Hypothesis Testing — Unit test Answers

A simple random sample of size n is drawn from a normally distributed population, and the mean of the sample is , while the standard deviation is s. What is the 90% confidence interval for the population mean? Use the table below to help you answer the question.Confidence Level90%95%99%z*-score1.6451.962.58

A gymnastics coach records the scores of a gymnast and develops the probability distribution below. What is the probability the gymnast scores a 9 or 9.5?Probability DistributionGymnastics Score: XProbability: P(X)50.025.50.0260.066.50.170.167.50.1480.188.50.189?9.50.02

The life spans of a computer manufacturer’s hard drives are normally distributed, with a mean of 3 years 6 months and a standard deviation of 9 months. What is the probability of a randomly selected hard drive from the company lasting between 2 years 3 months and 3 years 3 months? Use the portion of the standard normal table below to help answer the question.zProbability0.000.50000.230.59100.330.62930.670.74861.000.84131.330.90821.670.95252.000.9772

The set of life spans of an appliance is normally distributed with a mean = 48 months and a standard deviation = 8 months. What is the life span of an appliance that has a z-score of –3?

A local newspaper compiles data on the number of days, X, people in a neighborhood receive the newspaper. The probability distribution for the data is shown in the table below. What is the probability that a randomly chosen person receives the newspaper at least one day per week?

The number of absences for one week for all students at a high school were compiled, and the probability distribution below was created. What is the probability in any given week that a randomly selected student will be absent no more than one day?Probability DistributionDays Absent: XProbability: P(X)00.7810.1420.0330.014050.04

What is the formula for margin of error?

The times taken to assemble a clock at a factory are approximately normally distributed with a given mean = 3 hr and standard deviation = 0.5 hr. What percentage of the times are between 2 hr and 4 hr?

A supervisor finds the mean number of miles that the employees in a department live from work. He finds and . Which statement must be true?

A scientist calculated the mean and standard deviation of a data set to be and . She then found that she was missing one data value from the set. She knows that the missing data value was exactly 3 standard deviations away from the mean. What was the missing data value?

The president of the math club is conducting a survey to see where the twelfth-grade class wants to go on their field trip. Instead of asking the whole class, she surveys only the twelfth-grade members of the math club. She records their choices and plans to present the results to the school principal. What type of sampling did she use?

Veronique has a spinner with three sections of equal size, red (r), green (g), and blue (b).The spinner is spun twice. The sample space for the possible outcomes is S = {rr, rb, rg, gr, gg, gb, br, bg, bb}. If the number of times red is spun is the random variable, X, which graph represents the probability distribution?

Opal is collecting data on water levels in different parts of town. She notices that her sample data has a low-value outlier. Which statement must be true?

The proportions of multiple samples of registered voters who vote are normally distributed, with a mean proportion of 0.38 and a standard deviation of 0.0485. What is the probability that a sample chosen at random has a proportion of registered voters who vote between 0.37 and 0.39? Use the portion of the standard normal table below to help answer the question.zProbability0.000.50000.040.51600.210.58320.370.64430.380.64810.390.65171.000.8413

A researcher wants to survey people from different age groups to analyze voting patterns. Which type of survey will best accomplish this goal?