ESTIMATION

1. Suppose a random sample of 40 is selected from a population with a

standard deviation of 13. If the sample mean is 118, the 95% confidence
interval to estimate the population mean is ____________________.

2. A researcher is interested in estimating the mean value for a population.

She takes a random sample of 17 items and computes a sample mean of 224
and a sample standard deviation of 32. She decides to construct a 99%
confidence interval to estimate the mean.

3. A random sample of 255 items from a population results in 44% possessing

a given characteristic. Using this information, the researcher constructs a
99% confidence interval to estimate the population proportion. The
resulting confidence interval is.

HYPOTESIS TESTING
4. Suppose Ho: µ = 2.36 and Ha: µ < 2.36. If the sample size is 64, the population standard
deviation is 4, and  = .01, do we accept or reject the null hypotheses.

5. It is believed that the average time to assemble a given product is less than 2 hours.
To test this, a sample of 18 assemblies is taken resulting in a sample mean of 1.91
hours with a sample standard deviation of 0.73 hours. Suppose  = .01. If a
hypothesis test is done on this problem, the table value is ______________. The
observed value is _________________. The decision is ________________.

6. A political scientist want to statistically test the null hypothesis that her candidate for
governor is currently carrying at least 57% of the vote in the state. She has her assistants
randomly sample 550 eligible voters in the state by telephone and only 300 declare that
they support her candidate. With an  = .01, do we accept or reject the null hypotheses.