11/07/2017

Revision Chapter 3: Hypothesis Testing Total Questions: 16

Most Correct Answers: #15 Least Correct Answers: #12

1.The hypothesis that an analyst is trying to prove is called the

A null hypothesis
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B alternative hypothesis
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C optional hypothesis
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D elective hypothesis
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2.In formulating hypothesis for statistical test, the null hypothesis is often
A a statement of mean of the data equal to zero
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B a statement of 'no difference'
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C a statement of sample mean or sample proportion
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D a statement of 'there is a difference"
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3.Which of the following can be rejected by a statistical test

A Null hypothesis
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B Alternative hypothesis
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4.If sample size is 20 and the population variance unknown, which can be used to
test a hypothesis about the mean?
A Z-test
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B t-test
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C Other than z-test or t-test
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5.If sample size is 20 and the population variance known, which can be used to
test a hypothesis about the mean?
A z-test
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B t-test
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C Other than z-test or t-test
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6.The level of significance (alpha) is the probability of:
A fail to reject null hypothesis when actually null is FALSE
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B rejecting null hypothesis when actually null is TRUE
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7.Which kind of test is made for the alternative hypothesis, proportion group 1 is
more than group 2?
A one-tailed test
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B two-tailed test
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8.In a two-tailed test, using Z as test statistic (Z-test), if the significance level is
0.05, how much probability is in each of the two tails?
A 5%
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B 2.5%
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C 10%
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9.We sample 100 light bulbs from a manufacturing plant to test the null
hypothesis that the mean is 1,200 hours, using a significance level of 0.05. The
sample average is 1,150 hours and the standard deviation is 500 hours. What is the
null hypothesis?
A H0: 'x-bar'=1200
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B H0: 'x-bar'=1150
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C H0: 'miu'=1150,
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D H0: 'miu'=1200
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10.We sample 100 light bulbs from a manufacturing plant to test the null
hypothesis that the mean is 1,200 hours, using a significance level of 0.05. The
sample average is 1,150 hours and the standard deviation is 500 hours. What is the
alternative hypothesis?
A H1: x-bar not equal 1150
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B H1: x-bar not equal 1200
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C H1: 'mui' not equal 1200
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D H1: 'mui' more than 1200
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11.We sample 100 light bulbs from a manufacturing plant to test the null
hypothesis that the mean is 1,200 hours, using a significance level of 0.05. The
sample average is 1,150 hours and the standard deviation is 500 hours. Which
statistic can properly be used in this hypothesis test?
A z-test
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B t-test
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12.If you were running a small sample for n=24 two-sided test at level of
significance .05, then the critical t-value would be
A 1.711
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B 2.069
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C 1.714
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D 1.96
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13.A hypothesis test is being established to test the claim that the proportion of
voters for PARTY A in a particular city is less than 40 percent. A random sample of
175 voters was selected and found that 35 percent in favor of PARTY A . What is the
p-value for this sample and what conclusions can be drawn using an alpha equal to
0.05?
A Since the p-value equals 0.0312, we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the
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proportion of PARTY A voters is not less than 40 percent.
B Since the p-value equals 0.0312, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the
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proportion of PARTY A voters is less than 40 percent.
C Since the p-value equals 0.0885, we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the
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proportion of PARTY A voters is not less than 40 percent
D Since the p-value equals 0.0885, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the
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proportion of PARTY A voters is less than 40 percent.

14.Suppose a statistical test is performed and show that p-value=0.0087. Consider

the following statements:
I. HO can be rejected at significance level 1%
II. HO can be rejected at significance level 5%
III. We need to know if H1 is one-sided or two-sided.

Choose correct statement(s):

A I only
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B II only
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C III only
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D I and II
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E I, II and III
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15.A two-tailed test is one where
A results in only one direction can lead to rejection of the null hypothesis
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B results in either of two directions can lead to rejection of the null hypothesis
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C no results lead to the rejection of the null hypothesis
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16.Smaller p-values indicate more evidence in support of

A HO
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B H1
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C the quality of the researcher
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D further testing
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