Stat 200

Quiz: 8.1 8.3

15 Points

ANSWER KEY
Name

SHOW ALL WORK FOR FULL CREDIT! Simplify answers where appropriate.
1. (5 points) For each conjecture, indicate by letter (A) (D) which is the appropriate formulation of
the null and alternative hypotheses. An answer choice may be used more than once, or not at all.

The average amount spent on a new tire is more than $136.

The average grade of students on the Stat 200 final is 136

points.

A.

= 136
136

B.

= 136
> 136

C.

= 136
< 136

D. None of the above.

2. (5 points) A consumer organization reports that the mean price of 7.5-cubic-foot refrigerators is
greater than $300. A random sample of 18 such refrigerators has a mean price of $309.60 and a
standard deviation of $22. Do the data provide convincing evidence of the claim? Use a significance
level of = 0.01. You may assume that the population is normally distributed.

: = 300
1 : > 300 (claim)

Since this is a right-tailed test with = 0.01 and d.f. = 17 the

critical value is:
t = 2.567

Compute the test value:

= 1.85

309.6 300
2218
2.567

1.85
DO NOT REJECT H 0 . There is not enough evidence to support the claim that the mean
price of 7.5-cubic-foot refrigerators is greater than $300.

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3. (5 points) The mean age of full-time faculty at the main campus of Big State University is 48.7
years. A random sample of 34 full-time faculty members from a branch campus had an average age
of 46.8 years. The population standard deviation is 5.2 years. At = 0.05, is there sufficient evidence
that full-time faculty at the branch campus are, on average, younger than at the main campus?

:
1 :

= 48.7
< 48.7 (claim)

Since this is a left-tailed test with 0.05 the

critical value is:

= 1.645

Compute the test value:

46.8 48.7
5.234

= 2.13
1.645

2.13
REJECT H 0 . There is enough evidence to support the claim that full-time faculty at the
branch campus are younger.

BONUS (Up to 1.5 points): Consider a z-test at 0.05 for:

H0 : 22
H1 : 22

with a population standard deviation of 4.5 and a sample mean X 23.2 . For what minimum
sample size n would the conclusion be to REJECT H 0 ?
At 0.05 , for a right-tailed test, the critical
value would be z 1.65 . Thus, to be in the
rejection region, the test statistic must be
greater than 1.65:

23.2 22

> 1.65
4.5

1.2
> 1.65
4.5

4.5
) = 6.18
1.2
> 6.182 = 38.3

> 1.65 (

So to be in the rejection region, the sample size must be at least = 39.

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