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Essentials of Business Analytics 2nd Edition Camm Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
4. A simple random sample of size n from a finite population of size N is a sample selected such that each possible sample
of size
a. N and n have the same probability of being selected.
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5. The random numbers generated using Excels RAND function follows a ________________ probability distribution
between 0 and 1.
a. normal
b. uniform
c. binomial
d. random
ANSWER: b
RATIONALE: The random numbers generated using Excels RAND function follows a uniform probability
distribution between 0 and 1.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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6. A random sample selected from an infinite population is a sample selected such that each element selected comes from
the same ________________ and each element is selected ______________
a. population; independently.
b. population; simultaneously.
c. sample; independently.
d. sample; simultaneously.
ANSWER: a
RATIONALE: A random sample from an infinite population is a sample selected such that each element
selected comes from the same population and each element is selected independently.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: POINT ESTIMATION, Page 231
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7. The value of the ___________ is used to estimate the value of the population parameter.
a. population statistic
b. sample parameter
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c. population estimate
d. sample statistic
ANSWER: d
RATIONALE: To estimate the value of a population parameter, we compute a corresponding characteristic
of the sample, referred to as a sample statistic.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: POINT ESTIMATION, Page 234
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8. The population parameter value and the point estimate differ because a sample is not a census of the entire population,
but it is being used to develop the
a. population parameter.
b. point estimate.
c. population mean.
d. standard error.
ANSWER: b
RATIONALE: These differ because a sample is not a census of the entire population, but it is being used to
develop the point estimates.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: POINT ESTIMATION, Page 234
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9. The CEO of a company wants to estimate the percent of employees that use company computers to go on Facebook
during work hours with 95% confidence. He selects a random sample of 150 of the employees and finds that 53 of them
logged onto Facebook that day. What is the point estimate of the proportion of the population that logged onto Facebook
that day?
a. 0.25
b. 0.35
c. 0.53
d. 0.65
ANSWER: b
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RATIONALE: The point estimate of the proportion of the population that logged onto Facebook that day is
53/150 = 0.35.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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10. A simple random sample of 31 observations was taken from a large population. The sample mean equals 5. Five is a
a. population parameter.
b. point estimate.
c. population mean.
d. standard error.
ANSWER: b
RATIONALE: A point estimate is the value of a point estimator used in a particular instance, such as an
estimate of a population parameter.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: POINT ESTIMATION, Page 234
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11. The basis for using a normal probability distribution to approximate the sampling distribution of the sample means and
population mean is
a. Chebyshev’s theorem.
b. the empirical rule.
c. the central limit theorem.
d. Bayes’ theorem.
ANSWER: c
RATIONALE: Central Limit Theorem states: In selecting random samples of size n from a population, the
sampling distribution of the sample mean can be approximated by a normal distribution as
the sample size becomes large.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
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12. When the expected value of the point estimator is equal to the population parameter it estimates, it is said to be
a. unbiased.
b. precise.
c. symmetric.
d. predicted.
ANSWER: a
RATIONALE: When the expected value of a point estimator equals the population parameter, we say the
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13. A statistics teacher started class one day by drawing the names of 10 students out of a hat and asked them to do as
many pushups as they could. The 10 randomly selected students averaged 15 pushups per person with a standard deviation
of 9 pushups.Suppose the distribution of the population of number of pushups that can be done is approximately normal.
What is the standard error of the mean?
a. 0.900
b. 2.876
c. 3.061
d. 4.743
ANSWER: b
RATIONALE:
The standard error of the mean for a t distribution is For this problem, the standard
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS, Page 239
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14. If the expected value of the sample statistic is equal to the population parameter being estimated, the sample statistic is
said to
15. For a population with an unknown distribution, the form of the sampling distribution of the sample mean is
a. approximately normal for small sample sizes.
16. The CEO of a company wants to estimate the percent of employees that use company computers to go on Facebook
during work hours with 95% confidence. He selects a random sample of 150 of the employees and finds that 53 of them
logged onto Facebook that day. What is the estimate of the standard error of the proportion
a. 0.039
b. 0.050
c. 0.350
d. 0.455
ANSWER: a
RATIONALE: The estimate of the standard error of the proportion is
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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17. An estimate of a population parameter that provides an interval of values believed to contain the value of the
parameter is known as the
a. confidence level.
b. interval estimate
c. parameter level.
d. population estimate.
ANSWER: b
RATIONALE: An estimate of a population parameter that provides an interval of values believed to
contain the value of the parameter is known as the interval estimate.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: INTERVAL ESTIMATION, Page 246
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18. In order to determine an interval for the mean of a population with unknown standard deviation a sample of 24 items
is selected. The mean of the sample is determined to be 23. The number of degrees of freedom for reading the t value is
a. 21.
b. 22.
c. 23.
d. 24.
ANSWER: c
RATIONALE: The degrees of freedom for this t distribution is n – 1 = 23.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: INTERVAL ESTIMATION, Page 247
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19. As the number of degrees of freedom for a t distribution increases, the difference between the t distribution and the
standard normal distribution
a. becomes larger.
b. becomes smaller.
c. stays the same.
d. fluctuates.
ANSWER: b
RATIONALE: As the number of degrees of freedom for a t distribution increases, the difference between
the t distribution and the standard normal distribution becomes smaller.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: INTERVAL ESTIMATION, Pages 247-248
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20. The t value for a 99% confidence interval estimation based upon a sample of size 10 is
a. 1.645.
b. 1.812.
c. 2.576.
d. 3.169.
ANSWER: d
RATIONALE: The t value for a 99% confidence interval estimation based upon a sample of size 10 is
3.169. This can be found using the Excel function T.INV.2T(1 – 0.99, 10-1).
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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21. In interval estimation, as the sample size becomes larger, the interval estimate
a. becomes narrower.
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b. becomes wider.
c. remains the same, since the mean is not changing.
d. gets closer to 1.96.
ANSWER: a
RATIONALE: In interval estimation, as the sample size becomes larger, the interval estimate becomes
narrower.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: INTERVAL ESTIMATION, Page 251
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22. A statistics teacher started class one day by drawing the names of 10 students out of a hat and asked them to do as
many pushups as they could. The 10 randomly selected students averaged 15 pushups per person with a standard deviation
of 9 pushups.Suppose the distribution of the population of number of pushups that can be done is approximately normal.
The 95% confidence interval for the true mean number of pushups that can be done is
a. 5.75 to 24.25.
b. 8.56 to 21.40.
c. 11.31 to 18.55.
d. 13.02 to 16.98.
ANSWER: b
RATIONALE: The 95% confidence interval for the true mean number of pushups that can be done is
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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23. A statistics teacher started class one day by drawing the names of 10 students out of a hat and asked them to do as
many pushups as they could. The 10 randomly selected students averaged 15 pushups per person with a standard deviation
of 9 pushups.Suppose the distribution of the population of number of pushups that can be done is approximately normal.
If we would like to capture the population mean with 95% confidence the margin of error would be
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: c
RATIONALE:
The margin of error would be The critical value for 95% confidence with
9 degrees of freedom is 2.262 and the sample standard deviation is 9.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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24. A sample of 37 AA batteries had a mean lifetime of 584 hours. A 95% confidence interval for the population mean
was 579.2 < μ < 588.8. Which statements is the correct interpretation of the results?
a. We are 95% confident that the mean lifetime of all the bulbs in the population is between 579.2 hours and
588.8 hours.
b. The probability that the population mean is between 579.2 hours and 588.8 hours is 0.95.
c. 95% of the light bulbs in the sample had lifetimes between 579.2 hours and 588.8 hours.
d. None of these statements correctly interpret the results.
ANSWER: a
RATIONALE: We are 95% confident that the mean lifetime of all the bulbs in the population is between
579.2 hours and 588.8 hours.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
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25. In a random sample of 400 registered voters, 120 indicated they plan to vote for Trump for President. Determine a
95% confidence interval for the proportion of all the registered voters who will vote for Trump.
a. (0.25, 0.34)
b. (0.27, 0.32)
c. (0.29, 0.30)
d. Cannot be determined from the information given.
ANSWER: a
RATIONALE:
Use the formula Filling in the given values yields
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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26. Using an α = 0.04 a confidence interval for a population proportion is determined to be 0.65 to 0.75. If the level of
significance is decreased, the interval for the population proportion
a. becomes narrower.
b. becomes wider.
c. does not change.
d. remains the same.
ANSWER: b
RATIONALE: If the level of significance is decreased, the interval for the population proportion becomes
wider. Decreasing a is equivalent to increasing the confidence level. Higher confidence
yields wider intervals.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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27. The CEO of a company wants to estimate the percent of employees that use company computers to go on Facebook
during work hours with 95% confidence.He selects a random sample of 150 of the employees and finds that 53 of them
logged onto Facebook that day.Compute the 95% confidence interval for the population proportion.
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: a
RATIONALE: The general formula for an interval estimate of a population proportion is
In this case, n = 150, and the critical value is 1.96. The resulting 95%
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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30. What are the two decisions that you can make from performing a hypothesis test?
31. A null and alternative hypothesis for a one proportion z test are given as H0: p = 0.8, Ha: p < 0.8. This hypothesis test
is
a. lower-tailed.
b. upper-tailed.
c. two-tailed.
d. these hypotheses are incorrectly stated.
ANSWER: a
RATIONALE: If the alternative hypothesis contains the not-equal-to inequality symbol, then it is a two-
tailed test. If the alternative hypothesis contains the less-than inequality symbol, then it is a
left-tailed test. If the alternative hypothesis contains the greater-than inequality symbol,
then it is a right-tailed test.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: HYPOTHESIS TESTS, Page 262
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32. A pizza shop advertises that they deliver in 30 minutes or less or it is free. People who live in homes that are
located on the opposite side of town believe it will take the pizza shop longer than 30 minutes to make and deliver
the pizza. Write the null and alternative hypotheses that can be used to conduct a significance test.
a. H0: m ≤ 30, Ha: m > 30
b. H0: m < 30, Ha: m > 30
c. H0: m ≥ 30, Ha: m < 30
d. H0: m > 30, Ha: m < 30
ANSWER: a
RATIONALE: The null hypothesis, is a statement that contains a statement of equality. The null
hypothesis is that the mean delivery time is no more than 30 minutes. The alternative
hypothesis, is the complement of the null hypothesis.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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33. A pizza shop advertises that they deliver in 30 minutes or less or it is free. People who live in homes that are
located on the opposite side of town believe it will take the pizza shop longer than 30 minutes to make and deliver
the pizza. A random sample of 50 deliveries to homes across town was taken and the mean time was computed to
be 32 minutes. What is the appropriate symbol to represent the value, 32?
a. u = 32
b.
c. n =32
d.
ANSWER: b
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34. The proportion of dental procedures that are extractions is 0.16. Which of the following exemplifies a type I error in
this situation?
a. Reject the claim that the proportion of dental procedures that are extractions is 0.16 when the proportion is
actually different from 0.16.
b. Fail to reject the claim that the proportion of dental procedures that are extractions is 0.16 when the proportion
is actually 0.16
c. Reject the claim that the proportion of dental procedures that are extractions is 0.16 when the proportion is
actually 0.16
d. Fail to reject the claim that the proportion of dental procedures that are extractions is 0.16 when the proportion
is actually different from 0.16
ANSWER: c
RATIONALE: Reject the claim that the proportion of dental procedures that are extractions is 0.16 when
the proportion is actually 0.16. This is equivalent to rejecting the null hypothesis when the
null hypothesis is true.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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35. Larger values of have the disadvantage of increasing the probability of making a
a. Type I error.
b. Type II error.
c. random sampling error.
d. normal probability error.
ANSWER: a
RATIONALE: With larger values of a we have in increased chance of rejecting the null hypothesis when
the null hypothesis is true. Therefore, larger values of have the disadvantage of increasing
the probability of making a Type I error.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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36. The average number of hours for a random sample of mail order pharmacists from company A was 50.1 hours last
year. It is believed that changes to medical insurance have led to a reduction in the average work week. To test the validity
of this belief, the hypotheses are
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37. A fast food restaurant has automatic drink dispensers to help fill orders more quickly. When the 12 ounce button is
pressed, they would like for exactly 12 ounces of beverage to be dispensed. There is, however, undoubtedly some
variation in this amount. The company does not want the machine to systematically over fill or under fill the cups. Which
of the following gives the correct set of hypotheses
a. H0: U > 12, Ha : U < 12.
b. H0: U = 12, Ha : U ≠ 12.
c. H0: U ≤ 12, Ha : U > 12.
d. H0: U ≥ 12, Ha : U < 12.
ANSWER: d
RATIONALE: The correct set of hypotheses is H0 : u = 12, Ha : u ≠ 12. They do not want the cups to be
over or under filled, so they should use a two-sided alternative hypothesis.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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38. A large manufacturing plant has analyzed the amount of time required to produce an electrical part and determined
that the times follow a normal distribution with mean time μ = 45 hours. The production manager has developed a new
procedure for producing the part. He believes that the new procedure will decrease the population mean amount of time
required to produce the part. After training a group of production line workers, a random sample of 25 parts will be
selected and the average amount of time required to produce them will be determined. If the switch is made to the new
procedure, the cost to implement the new procedure will be more than offset by the savings in manpower required to
produce the parts. Use the hypotheses: Ho: μ ≥ .45 hours and Ha: μ < 45 hours. Determine the p-value of the test statistic if
the sample mean amount of time is = 43.118 hours with the sample standard deviation s = 5.5 hours.
a. 0.04973
b. 0.04999
c. 0.95818
d. 0.04354
ANSWER: b
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RATIONALE: The appropriate test is a lower-tailed t-test for one mean. The test statistic is -1.7109 and
the associated p-value is 0.04999. This can be found using the Excel function T.DIST(test
statistic, degrees of freedom, cumulative).
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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39. A large manufacturing plant has analyzed the amount of time required to produce an electrical part and determined
that the times follow a normal distribution with mean time μ = 45 hours. The production manager has developed a new
procedure for producing the part. He believes that the new procedure will decrease the population mean amount of time
required to produce the part. After training a group of production line workers, a random sample of 25 parts will be
selected and the average amount of time required to produce them will be determined. If the switch is made to the new
procedure, the cost to implement the new procedure will be more than offset by the savings in manpower required to
produce the parts. Use the hypotheses: Ho: μ ≥ .45 hours and Ha: μ < 45 hours. If the sample mean amount of time is =
43.118 hours with the sample standard deviation s = 5.5 hours, give the appropriate conclusion, for α = 0.025.
41. Determine whether the alternative hypothesis is left-tailed, right-tailed, or two-tailed: Ho: μ = 11 Ha: μ > 11
a. left-tailed.
b. right-tailed.
c. two-tailed.
d. there is not enough information to make a determination.
ANSWER: b
RATIONALE: In a right-tailed hypothesis test, the alternative hypothesis has the > operator, right-tailed
test.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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a. The greater the level of confidence, the more likely it is that the confidence interval actually includes the true
population mean.
b. The greater the level of confidence, the larger the z-score.
c. The greater the level of confidence, the wider the confidence interval.
d. Rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true is a Type II error.
ANSWER: d
RATIONALE: Rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true is a Type I error.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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43. Statistical significance at the 0.01 level is___________ than significance at the 0.05 level .
a. more difficult to achieve
b. easier to achieve
c. less costly
d. less informative
ANSWER: a
RATIONALE: Significance at the 0.01 level of significance is more difficult to achieve than the 0.05
level of significance because it requires a great deal of evidence against the null hypothesis.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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46. A student wants to determine if pennies are really fair, meaning equally likely to land heads up or tails up. He flips a
random sample of 50 pennies and finds that 28 of them land heads up. What are the appropriate null and alternative
hypotheses?
a. H0: p ≥ 0.5, Ha : p < 0.5
b. H0: p ≤ 0.5, Ha : p ≠ 0.5
c. H0: p = 0.5, Ha : p > 0.5
d. H0: p ≥ 28, Ha : p < 28
ANSWER: c
RATIONALE: The appropriate null and alternative hypotheses are H0 : p = 0.5, Ha : p ≠ 0.5. This is
equivalent to saying “pennies are fair” vs “pennies are not fair”.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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47. A simple random sample of 11 observations from a population containing 400 female soccer players was taken, and
the following values were obtained.
48 53 72 56 63 64 56 76 50 46 73
What is the value of the point estimate of the population mean?
ANSWER: 59.7
RATIONALE:
POINTS: 1
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ANSWER: infinite
RATIONALE: A sampling frame is a list of the elements from which the sample will be selected.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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ANSWER: parameters.
RATIONALE: A parameter is a numerical characteristic of the population.
POINTS: 1
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ANSWER:
RATIONALE: The value 126.07 is a sample mean. The symbol for a sample mean is .
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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52. The sample mean is the point estimator of what population parameter?
ANSWER: u
RATIONALE: The sample mean estimates the population mean, u).
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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53. Sample statistics, such as , s, or , that provide an estimate of the population parameter are known as
54. As the sample size increases, the standard error of the mean ______________.
ANSWER: decreases
RATIONALE: As the sample size increases, the standard error of the mean decreases. This happens
because the sample size appears in the denominator of the standard error calculation, so
dividing by a larger number yields a smaller standard error.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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55. A simple random sample of 100 observations was taken from a large population. The sample mean and the standard
deviation were determined to be 80 and 12 respectively. Calculate the standard error of the mean.
ANSWER: 1.20
RATIONALE: The standard error of the mean is 1.20. The standard error of the mean =
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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56. A sample of 92 observations is taken from an infinite population. The sampling distribution of is approximately
normal because of what theorem?
57. A random sample of 150 people was taken from a very large population. Ninety of the people in the sample were
female. What is the standard error of the proportion?
ANSWER: 0.04
RATIONALE:
The standard error of the proportion is
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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58. Random samples of size 100 are taken from an infinite population whose population proportion is 0.2. The mean and
standard deviation of the sample proportion are?
is
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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59. As a rule of thumb, the sampling distribution of the sample proportions can be approximated by a normal probability
distribution when
60. A cellular phone company claims that the mean amount spent per month is more than $75. A test is made of Ho: μ =
75 versus Ha: μ > 75. The null hypothesis is rejected. State the appropriate conclusion.
ANSWER: There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the mean checkout amount is greater
than $75.
RATIONALE: The claim for this problem is that the mean checkout amount is greater than $75. The
conclusion is stated in terms of the alternative hypothesis.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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61. In a survey of 3539 female university students ages 18-22, 401 say they live in off-campus housing. If you constructed
90% and 95% confidence intervals for the population proportion how would they differ? As the level of confidence
________________, the confidence interval gets ___________________.
ANSWER: increases; wider. Also acceptable are the phrases decreases; narrower
RATIONALE: As the level of confidence increases, the confidence interval gets wider.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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62. What is the difference between the standardized normal distribution (used for tests with z) and the t distribution?
ANSWER: The t distribution is used when the population standard deviation is unknown and the
sample size is small. And the t- test statistic is calculated using n– 1 degrees of freedom.
RATIONALE: The t-distribution and the normal approximation arise only for small sample sizes.
In that case, the t-distribution is used which adjust for additional error due to the fact that
the population standard deviation is unknown.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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With her mother now convalescent, the year 1824 opened to find
Miss Mitford more composed in mind. She was still turning over in
her mind her friend Macready’s great commission, but as he had
bade her take plenty of time, she occupied herself with gathering
together and polishing the Lady’s Magazine articles on country life
with a view to their publication in volume form. Mr. George B.
Whittaker, of Ave Maria Lane—“papa’s godson, by-the-by”—was the
chosen publisher and we may be certain that there was much
fussing and discussion between the parties concerned before the
details were finally arranged. Mr. Whittaker was, according to his
godfather’s daughter, “a young and dashing friend of mine, this year
sheriff of London, and is, I hear, so immersed in his official dignities
as to have his head pretty much turned topsy-turvy, or rather, in
French phraseology, to have lost that useful appendage; so I should
not wonder now, if it did not come out, till I am able to get to town
and act for myself in the business, and I have not yet courage to
leave mamma.”
Had Mr. Whittaker known what was in store for him he would
probably have lost his head; but neither author nor publisher had the
faintest notion that the modest volume, then projecting, was to be the
forerunner of a series destined to take the world by storm and to be
the one effort—apart from dramatic and sonneteering successes,
which were to fade into obscurity—by which alone the name of Mary
Russell Mitford was to be remembered.
Its modest title— Our Village—was the author’s own choice, and it
was to consist of essays and characters and stories, chiefly of
country life, in the manner of the Sketch Book, but without
sentimentality or pathos—two things abhorred by the author—and to
be published with or without its author’s name, as it might please the
publisher. “At all events,” wrote Miss Mitford to Sir William, “the
author has no wish to be incognita; so I tell you as a secret to be
told.”
“When you see Our Village,” she continued, “(which if my sheriff
be not bestraught, I hope may happen soon), you will see that my
notions of prose style are nicer than these galloping letters would
give you to understand.”
The excitement of preparing for the press revived her old interest
in life and stirred her once again to indulge in that free and
blithesome correspondence which had been so unceremoniously
dropped when her domestic troubles seemed so overpowering. Her
introduction to Macready had been followed by an introduction to his
sister whom, as usual, Miss Mitford found to be all that was
charming. In her impulsive fashion she quickly divined the characters
of both and wrote of her impressions to her confidant, Sir William.
“They are very fascinating people, of the most polished and delightful
manners, and with no fault but the jealousy and unreasonableness
which seem to me the natural growth of the green-room. I can tell
you just exactly what Mr. Macready would have said of me and
Julian. He would have spoken of me as a meritorious and amiable
person, of the play as a first-rate performance, and of the treatment
as ‘infamous!’ ‘scandalous!’ ‘unheard-of!’—would have heaped every
phrase of polite abuse which the language contains on the Covent
Garden manager; and then would have concluded as follows:—‘But
it is Miss Mitford’s own fault—entirely her own fault. She is, with all
her talent, the weakest and most feeble-minded woman that ever
lived. If she had put matters into my hands—if she had withdrawn
The Foscari—if she had threatened the managers with a lawsuit—if
she had published her case—if she had suffered me to manage for
her; she would have been the queen of the theatre. Now, you will
see her the slave of Charles Kemble. She is the weakest woman that
ever trode the earth.’ This is exactly what he would have said; the
way in which he talks of me to every one, and most of all to myself.
‘Is Mr. Macready a great actor?’ you ask. I think that I should answer,
‘He might have been a very great one.’ Whether he be now I doubt.
A very clever actor he certainly is; but he has vitiated his taste by his
love of strong effects, and been spoilt in town and country; and I
don’t know that I do call him a very great actor ... I have a physical
pleasure in the sound of Mr. Macready’s voice, whether talking, or
reading, or acting (except when he rants). It seems to me very
exquisite music, with something instrumental and vibrating in the
sound, like certain notes of the violoncello. He is grace itself; and he
has a great deal of real sensibility, mixed with some trickery.”
Miss Mitford’s Cottage at Three Mile Cross, as it is to-day (1913), with the sign of
the Swan Inn on the one hand, and Brownlow’s shop on the other.
Was Our Village its author’s announcement to all and sundry, that
come what might, whether of want, drudgery, or disillusionment, she
could still carry her head high, look the world in the face— and
smile? Probably it was. A strong case can be made out for the view
that, apart altogether from her love of rurality, Our Village was a
deliberate glorification of the simple life which had been forced upon
her, a deliberate pronouncement that Home was still Home, though it
had been transferred from the magnificence of Bertram House with
its retinue of servants, to an extremely humble cottage set between a
village “general” on the one side and a village inn upon the other.
With all the success which now seemed to crowd upon our author,
the year was not without its anxieties for, shortly after her mother’s
recovery, her father was taken suddenly ill and, as was his wont on
such occasions, required a great deal of attention. He made a fairly
speedy recovery, however, and in July we read of him and Mrs.
Mitford taking exercise in a “pretty little pony-chaise” the acquisition
of which the daughter proudly records—it was a sign, however slight,
of amended fortunes. Late in the year, Dr. Mitford had a relapse and
became seriously ill, and even when convalescent was left so weak
that he was a source of considerable anxiety to his wife and
daughter. This illness must have convinced Miss Mitford that it would
be futile to count upon her father as a bread-winner, and that
conviction seems to have spurred her to work even harder than
before. The Cromwell and Charles play still simmered in her mind,
while there were a “thousand and one articles for annuals” to be
written, together with the working-up of a new tragedy to be called
Inez de Castro. Not satisfied with all that, she wrote in the July to
William Harness, asking whether he could influence Campbell, then
editing the New Monthly Magazine, to engage for a series—“Letters
from the Country,” or something of that sort—“altogether different, of
course, from Our Village in the scenery and the dramatis personae,
but still something that might admit of description and character, and
occasional story, without the formality of a fresh introduction to every
article. If you liked my little volume well enough to recommend me
conscientiously, and are enough in that prescient editor’s good
graces to secure such an admission, I should like the thing
exceedingly.”
Talfourd wrote urging her to a novel, but this she wisely declined,
and commenced to work, in great haste on still another tragedy
which had been suggested by a re-reading of Gibbon’s Decline and
Fall of the Roman Empire. It was no new project, for she had written
of it “in strict confidence” to Sir William Elford more than a year
before, but it had been left to lie fallow until an opportunity arose for
its execution. When the suggestion was made to Macready he at
once saw the possibilities in the theme and promised to give the play
his best consideration, although he made the significant suggestion
that not only should the author’s name be kept a dead secret, but
that the play should be produced under a man’s name because the
newspapers of the day were so unfair to female writers.
Luckily the haste with which she had started on Rienzi soon
subsided, and it was not ready until 1826 when Macready took it and
the Cromwellian play with him on an American tour, promising to do
nothing with either unless they could be produced in a manner
satisfactory to the author. The original intention had been to produce
Rienzi at Covent Garden that year, but the idea was abandoned.
In the meantime preparations were well advanced for a second
series of Our Village, “my bookseller having sent to me for two
volumes more.” Eventually the series extended to five volumes, the
publication of which ranged over the years 1824 and 1832. Of these
volumes there appeared, from time to time, a number of most
eulogistic reviews, particularly noticeable among them being those of
“Christopher North” in the Noctes Ambrosianae of Blackwood’s
Magazine. In reviewing the third volume he wrote:—“The young
gentlemen of England should be ashamed o’ theirsells fo’ lettin’ her
name be Mitford. They should marry her whether she wull or no, for
she would mak baith a useful and agreeable wife. That’s the best
creetishism on her warks”—a criticism as amusing as it was true.
CHAPTER XVIII
In the previous chapter we mentioned that Rienzi was not ready until
1826 and that its production at Covent Garden during that year was
postponed because of a disagreement between Macready and
Young. As a matter of fact the play was finished to the mutual
satisfaction of its author, and her friends Talfourd and Harness, early
in 1825, but when submitted to Macready he would only accept it on
condition that certain rather drastic alterations were made. In this he
was perfectly justified for, be it remembered, he was not only an
actor of high rank but a critic of remarkable ability—a combination of
scholar and actor which caused him to be consulted on every point
connected with the drama and whose judgment was rarely wrong.
Upon hearing his decision Miss Mitford appears to have lost her
composure—we will charitably remind ourselves that she had put
much labour and thought into this play—and to have rushed off to
consult the two friends who, having read the play, had already
pronounced it ready for presentation. Upon hearing Macready’s
suggestions Harness was considerably piqued, the more so as in
addition to his clerical duties, he was, at this time, enjoying a
considerable reputation as a dramatic critic, his writings in the
magazines being eagerly looked for and as eagerly read when they
appeared. There is no doubt that he, backed up by Talfourd,
counselled Miss Mitford not to adopt Macready’s suggestions, but
Macready was not the man to brook interference from outsiders and
told Miss Mitford that not only must she alter the play in accordance
with his views, but without delay if she required him to produce it.
This naturally placed the author in an awkward position for she knew,