Question 15 pts

Which of the following is/are factors in choosing an appropriate sample

size?

I. The desired level of confidence, expressed in terms of z.

II. The maximum allowable error, E, that the researcher will tolerate.

III. The variability in the population under study, measured by σ.

Group of answer choices

I, II and III

II only

I only

III only

Question 25 pts

When testing a null hypothesis that a population mean is greater than or

equal to 24, against the alternative hypothesis that the population mean

is less than 24. The sample size is 64 and alpha is .05. The sample mean

is 22 and the sample standard deviation is 8. What is the calculated z

value?

Group of answer choices

1.00

-2.00

-1.00

2.00

Question 35 pts

A _________ is a statement about a population parameter subject to

verification usually with data from a sample.

Group of answer choices

hypothesis

statistic
claim

estimation

Question 45 pts

When executing

a hypothesis to determine whether the variances of two populations are

equal, which of the following is NOT an assumption of ANOVA test?

I. The samples are dependent.

II. The populations follow the normal distribution.

III. The populations not have equal standard deviations.

Group of answer choices

I & III only

I & II only

I, II and III

II & III only

Question 55 pts

In stating a confidence interval, what would happen to a confidence

interval if you construct a 90% confidence interval rather than a 99%

confidence interval with other parameters being equal?

Group of answer choices

It will be broader.

It will become narrower.

The sample size will increase.

It will not change

Question 65 pts

The distribution of the width of car tyres produced is approximated to be

normal. An operator randomly selected 25 tyres from the production line

and found the sample mean and standard deviation to be 196 mm and
0.05 mm respectively. State

the 95% confidence interval for the population mean.

Group of answer choices

(195.98, 196.02)

(190, 180)

(195.50, 196.50)

(195.90, 196.10)

Question 75 pts

_______ is the probability calculated for the value of the test statistic which

is at least as extreme as the one found in the sample data when the null

hypothesis is true.

Group of answer choices

z-value

F-value

t-value

p-value

Question 85 pts

When the sample size increases, the

I. population mode decreases.

II. population standard deviation decreases.

III. sampling distribution standard deviation (standard error) decreases.

Group of answer choices

II only

I only

I, II and III

III only
Question 95 pts

______ is the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when the null

hypothesis is true (the claim or alternate hypothesis is not true).

Group of answer choices

t-value

Significance level

p-value

z-value

Question 105 pts

_________ has occurred when a true H0 is rejected.

Group of answer choices

Type II error

Bias

Type I error

Oversampling

Question 115 pts

If the null hypothesis in a hypothesis test includes the term "=", then the

test is a

Group of answer choices

One-tailed test.

Two-tailed test.

Type I test.

Type II test

Question 125 pts

When the sample size is increased, what will happen to the 95%

confidence interval?

Group of answer choices

It becomes wider.
No change.

It becomes narrower.

It becomes a 99% interval.

Question 135 pts

Use _________ when the samples are chosen at random from a population

that does not exhibit any stratified grouping or naturally occurring

grouping.

Group of answer choices

Clustered sampling

Stratified sampling

Simple random sampling

Dependent sampling

Question 145 pts

The volume of detergent in a standard dispenser bottle is normal with a

known standard deviation of 0.10 litres. 25 bottles were randomly

selected from the production line and found the sample mean to be

1.50. Construct the 95% confidence interval for the mean of the

population.

Group of answer choices

(1.46, 1.54)

(-2.00, 2.00)

(1.40, 1.60)

(1.49, 1.51)

Question 155 pts

Sample proportion is a statistic that can be used to estimate the

population proportion which is a parameter. How is the sample proportion

derived?

Group of answer choices

It is the ratio of sample mean divided by the number of sample

observations.

It is the ratio of the number of successes (or desired outcome) divided the

number of sample observations.

It is the ratio of standard deviation divided by the range.

It is the ratio of standard deviation divided by the number of sample

observations.

Question 165 pts

In an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) procedure. Which of the following

is/are assumptions of an ANOVA test?

I. The populations follow the normal distribution.

II. The populations have equal standard deviations (σ).

III. The populations are independent.

Group of answer choices

III only

I, II and III

I only

II only

Question 175 pts

Execute an appropriate hypothesis test with p-value=0.04. Which of the

following could be a correct conclusion?

Group of answer choices

The p-value is too high. Repeat the experiment.

reject the null hypothesis if the level of significance is set at 5% but do not

reject if the level of significance is set at 1%.

Do not reject the null hypothesis if the level of significance is set at 5%

but do reject if the level of significance is set at 1%.

None of the listed choices.

Question 185 pts

If the alternative hypothesis in a hypothesis test includes phrases like

“more”, “less”, “has reduced” or “has increased”, the test should be

I. two-tailed.

II. one-tailed.

III. can be either one-tailed or two tailed.

Group of answer choices

None of the listed choices.

II only

III only

I only

Question 195 pts

There is a five-step procedure that systematizes hypothesis testing. Which

of the following step is not in this procedure?

I. Construct a confidence interval.

II. Select the level of significance.

III. Select the test statistic.

Group of answer choices

II only

I only

III only

None of the listed choices

Question 205 pts

When executing an appropriate hypothesis testing, the_________

separates the rejection and non-rejection regions.

Group of answer choices

critical values.
maximum and minimum values.

limit values.

dividing points.