Comsats University Islamabad,

Lahore Campus

Department of Statistic

Sessional II Time: 120min

Question 1
A certain drug was given to ten patients and the following increments in their blood pressures were
observed: 7, 3, -1, 4, -3, 5, 6, -4, 1, 2, where the sample increments are regarded as a random sample from
a normal population whose mean is zero. Show that the data do not indicate that the drug was responsible
for these increments. Use 10% level of significance.

Question 2
Dr. Cribari would like to determine if there is a statistically significant difference between her two Math
2830 classes. To make this comparison she will compare the results from exam 1. Class one had 35
students take the exam with a mean of 82.6 and a population standard deviation of 1.41. Class two had 32
students take the exam with a mean of 84 and a population standard deviation of 3.63. Can Dr. Cribari
conclude that there is difference in the mean test grades between the two classes at α=0.05?

Question 3
A major issue facing many states is whether to legalize casino gambling. Suppose the governor of one
state believes that more than 55% of the state’s registered voters would favor some form of legal casino
gambling. However, before backing a proposal to allow such gambling, the governor has instructed his
aides to conduct a statistical test on the issue. To do this, the aides have hired a consulting firm to survey
a simple random sample of 300 voters in the state. Of these 300 voters, 175 actually favored legalized
gambling. a. State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses.

Assuming that a significance level of 0.05 is used, what conclusion should the governor reach based on
these sample data?