BADM 299 Exam 3 (Chapters 9&11) Dr.

Frank Tian Xie

Exam 3 Review questions

1. For a given sample size, when we increase the probability of Type I error, the probability
of a Type II error
A. remains unchanged.
B. increases.
C. decreases.
D. is impossible to determine without more information.

2. After testing a hypothesis, we decided to reject the null hypothesis. Thus, we are exposed
to
A. Type I error.
B. Type II error.
C. Either Type I or Type II error.
D. Neither Type I nor Type II error.

3. Which of the following is correct?

A. When sample size increases, both and may decrease.
B. Type II error can only occur when you reject H0.
C. Type I error can only occur if you fail to reject H0.
D. The level of significance is the probability of Type II error.

4. Which of the following is incorrect?

A. The level of significance is the probability of making a Type I error.
B. Lowering both and at once will require higher sample size.
C. The probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis increases as n increases.
D. When Type I error increases, Type II error must decrease, ceteris paribus.

5. Which of the following statements is correct?

A. Increasing will make it more likely that we will reject H0, ceteris paribus.
B. Doubling the sample size roughly doubles the test statistic, ceteris paribus.
C. A higher standard deviation would increase the power of a test for a mean.
D. The p-value shows the probability that the null hypothesis is false.
6. "I believe your airplane's engine is sound," states the mechanic. "I've been over it
carefully, and can't see anything wrong. I'd be happy to tear the engine down completely
for an internal inspection at a cost of $1,500. But I believe that engine roughness you
heard in the engine on your last flight was probably just a bit of water in the fuel which
passed harmlessly through the engine and is now gone." As the pilot considers the
mechanic's hypothesis, the cost of Type I error is
A. the pilot will experience the thrill of no-engine flight.
B. the pilot will be out $1,500 unnecessarily.
C. the mechanic will lose a good customer.
D. impossible to determine without knowing .

7. You are driving a van packed with camping gear (total weight 3,500 pounds including
yourself and family) into a northern wilderness area. You take a "short cut" which turns
into a one-lane road, with no room to turn around. After 11 miles you come to a narrow
bridge with a faded sign saying "Safe Up to 2 Tons". About a half-mile ahead, you can
see that your road rejoins the main highway. You consider the sign's hypothesis carefully
before making a decision. The cost of Type I error is
A. you pass safely over the bridge and everyone's happy.
B. about $23,900, not including medical bills.
C. you will find out just how cold that river actually is.
D. your kids will think you're a chicken.

8. For a right-tailed test of hypothesis for a single population mean with n = 14, the value of
the test statistic was 1.863. The p-value is
A. between .05 and .025.
B. between .10 and .05
C. greater than .10
D. less than .01.

9. The critical value of the test statistic

A. is calculated from the sample data.
B. is usually .05 or .01 in most statistical tests.
C. separates the acceptance and rejection regions.
D. is determined by the test statistic.

10. Dullco Manufacturing claims that its alkaline batteries last at least forty hours on average
in a certain type of portable CD player. But tests on a random sample of 18 batteries from
a day's large production run showed a mean battery life of 37.8 hours with a standard
deviation of 5.4 hours. To test DullCo's hypothesis, the test statistic is
A. -1.980
B. -1.728
C. -2.101
D. -1.960
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11. When testing the hypothesis H0: = 100 with n = 100 and = 100, we find that the
sample mean is 97. The test statistic is
A. -3.00
B. -10.00
C. -0.300
D. -0.030

12. Given a normal distribution with = 3, we want to test the hypothesis H0: = 20. We
find that the sample mean is 21. The test statistic is
A. 1.000
B. 1.645
C. 1.960
D. impossible to find without more information.

13. In a left-tail test, a statistician got a z test statistic of -1.720. What is the p-value?
A. .4292
B. .0709
C. .0427
D. .0301

14. Which is the Excel function to find the critical value of F for = .05, df1 = 3, df2 = 25?
A. = FDIST(.05, 2, 24)
B. = FINV(.05, 3, 25)
C. = FDIST(.05, 3, 25)
D. = FINV(.05, 2, 24)

15. Which is not an assumption of ANOVA?

A. Normality of the treatment populations.
B. Homogeneous treatment variances.
C. Independent sample observations.
D. Equal population sizes for groups.

16. In an ANOVA, when would the F test statistic be zero?

A. When there is no difference in the variances.
B. When the treatment means are the same.
C. When the observations are normally distributed.
D. The F test statistic cannot ever be zero.

17. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the F distribution?

A. It is always right-skewed.
B. It describes the ratio of two variances.
C. It is a family based on two sets of degrees of freedom.
D. It is negative when an inverse relationship exists.
18. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the F distribution?
A. It is a continuous distribution.
B. It can never be negative.
C. It describes the ratio of two sample means.
D. It is always positively skewed.

19. Degrees of freedom for the between-group variation in a one-factor ANOVA with n1 = 5,
n2 = 6, n3 = 7 would be
A. 18
B. 17
C. 6
D. 2

20. Given the following ANOVA table (some information is missing) find the critical value
of F.05.

A. 3.06
B. 2.90
C. 2.36
D. 3.41

21. For this one-factor ANOVA (some information is missing) how many treatment groups
were there?

A. Cannot be determined.
B. 3
C. 4
D. 2
22. For this one-factor ANOVA (some information is missing) what is the F test statistic?

A. 0.159
B. 2.833
C. 1.703
D. Cannot be determined.

23. Refer to the following partial ANOVA results from Excel (some information is missing).

Degrees of freedom for between groups variation are

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. Can't tell from given information

24. Refer to the following partial ANOVA results from Excel (some information is missing).

The critical value of F at = 0.05 is

A. 1.645
B. 2.84
C. 3.10
D. 4.28
25. The Internal Revenue Service wishes to study the time required to process tax returns in
three regional centers. A random sample of three tax returns is chosen from each of three
centers. The time (in days) required to process each return is recorded as shown below.
Subsequently, an ANOVA test was performed.

Degrees of freedom for the error sum of squares in the ANOVA would be
A. 11
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6

26. Sound levels are measured at random moments under typical driving conditions for
various full-size truck models. The ANOVA results are shown below.

The test statistic for Hartley's test for homogeneity of variance is

A. 2.25
B. 5.04
C. 4.61
D. 4.45