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Question 1 of 17
Serum ferritin is used in diagnosing iron deficiency. In a study conducted recently
researchers discovered that in a sample of 28 elderly men the sample standard
deviation of serum ferritin was 52.6 mg/L. For 26 younger men the sample standard
deviation was 84.2 mg/L. At the .01 level of significance, do these data support the
conclusion that the ferritin distribution in elderly men has a smaller variance than in
younger men?

A.Yes, because the test value 0.390 is less than the critical value 2.54

B.No, because the test value 1.60 is less than the critical value of 2.54

C.Yes, because the test value 2.56 is greater than the critical value of 2.54

D.Yes, because the test value 2.56 is greater than the critical value 0.394
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Question 2 of 17
Multiple myeloma or blood plasma cancer is characterized by increased blood vessel formulation in the
bone marrow that is a prognostic factor in survival. One treatment approach used for multiple myeloma is
stem cell transplantation with the patient’s own stem cells. The following data represent the bone marrow
microvessel density for a sample of 7 patients who had a complete response to a stem cell transplant as
measured by blood and urine tests. Two measurements were taken: the first immediately prior to the
stem cell transplant, and the second at the time of the complete response. 
 
Patient 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Before 158 189 202 353 416 426 441
After 284 214 101 227 290 176 290

At the .01 level of significance, is there sufficient evidence to conclude that the mean
bone marrow microvessel density is higher before the stem cell transplant than after the
stem cell transplant?

A.No

B.Yes

C.Cannot Determine
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Question 3 of 17
Multiple myeloma or blood plasma cancer is characterized by increased blood vessel formulation in the
bone marrow that is a prognostic factor in survival. One treatment approach used for multiple myeloma is
stem cell transplantation with the patient’s own stem cells. The following data represent the bone marrow
microvessel density for a sample of 7 patients who had a complete response to a stem cell transplant as
measured by blood and urine tests. Two measurements were taken: the first immediately prior to the
stem cell transplant, and the second at the time of the complete response. 
 
Patient 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Before 158 189 202 353 416 426 441
After 284 214 101 227 290 176 290

Perform an appropriate test of hypothesis to determine if there is evidence, at the .05

level of significance, to support the claim that the mean bone marrow microvessel
density is higher before the stem cell transplant than after the stem cell
transplant? What is the value of the sample test statistic?

A.z = 1.8424

B.t = 1.8424

C.p = 2.7234

D.t = 2.7234
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Question 4 of 17
____________ is/are especially helpful in identifying outliers.

A.Linear regression

B.Normal curves

C.Scatterplots
 D.Regression analysis
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Question 5 of 17
The regression line y' = -3 + 2.5 X has been fitted to the data points (28, 60), (20, 50), (10, 18), and (25,
55). The sum of the squared residuals will be:

A.16.00

B.94.25

C.49.00

D.20.25
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Question 6 of 17
The marketing manager of a large supermarket chain would like to use shelf space to predict the sales of
pet food. For a random sample of 12 similar stores, she gathered the following information regarding the
shelf space, in feet, devoted to pet food and the weekly sales in hundreds of dollars. .

 
Store 1 2 3 4 5 6
Shelf Space 5 5 5 10 10 10
Weekly Sales 1.6 2.2 1.4 1.9 2.4 2.6
 
Store 7 8 9 10 11 12
Shelf Space 15 15 15 20 20 20
Weekly Sales 2.3 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.9 3.1
Is the correlation between weekly sales and shelf space significant at the .01 level of significance?

A.
Yes, the computed t-test statistic is less than the critical value.

B.Yes, the value of the test statistic does not exceed the critical value.

C.Yes, the p-value of the test for significance is less than .01.

D.No, the sample correlation coefficient does not exceed the critical value.
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Question 7 of 17
 

The marketing manager of a large supermarket chain would like to use shelf space to predict the sales of
pet food. For a random sample of 12 similar stores, she gathered the following information regarding the
shelf space, in feet, devoted to pet food and the weekly sales in hundreds of dollars. 
 
Store 1 2 3 4 5 6
Shelf Space 5 5 5 10 10 10
Weekly Sales 1.6 2.2 1.4 1.9 2.4 2.6
 
Store 7 8 9 10 11 12
Shelf Space 15 15 15 20 20 20
Weekly Sales 2.3 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.9 3.1
What is the estimated regression equation?

A. = 2.63 - 0.174x

B. = 1.45 + 0.724x 

C.  = 2.63 + 0.724x

D. = 1.45 + 0.074x
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Question 8 of 17
A linear regression analysis produces the equation

y = 5.32 + (-0.846)x

Which of the following statements must be true?

A.As x increases, y increases, and the correlation coefficient must be positive.

B.As x increases, y decreases, and the correlation coefficient must be positive.

C.As x increases, y decreases, and the correlation coefficient must be negative.

D.As x increases, y increases, and the correlation coefficient must be negative.

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Question 9 of 17
Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces
(e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific
notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.
Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.
For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

A survey of employees at a company finds that 32 of the 88 employees who drive to work were ever late
during the past year, and 18 of the 64 employees who took public transportation were ever late during the

past year.  At α = 0.10, is there a difference between the proportion of employees who drove who were
ever late and the proportion of employees who took public transportation who were ever late?

Find the test value for the difference in the proportion of employees who were ever late for work in the
past year.

Answer: Round your answer to two decimal places.

What is your decision for this test?

1. The test value is greater than the critical value of 1.960.

2. The test value is less than the critical value of 1.645.
3. The test value is greater than the critical value of 1.282.
4. The test value is less than the critical value of 1.960.

Answer:   Enter only a 1, 2, 3 or 4 for your answer.

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Question 10 of 17
Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces
(e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific
notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.
Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.
For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

Researchers conducted an experiment to measure the effect of a drug on improving the quality of sleep
as determined by how many more minutes of REM sleep were measured for each participant. One group
of participants were given the experimental drug; the other (control) group was given a placebo. Does the
evidence indicate that the drug improved the amount of REM sleep at a 0.01 level of significance?
Answer each of the following parts.

  Experimental group Control group

sample size 35 50
mean sleep improvement 12.8 9.1
sample variance 56.3 61.2

What is the test value for this hypothesis test?

Answer:    Round your answer to two decimal places.

What is the P-value for this hypothesis test?

Answer:    Round your answer to three decimal places.

What is the conclusion of this hypothesis test?  Choose one.

1.  There is sufficient evidence to show that the experimental drug improved the quality of sleep.
2.  There is not sufficient evidence to show that the experimental drug improved the quality of sleep.
3.  There is sufficient evidence to show that the quality of sleep is different for the experimental drug than
for the control drug.
4.  There is not sufficient evidence to show that the control drug decreased the quality of sleep.

Answer:    Enter only a 1, 2, 3 or 4 for your answer.

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Question 15 of 17
In conducting hypothesis testing for difference between two means when samples are dependent (paired
samples), the variable under consideration is   ; the sample mean difference between the pairs.

True

False
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Question 16 of 17
When the actual values y of a response variable and the corresponding predicted values y' are the same,
the standard error of the estimate will be zero.

True

False
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Question 17 of 17
A simple linear regression equation is given by y' = 5 + 3x. The predicted value of Y when X = 3 is 5.

True

False
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