E: 2 100 points — xaum 2 100 point Name Key Statistics 401 November 10, 2016 TRUE/FALSH: (2 pts each) For each of the following, circle T or F. : oe 18 ts the lngth of a rod shaped Poeudomonasseruginse bacterium, and X ~ N(y= Sum, = 0.1j:m), then 68% of these bacteria are between 6.4 and 6.6 urn long. 2. T /&/2 farmer owns a population of N = 50 cows. He randomly chooses n= 5 cows without rephaéément from the herd and carefully monitors X, gestation longth, for cach ofthese five. If Me = 281 days and oz = 13 days, then oz = 32. 2. 7 (GZ he population standard deviation decreases as the sample size increases. 4. T (GZ When choosing between an unbiased and a biased statistic, always choose the unbiased one. 3, () If a 95% confidence interval for 1, the mean fuel efficiency for a new SUV, is (17.2lmpg, 3p), then pis larger than 19.75 mpg about 2.5% of the time. F As the confidence level increases, the width of the confidence interval increases. J As the sample size n increases, the ¢ distribution t(n ~ 1) converges to a normal distribution 1 8. (W/ ‘he flloning isa valid prof statistial hypotheses: H: > 0.6 versus Ha: w= 06. ° versus Hy: % > 4. ‘T_££/ The following is a valid pair of statistical hypotheses: Ho: X 199/ FA p-value is a probability. ULP// F__ Rejecting Hy implies He is true 12, T /E/The larger the p-value, the stronger the evidence that Ho is true. 13,/4// F At distribution has thicker tails than the standard normal distribution. 14, (8 pis) State the Central Limit Theorem. Be sre to state the assumption and concen. TH one age Xi Xe x SES, an th maaan) , N ics lage, then aon RAD[ MULTIPLE CHOICE: (4 pis each) Cirele the single best answer. 15. When concerned about normality of the sampling distribution of X, one should consider transforming sample if A. The supe sie is large and the date comes from an approximately normal dstibution. 1B. ‘The sumple sive is large and the data doesnot come from a normal distribution. . The population variance is unknown and you must estimate i D._ The sample sie is small andthe data comes ftom an approximately normal distribution CH Be sample size is small and the data doesnot come from a norma distribution 16. For a random sample of n = 9 women, the average resting, pulse rate is # = 76 beats per minute and the sample standard deviation is s = 5 beats per minute. The standard error of the sample mean is A. 0.556 JS osm Dz 3.333 17, Before modern day medicine, lengths of human pregnancies followed a normal distribution with pz months and = 0.5 months. How long were the longest 5% of pregnancies? A. 95 months as (prrcen dee “/ + LO 49 Asa months , C. 9.98 months + 1b (he) D. 10. months 18, The plot below displays the density of a continuous variable X. ‘The probability P(X > 2) is etyheb a dsier[SHORT ANSWER AND COMPUTATION; Show all work to recolve full credit? Write legibly. 19. (10 pts) Five temperature measurements, X, (in Fahrenheit) are taken from an underground lake in Antarctica. In order to satisfy the assumptions to construct a valid Cl, the investigator decides to take the reciprocal transform of the data: Y=x She then computes a 95% OI for wy and gets (.026, .032). (a) Give a 95% CI for the population median jix. SHOW YOUR WORK! QacetramsSsrming the Coe See: (0rd os 2)" ( Mose > Lou ) (g1.25, 3346 ) (b) Interpret the CI in (198) in terms of the problem. Wa on %S% emGduct tet the tee median Femperchre ve eke 31,3°F amd SBS EF, 20. (8 pts) A real estate agent would like to estimate the proportion of offices that are currently occupied in a lange city. How large of a sample is required to ensure that the estimate will ‘error of 0.1 with 98% confidence? SHOW YOUR WORK! _ plire? als (4 YC) er 326 m™ = \35.3 have a margin of huh, nelBG ofcea Shotd be melvded in AKL comple.21, An industrial plant claims to discharge no more than 1000 gallons of waste water per hour, on the average, into a neighboring lake. The Environmental Protection Agency decides to monitor the plant, in case this limit is being exceeded. Based on a random sample of size n = 44 they find # = 1021 gallons and s = 200 gallons. (2) (2 pts) What type of study is this? Circle one of the following: < Cieeralional Say] Batman] © wacowse a Tee “ Ys aot ajay \mmpostale (b) (6 pts) State the null and alternative hypotheses. th, ° Ke ooo Ho: aka (000 (¢) (6 pts) What assumptions do you need to check before conducting a hypothesis test? Are these assumptions satisfied? SHOW YOUR WORK! TRS — probe statement contitms thed, 0 lenge. — nm 7 SO) 9 Ima N lage Nis pebentila, Safin ste (@) Conduct the hypothesis test. i. (4 pts) Calculate the value of the test statistic. SHOW YOUR WORK! tea XT _ (02) - 1000 =26Ib Ae Oe ii. (4 pts) Give the p-value. Indicate whether you are using the z-table or the t-table. Ifthe table, how many degrees of freedom are you using? aval = OCT > +6%6) > 0220 , Gund view tC dictibetes with AF =O (not Ab = ‘ii, (B pts) Make a decision. Use a significance level of « = .05. Justify your answer, Becaver, pr vna— > 0.20 FOR, Err iv. (5 pts) Make conclusion in terms of the problem. : e ; tHE evidence Sete 4 cage t aher ahe maeon \aSe wler Ai echesen is laa ger Kan 10004 f_