The form of the alternative hypothesis can be:

A.one or two-tailed

Question 2 of 20

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A manufacturer of flashlight batteries took a sample of 13 batteries from a days production and
used them continuously until they failed to work. The life lengths of the batteries, in hours, until
they failed were: 342, 426, 317, 545, 264, 451, 1049, 631, 512, 266, 492, 562, and 298.
At the .05 level of significance, is there evidence to suggest that the mean life length of the
batteries produced by this manufacturer is more than 400 hours?
C.No, because the p-value for this test is equal to .1164

Question 3 of 20

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In an article appearing in Todays Health a writer states that the average number of calories in a
serving of popcorn is 75. To determine if the average number of calories in a serving of popcorn
is different from 75, a nutritionist selected a random sample of 20 servings of popcorn and
computed the sample mean number of calories per serving to be 78 with a sample standard
deviation of 7.
Compute the z or t value of the sample test statistic.
D.t = 1.916

Question 4 of 20

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A severe storm has an average peak wave height of 16.4 feet for waves hitting the shore.
Suppose that a storm is in progress with a severe storm class rating. Let us say that we want to
set up a statistical test to see if the wave action (i.e., height) is dying down or getting worse. If
you wanted to test the hypothesis that the waves are dying down, what would you use for the
alternate hypothesis? Is the P-value area on the left, right, or on both sides of the mean?

C.H1:

is less than 16.4 feet; the P-value area is on the left of the mean

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Question 5 of 20

Results from previous studies showed 79% of all high school seniors from a certain city plan to
attend college after graduation. A random sample of 200 high school seniors from this city
reveals that 162 plan to attend college. Does this indicate that the percentage has increased from
that of previous studies? Test at the 5% level of significance.
State the null and alternative hypotheses.

C.H0: p .79, H1: p > .79

Answer Key: C
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Question 6 of 20

Results from previous studies showed 79% of all high school seniors from a certain city plan to
attend college after graduation. A random sample of 200 high school seniors from this city
reveals that 162 plan to attend college. Does this indicate that the percentage has increased from
that of previous studies? Test at the 5% level of significance.
What is your conclusion?
D.Do not reject H0. There is not enough evidence to support the claim that the
proportion of students planning to go to college is greater than .79.
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Question 7 of 20
Which of the following values is not typically used for

A.0.50

Question 8 of 20

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A lab technician is tested for her consistency by taking multiple measurements of cholesterol
levels from the same blood sample. The target accuracy is a variance in measurements of 1.2 or
less. If the lab technician takes 16 measurements and the variance of the measurements in the

sample is 2.2, does this provide enough evidence to reject the claim that the lab technicians
accuracy is within the target accuracy?
Compute the value of the appropriate test statistic.
A.

= 27.50

Question 9 of 20

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The null and alternative hypotheses divide all possibilities into:

C.two non-overlapping sets

Question 11 of 20

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Results from previous studies showed 79% of all high school seniors from a certain city plan to
attend college after graduation. A random sample of 200 high school seniors from this city
reveals that 162 plan to attend college. Does this indicate that the percentage has increased from
that of previous studies? Test at the 5% level of significance.
Compute the z or t value of the sample test statistic.
A.z = 0.69

Question 12 of 20

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Accepted characters: Suppose a firm that produces light bulbs wants to know whether it can
say that its light bulbs typically last more than 1500 hours. Hoping to find support for their
claim, the firm collects a random sample of n = 25 light bulbs and records the lifetime (in hours)
of each bulb. The information related to the hypothesis test is presented below.
Test of H0:
1500 versus H1:
> 1500
Sample mean 1509.5
Std error of mean 4.854
Assuming the life length of this type of lightbulb is normally distributed, what is the p-value
associated with this test? Place your answer, rounded to 3 decimal places in the blank. For

example, .123 would be a legitimate entry. 0.062

Answer Key: .031
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Question 13 of 20

Accepted characters:
A firm that produces light bulbs claims that their lightbulbs last 1500 hours, on average. You
wonder if the average might differ from the 1500 hours that the firm claims. To explore this
possibility you take a random sample of n = 25 light bulbs purchased from this firm and record
the lifetime (in hours) of each bulb. You then conduct an appopriate test of hypothesis. Some of
the information related to the hypothesis test is presented below.
Test of H0: = 1500 versus H1:
Sample mean 1509.5
Std error of mean 4.854

1500

Assuming the life length of this type of lightbulb is normally distributed, if you wish to conduct
this test using a .05 level of significance, what are the critical values that you should use? Place
the smallest critical value, rounded to 3 decimal places, in the first blank. For example, -1.234
would be a legitimate entry.
-1.711 . Place the larger critical value, rounded to 3
decimal places, in the second blank. For example, 1.234 would be a legitimate entry. 1.711
Answer Key: -2.064, 2.064

Question 14 of 20

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Accepted characters: Let x be a random variable representing dividend yield of Australian

bank stocks. We may assume that x has a normal distribution with = 2.8%. A random sample
of 16 Australian bank stocks has a sample mean dividend yield of 8.91%. For the entire
Australian stock market, the mean dividend yield is = 6.4%. If you wanted to test to
determine if these data indicate that the dividend yield of all Australian bank stocks is higher
than 6.4%, what is the value of the test statistic? Place your answer, rounded to 3 decimal
places, in the blank. For example, 2.345 would be a legitimate entry. 1.65
Answer Key: 3.586

Question 15 of 20

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Accepted characters:
A medical doctor wishes to test the claim that the standard deviation of the systolic blood
pressure of deep sea divers is greater than 450. To do so, she selected a random sample of 25

divers and found s = 468.

Assuming that the systolic blood pressures of deep sea divers are normally distributed, if the
doctor wanted to test her research hypothesis at the .01 level of significance, what is the critical
value?
Place your answer, rounded to 3 decimal places, in the blank. For example, 34.567 would be a
legitimate entry. 42.980
Answer Key: 42.980

Question 16 of 20

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Accepted characters:
The CEO of a software company is committed to expanding the proportion of highly qualified
women in the organizations staff of salespersons. He believes that the proportion of women in
similar sales positions across the country is less than 45%. Hoping to find support for his belief,
he directs you to test
H0: p

.45 vs H1: p < .45.

In doing so, you collect a random sample of 50 salespersons employed by his company, which is
thought to be representative of sales staffs of competing organizations in the industry. The
collected random sample of size 50 showed that only 18 were women.
Compute the test value that you would use in conducting this test. Place your answer, rounded to
3 decimal places, in the blank. For example, -2.345 would be a legitimate entry. -1.279
Answer Key: -1.279

Accepted characters:.
A statistician wishes to test the claim that the standard deviation of the weights of firemen is less
than 25 pounds. To do so, she selected a random sample of 20 firemen and found s = 23.2
pounds.
Assuming that the weights of firemen are normally distributed, if the statistician wanted to test
her research hypothesis at the .05 level of significance, what is the critical value?
Place your answer, rounded to 3 decimal places, in the blank. For example, 12.345 would be a
legitimate entry. 10.117
Answer Key: 10.117

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Question 18 of 20

Using the confidence interval when conducting a two-tailed test for the population mean, we do
not reject the null hypothesis if the hypothesized value for
falls between the lower and upper
confidence limits.
True
The probability of making a Type I error and the level of significance are the same.
True

The p-value of a test is the smallest level of significance at which the null hypothesis can be
rejected.
True