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Business Statistics in Practice 6th Edition Bowerman Test Bank
Business Statistics in Practice 6th Edition Bowerman Test Bank
Chapter 08
Confidence Intervals
2. When the margin of error is added to and subtracted from the sample mean an interval is
formed that will contain with probability of (1 - ).
True False
4. Assuming the same level of significance , as the sample size increases, the value of
t/2approaches the value of z/2.
True False
6. First a 90% confidence interval is constructed from a sample size of 100. Then, for the
same identical data, a 92% confidence interval is constructed. The width of the 90% interval
is wider than the 92% confidence interval.
True False
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7. When the population is normally distributed and the population standard deviation is
unknown, then for any sample size n, the sampling distribution of is based on the z
distribution.
True False
8. When the sample size and sample standard deviation remain the same, a 99% confidence
interval for a population mean, µ will be narrower than the 95% confidence interval for µ.
True False
9. When the level of confidence and sample standard deviation remain the same, a confidence
interval for a population mean based on a sample of n = 100 will be narrower than a
confidence interval for a population mean based on a sample of n = 50.
True False
10. When the level of confidence and the sample size remain the same, a confidence interval
for a population mean µ will be wider, when the sample standard deviation s is small than
when s is large.
True False
11. When the level of confidence and sample proportion remain the same, a confidence
interval for a population proportion p based on a sample of n = 100 will be wider than a
confidence interval for p based on a sample of n = 400.
True False
12. When the level of confidence and sample size remain the same, a confidence interval for a
population proportion p will be narrower when is larger than when is
smaller.
True False
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13. When solving for the sample size needed to compute a 95% confidence interval for a
population proportion "p", having a given error bound "B", we choose a value of that
makes as small as reasonably possible.
True False
14. When determining the sample size n, if the value found for n is 79.2, we would choose to
sample 79 observations.
True False
15. The t distribution approaches the _______________ as the sample size ___________.
A. Binomial, increases
B. Binomial, decreases
C. Z, decreases
D. Z, increases
17. As standard deviation increases, samples size _____________ to achieve a specified level
of confidence.
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains the same
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18. When determining the sample size, if the value found is not an integer initially, the next
highest integer value will ____________ be chosen.
A. Always
B. Sometimes
C. Never
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22. A Research and Development Laboratory researcher for a paint company is measuring the
level a certain chemical contained in a certain type of paint. If the paint contains too much of
this chemical, the quality of the paint will be compromised. On the average, each can of paint
contains 10% of the chemical, How many cans of paint should the sample contain if the
researcher wants to be 98% certain of being within 1% of the true proportion of this
chemical?
A. 4887
B. 1107
C. 26
D. 645
23. Which of the following is an advantage of confidence interval estimate over a point
estimate for a population parameter?
A. Interval estimates are more precise than point estimates.
B. Interval estimates are less accurate than point estimates.
C. Interval estimates are both more accurate and more precise than point estimates.
D. Interval estimates take into account the fact that the statistic being used to estimate the
population parameter is a random variable.
24. When the sample size and sample standard deviation remain the same, a 99% confidence
interval for a population mean, µ will be _________________ the 95% confidence interval
for µ.
A. Wider than
B. Narrower than
C. Equal to
25. When the level of confidence and sample standard deviation remain the same, a
confidence interval for a population mean based on a sample of n = 100 will be
______________ a confidence interval for a population mean based on a sample of n = 50.
A. Wider than
B. Narrower than
C. Equal to
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26. When the level of confidence and the sample size remain the same, a confidence interval
for a population mean µ will be ________________, when the sample standard deviation s is
small than when s is large.
A. Wider
B. Narrower
C. Neither A nor B, they will be the same
27. When the sample size and the sample proportion remain the same, a 90% confidence
interval for a population proportion p will be ______________ the 99% confidence interval
for p.
A. Wider than
B. Narrower than
C. Equal to
28. When the level of confidence and sample proportion remain the same, a confidence
interval for a population proportion p based on a sample of n = 100 will be ______________
a confidence interval for p based on a sample of n = 400.
A. Wider than
B. Narrower than
C. Equal to
29. When the level of confidence and sample size remain the same, a confidence interval for a
population proportion p will be ______________ when is larger than when
is smaller.
A. Wider
B. Narrower
C. Neither A nor B, they will be the same
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