H0 : 29H1 :<29

5) Usinga5%significancelevel,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?
A) RejectH0 iftstatistic<2.16

B) RejectH0 ift statistic<1.771

C) RejectH0 iftstatistic<1.771

D) RejectH0 ift statistic>2.16

6) Thevalueoftheteststatisticis:
A) 1.240

B) 1.240

C) 1.874

D) 1.874

THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Themanufacturerofanewchewinggumclaimsthatatleast80%ofdentistssurveyedprefertheirtypeofgumand
recommenditfortheirpatientswhochewgum.Anindependentconsumerresearchfirmdecidestotesttheirclaim.The
findingsinasampleof200dentistsindicatethat74.1%oftherespondentsdoactuallyprefertheirgum.
7) Whatarethenullandalternativehypothesesforthetest?
A) H0 :P=0.80andH1 :P0.80

B) H0 :P >0.80andH1 :P0.80

C) H0 :P0.80andH1 :P>0.80

D) H0 :P 0.80andH1 :P<0.80

8) Whatisthedecisionrule?
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A) RejectH0 if(P-P0 )/ P0 (1-P0 )/n>z/2.

B) RejectH0 if(P-P0 )/ p(1-p)/n>z.

C) RejectH0 if(P-P0 )/ P0 (1-P0 )/n>-z.

D) RejectH0 if(P-P0 )/ P0 (1-P0 )/n>-z/2.

9) Thevalueoftheteststatisticis:
A) 1.444

B) 1.444

C) 2.086

D) 2.086

10) Ifconductingatwosidedtestatlevelofsignificance0.05basedonasampleofsize20,thecritical tvalueis:

A) 1.725

B) 1.729

C) 2.086

D) 2.093

THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
AdeanofcollegeofbusinessintheMidwestclaimsthathecancorrectlyidentifywhetherastudentisfinancemajorora
musicindustrymanagementmajorbythewaythestudentdresses.Supposeinactualitythathecancorrectlyidentify
financemajor84%ofthetime,while16%ofthetimehemistakenlyidentifiesmusicindustrymanagementmajorasfinance
major.Presentedwithonestudentandaskedtoidentifythemajorofthisstudent(whoiseitherafinanceormusicindustry
managementmajor),thedeanconsidersthistobeahypothesistestwiththenullhypothesisbeingthatthestudentisfinance
majorandthealternativethatthestudentisamusicindustrymanagementmajor.
11) WhichofthefollowingstatementsillustratesaTypeIerror?
A) Sayingthatthestudentismusicindustrymanagementmajorwheninfactthestudentisfinancemajor
B) Sayingthatthestudentismusicindustrymanagementmajorwheninfactthestudentismusicindustry
managementmajor
C) Sayingthatthestudentisfinancemajorwheninfactthestudentismusicindustrymanagementmajor
D) Sayingthatthestudentisfinancemajorwheninfactthestudentisfinancemajor
12) WhichofthefollowingstatementsillustratesaTypeIIerror?
A) Sayingthatthestudentisfinancemajorwheninfactthestudentismusicindustrymanagementmajor
B) Sayingthatthestudentismusicindustrymanagementmajorwheninfactthestudentisfinancemajor
C) Sayingthatthestudentisfinancemajorwheninfactthestudentisfinancemajor
D) Sayingthatthestudentismusicindustrymanagementmajorwheninfactthestudentismusicindustry
managementmajor

THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Anaccountantclaimstobeabletocompleteastandardtaxreturninunderanhour.Forarandomsampleof24taxreturns,
theaccountantaveraged63.2minuteswithastandarddeviationof7.7minutes.
13) Whatistheteststatisticforthistest?
A) t=1.79

B) Z=2.04

C) t =2.04

D) Z=1.79

14) Whataretheappropriatenullandalternativehypotheses?
A) H0 :=60andH1 :<60

B) H0 : =60andH1 :>60

C) H0 :>60andH1 :60

D) H0 : =60andH1 :60

15) Whatisthemostaccurateestimateofthepvalue?
A) pvalue<0.10

B) pvalue<0.025

C) pvalue<0.05

D) pvalue<0.01

THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
SupposethatyouwanttotestH0 :=0.54againstH1 :<0.54basedonasampleofn=25ands=13.2.
16) Whatistheappropriatecriticalvalue?
A) tn-1,

B) Z

C) Z/2

D) tn-1,/2

B) (X-0.54)/34.848

C) (X-0.54)/2.64

D) (X-0.54)/0.2789

17) Whatistheteststatistic?
A) (X-0.54)/0.528

THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Asmallcommunitycollegeclaimsthattheiraverageclasssizeisequalto35students.Thisclaimisbeingtestedwithalevel
ofsignificanceequalto0.02usingthefollowingsampleofclasssizes:42,28,36,47,35,41,33,30,39,and48.Assumeclass
sizesarenormallydistributed.
18) Whichdistributionismostappropriatetoperformthishypothesistest?
A) Chisquaredistribution

B) Normaldistribution

C) distribution

D) Studentstdistribution

19) Whatisthevalueoftheteststatistic?
A) 1.58

B) 2.26

C) 2.05

D) 1.36

20) Whatconclusionscanbedrawn?
A) Sincetheteststatisticsequals2.26,failtorejectthenullhypothesisandconcludethatclasssizedoesequal
35students.
B) Sincetheteststatisticsequals2.05,rejectthenullhypothesisandconcludethatclasssizedoesnotequal35
students.
C) Sincetheteststatisticsequals1.36,failtorejectthenullhypothesisandconcludethatclasssizedoesequal
35students.
D) Sincetheteststatisticsequals1.58,rejectthenullhypothesisandconcludethatclasssizedoesnotequal35
students.

21) Aprofessorofstatisticsclaimedthattheaverageamountofmoneyatypicalcollegestudentspendsperday
duringspringbreakisover$70.Baseduponpreviousresearch,thepopulationstandarddeviationisestimated
tobe$17.32.Theprofessorsurveys35studentsandfindsthatthemeanspendingis$67.57.Isthereevidence
thattheaverageamountspentbystudentsislessthan$70?
22) Thesupervisorofaproductionlinebelievesthattheaveragetimetoassembleanelectroniccomponentis14
minutes.Assumethatassemblytimeisnormallydistributedwithastandarddeviationof3.4minutes.The
supervisortimestheassemblyof14components,andfindsthattheaveragetimeforcompletionwas11.6
minutes.Isthereevidencethattheaverageamountoftimerequiredtoassembleacomponentissomething
otherthan14minutes?Use=0.01
23) Themanufacturerofanewproductclaimsthathisproductwillincreaseoutputpermachinebyatleast29
unitsperhour.Alinemanageradoptstheproducton15ofhismachines,andfindsthattheaverageincrease
wasonly26withastandarddeviationof6.2.Isthereevidencetodoubtthemanufacturersclaim?
24) Themanufacturerofanewchewinggumclaimsthatfouroutoffivedentistssurveyedprefertheirtypeofgum
andrecommenditfortheirpatientswhochewgum.Anindependentconsumerresearchfirmdecidestotest
theirclaim.Thefindingsinasampleof200doctors,indicatethat74.1%doactuallyprefertheirgum.Isthis
evidencesufficienttodoubtthemanufacturersclaim?Use=0.025.

25) TheU.S.PostalServiceadvertisesthat63.4%ofallthirdclassmailisreadbytherecipients.Anenvironmental
group,concernedaboutwastegeneration,wantstotestthisassertion.Theytakeasampleof220households,
andfindthatonly58.7%readtheirthirdclassmail.ShouldyoubelievetheU.S.PostalServiceclaimatthe10%
levelofsignificance?

AnswerKey
Testname:UNTITLED1

1) A
2) A
3) A
4) D
5) B
6) D
7) D
8) C
9) D
10) D
11) A
12) A
13) C
14) B
15) C
16) C
17) C
18) D
19) D
20) C
21) H0 :70vs.H1 :<70
TeststatisticZ=(67.5770.00)/(17.32/5.92)=0.83.
Sincepvalue=P(Z<0.83)=0.2033,wefailtorejectH0 atalllevelslessthan20.33%.Thereisnosufficientevidence
todisprovetheclaimthattheaverageamountspentbystudentsisover$70.
22) H0 :=14vs.H1 :14
TeststatisticZ=(11.614)/(3.4/6.32)=4.46
Sincepvalue=2P(Z<4.46)0.0041,rejectH0 at=0.01.Weconcludethatthereissufficientevidencetodisprove
theclaimthattheaveragetimetoassembleanelectroniccomponentis14minutes(Thepopulationmeanappearsto
belessthan14minutes.)
23) H0 :29vs.H1 :<29
Teststatisticst=(2629)/(6.2/1.6)=-0.77
RejectH0 ift<-tn-1,=-t14,0.10=-1.345.
Sincet=-0.77,weareunabletorejectH0 at=0.10.Thereisinsufficientevidencetodisproveclaimthattheproduct
willincreaseoutputpermachineby29unitsperhour.
24) H0 :P=0.80vs..H1 :P<0.80
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TeststatisticsZ=(p -P0 )/ P0 (1-P0 )/n =-2.09

Sincepvalue=P(Z<-2.09)=0.0183,werejectH0 at=0.025.Thereissufficientevidencetodoubtthemanufacturers
claim.
25) H0 :P=0.634vs.H1 :P<0.634
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TeststatisticZ=(p -P0 )/ P0 (1-P0 )/n =-1.38

Sincepvalue=P(Z<-1.38)=0.0838,werejectH0at=0.10.ThereissufficientevidencetodoubttheU.S.Postal
Serviceclaim