MATH 225N Final Exam 2 (Questions and Answers with Explanations)
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A fitness center claims that the mean amount of time that a person spends at the gym per visit is 33 minutes. Identify the null hypothesis, H0
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MATH 225N Final Exam 2 (Questions and Answers with Explanations)
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A fitness center claims that the mean amount of time that a person spends at the gym per visit is 33 minutes. Identify the null hypothesis, H0, and the alternative hypothesis, Ha, in terms of the parameter μ.
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That is correct!
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H0: μ≠33; Ha: μ=33
H0: μ=33; Ha: μ≠33
H0: μ≥33; Ha: μ<33
H0: μ≤33; Ha: μ>33
Answer Explanation
Correct answer:
H0: μ=33; Ha: μ≠33
Let the parameter μ be used to represent the mean. The null hypothesis is always stated with some form of equality: equal (=), greater than or equal to (≥), or less than or equal to (≤). Therefore, in this case, the null hypothesis H0 is μ=33. The alternative hypothesis is contradictory to the null hypothesis, so Ha is μ≠33.
QUESTION 2
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The answer choices below represent different hypothesis tests. Which of the choices are right-tailed tests? Select all correct answers.
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H0:X≥17.1, Ha:X<17.1
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H0:X=14.4, Ha:X≠14.4
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H0:X≤3.8, Ha:X>3.8
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H0:X≤7.4, Ha:X>7.4
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H0:X=3.3, Ha:X≠3.3
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Answer Explanation
Correct answer:
H0:X≤3.8, Ha:X>3.8
H0:X≤7.4, Ha:X>7.4
Remember the forms of the hypothesis tests.
• Right-tailed: H0:X≤X0, Ha:X>X0.
• Left-tailed: H0:X≥X0, Ha:X7.4
• H0:X≤3.8, Ha:X>3.8
QUESTION 3
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Find the Type II error given that the null hypothesis, H0, is: a building inspector claims that no more than 15% of structures in the county were built without permits.
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That's not right.
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The building inspector thinks that no more than 15% of the structures in the county were built without permits when, in fact, no more than 15% of the structures really were built without permits.
The building inspector thinks that more than 15% of the structures in the county were built without permits when, in fact, more than 15% of the structures really were built without permits.
The building inspector thinks that more than 15% of the structures in the county were built without permits when, in fact, at most 15% of the structures were built without permits.
The building inspector thinks that no more than 15% of the structures in the county were built without permits when, in fact, more than 15% of the structures were built without permits.
Answer Explanation
Correct answer:
The building inspector thinks that no more than 15% of the structures in the county were built without permits when, in fact, more than 15% of the structures were built without permits.
A Type II error is the decision not to reject the null hypothesis when, in fact, it is false. In this case, the Type II error is when the building inspector thinks that no more than 15% of the structures were built without permits when, in fact, more than 15% of the structures were built without permits.
Your answer:
The building inspector thinks that more than 15% of the structures in the county were built without permits when, in fact, at most 15% of the structures were built without permits.
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QUESTION 4
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Suppose a chef claims that her meatball weight is less than 4 ounces, on average. Several of her customers do not believe her, so the chef decides to do a hypothesis test, at a 10% significance level, to persuade them. She cooks 14 meatballs. The mean weight of the sample meatballs is 3.7 ounces. The chef knows from experience that the standard deviation for her meatball weight is 0.5 ounces.
• H0: μ≥4; Ha: μ<4
• α=0.1 (significance level)
What is the test statistic (z-score) of this one-mean hypothesis test, rounded to two decimal places?
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$$Test statistic = −2.24
Answer Explanation
Correct answers:
• $\text{Test statistic = }-2.24$Test statistic = −2.24
The hypotheses were chosen, and the significance level was decided on, so the next step in hypothesis testing is to compute the test statistic. In this scenario, the sample mean weight, x¯=3.7. The sample the chef uses is 14 meatballs, so n=14. She knows the standard deviation of the meatballs, σ=0.5. Lastly, the chef is comparing the population mean weight to 4 ounces. So, this value (found in the null and alternative hypotheses) is μ0. Now we will substitute the values into the formula to compute the test statistic:
z0=x¯−μ0σn√=3.7−40.514√≈−0.30.134≈−2.24
So, the test statistic for this hypothesis test is z0=−2.24.
QUESTION 5
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What is the p-value of a right-tailed one-mean hypothesis test, with a test statistic of z0=1.74? (Do not round your answer; compute your answer using a value from the table below.)
z1.51.61.71.81.90.000.9330.9450.9550.9640.9710.010.9340.9460.9560.9650.9720.020.9360.9470.9570.9660.9730.030.9370.9480.9580.9660.9730.040.9380.9490.9590.9670.9740.050.9390.9510.9600.9680.9740.060.9410.9520.9610.9690.9750.070.9420.9530.9620.9690.9760.080.9430.9540.9620.9700.9760.090.9440.9540.9630.9710.977
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That is correct!
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$$0.041
Answer Explanation
Correct answers:
• $0.041$0.041
The p-value is the probability of an observed value of z=1.74 or greater if the null hypothesis is true, because this hypothesis test is right-tailed. This probability is equal to the area under the Standard Normal curve to the right of z=1.74.
A standard normal curve with two points labeled on the horizontal axis. The mean is labeled at 0.00 and an observed value of 1.74 is labeled. The area under the curve and to the right of the observed value is shaded.
Using the Standard Normal Table, we can see that the p-value is equal to 0.959, which is the area to the left of z=1.74. (Standard Normal Tables give areas to the left.) So, the p-value we're looking for is p=1−0.959=0.041.
QUESTION 6
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Kenneth, a competitor in cup stacking, claims that his average stacking time is 8.2 seconds. During a practice session, Kenneth has a sample stacking time mean of 7.8 seconds based on 11 trials. At the 4% significance level, does the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that Kenneth's mean stacking time is less than 8.2 seconds? Accept or reject the hypothesis given the sample data below.
• H0:μ=8.2 seconds; Ha:μ<8.2 seconds
• α=0.04 (significance level)
• z0=−1.75
• p=0.0401
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That is correct!
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Do not reject the null hypothesis because the p-value 0.0401 is greater than the significance level α=0.04.
Reject the null hypothesis because the p-value 0.0401 is greater than the significance level α=0.04.
Reject the null hypothesis because the value of z is negative.
Reject the null hypothesis because |−1.75|>0.04.
Do not reject the null hypothesis because |−1.75|>0.04.
Answer Explanation
Correct answer:
Do not reject the null hypothesis because the p-value 0.0401 is greater than the significance level α=0.04.
In making the decision to reject or not reject H0, if α>p-value, reject H0 because the results of the sample data are significant. There is sufficient evidence to conclude that H0 is an incorrect belief and that the alternative hypothesis, Ha, may be correct. If α≤p-value, do not reject H0. The results of the sample data are not significant, so there is not sufficient evidence to conclude that the alternative hypothesis, Ha, may be correct. In this case, α=0.04 is less than or equal to p=0.0401, so the decision is to not reject the null hypothesis.
QUESTION 7
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A recent study suggested that 81% of senior citizens take at least one prescription medication. Amelia is a nurse at a large hospital who would like to know whether the percentage is the same for senior citizen patients who go to her hospital. She randomly selects 59 senior citizens patients who were treated at the hospital and finds that 49 of them take at least one prescription medication. What are the null and alternative hypotheses for this hypothesis test?
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That is correct!
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{H0:p=0.81Ha:p>0.81
{H0:p≠0.81Ha:p=0.81
{H0:p=0.81Ha:p<0.81
{H0:p=0.81Ha:p≠0.81
Answer Explanation
Correct answer:
{H0:p=0.81Ha:p≠0.81
First verify whether all of the conditions have been met. Let p be the population proportion for the senior citizen patients treated at Amelia's hospital who take at least one prescription medication.
1. Since there are two independent outcomes for each trial, the proportion follows a binomial model.
2. The question states that the sample was collected randomly.
3. The expected number of successes, np=47.79, and the expected number of failures, nq=n(1−p)=11.21, are both greater than or equal to 5.
Since Amelia is testing whether the proportion is the same, the null hypothesis is that p is equal to 0.81 and the alternative hypothesis is that p is not equal to 0.81. The null and alternative hypotheses are shown below.
{H0:p=0.81Ha:p≠0.81
QUESTION 8
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A researcher claims that the proportion of cars with manual transmission is less than 10%. To test this claim, a survey checked 1000 randomly selected cars. Of those cars, 95 had a manual transmission.
The following is the setup for the hypothesis test:
{H0:p=0.10Ha:p<0.10
Find the test statistic for this hypothesis test for a proportion. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.
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That is correct!
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$$Test_Statistic=−0.53
Answer Explanation
Correct answers:
• $\text{Test_Statistic}=-0.53$Test_Statistic=−0.53
The proportion of successes is p^=951000=0.095.
The test statistic is calculated as follows:
z=p^−p0p0⋅(1−p0)n−−−−−−√
z=0.095−0.100.10⋅(1−0.10)1000−−−−−−−−√
z≈−0.53
QUESTION 9
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A medical researcher claims that the proportion of people taking a certain medication that develop serious side effects is 12%. To test this claim, a random sample of 900 people taking the medication is taken and it is determined that 93 people have experienced serious side effects. .
The following is the setup for this hypothesis test:
H0:p = 0.12
Ha:p ≠ 0.12
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