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Hypothesis Testing — Unit test Answers

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Derek Jeter challenges Albert Pujols to a batting battle. Each will earn 1 point for a hit other than a home run and 4 points for a home run in each round. Which player should you back given the statistics in the table below? Note that home runs are included as hits in the table.Data for Two BattersBatterAt BatsHitsHome RunsJeter4881569Pujols44812526

A
E(Jeter) = 0.38 and E(Pujols) = 0.45, so back Pujols.
B
E(Jeter) = 0.39 and E(Pujols) = 0.51, so back Pujols.
C
E(Jeter) = 0.34 and E(Pujols) = 0.34, so it doesn’t matter who you back.
D
E(Jeter) = 1.22 and E(Pujols) = 0.94, so back Jeter.
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The histogram below shows the number of weeks Jimmy spent different amounts of money to fill the gas tank in his car. If the graph is redrawn so that the scale on the y-axis begins with zero, which aspect of the graph will change the most?

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A
The difference in the heights of the bars will not appear as great.
B
The difference in the heights of the bars will be more pronounced.
C
The graph will appear more skewed to the left.
D
The graph will appear more skewed to the right.
6

The distribution of the values of a population is shown below, and a simple random sample is drawn from the population. Based on this information alone, can the sample be used to make inferences about the population?

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A
No, because the population values appear to be normally distributed.
B
No, because the population values do not appear to be normally distributed.
C
Yes, because the population values appear to be normally distributed.
D
Yes, because the population values do not appear to be normally distributed.

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