Math 1070 – Spring 2015 Name:

Test 4: Chapter 10, 11, and 12.1 Score: ___________

Directions: Work each problem out in the space provided. Show as much work as possible in order to receive
partial credit. Each question is worth 5 points. Use PENCILS only. Round all P-values, critical values, and test
statistics to 2 decimal places. Round all confidence intervals to 4 decimal places.

Your 10-year old is on a mission to have a cellphone. She says that 80% of her friends have them. After
performing a simple random sample of 100 parents of 10-year olds, you find that 70 of them said their children
have cellphones. Does your sample provide strong evidence that the population proportion of 10 year olds with
cellphones is lower than 80% at α = 0.05? Use this question to answer problems 1 – 10.

1.) Which are the correct null and alternative hypotheses? Circle your answer.

A.) H0: p = .50 HA: p < .70

B.) H0: p = .80 HA: p < .70
C.) H0: p = .50 HA: p > .80
D.) H0: p = .80 HA: p < .80

2.) For the cellphone problem, determine whether the hypothesis test is left-tailed, right-tailed, or two-
tailed. Circle your answer.

A.) Left-tailed B.) Right-tailed C.) Two-tailed

3.) Check all of your assumptions. Identify each one, and describe how you verified it.

4.) Perform a hypothesis test for the cellphone problem using the classical approach with level of
significance α = 0.05. What is the test statistic, z0?

5.) Perform a hypothesis test for the cellphone problem using the classical approach with level of
significance α = 0.05. What is the critical value, 𝒛𝒛𝜶𝜶 ?

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 6.) From the cellphone problem, draw the corresponding graph indicating the test statistic(z0), critical
value(𝒛𝒛𝜶𝜶 ) and critical region.

7.) What is your conclusion based on the classical hypothesis test? Circle your answer.

A.) Reject the null hypothesis because the test statistic is within the critical region.

B.) Fail to reject the null hypothesis because the test statistic is outside of the critical region.

8.) Perform the hypothesis test using the P-value approach with level of significance of α = 0.05. What is
the P-value?

9.) What is your conclusion based on the P-value approach? Circle your answer.

A.) Reject the null hypothesis because the P-value is smaller than α = 0.05.
B.) Reject the null hypothesis because the P-value is greater than α = 0.05.
C.) Fail to reject the null hypothesis because the P-value is smaller than α = 0.05.
D.) Fail to reject the null hypothesis because the P-value is greater than α = 0.05.

10.) Interpret your conclusion for this problem. Fill in the corresponding blanks.

There is _________________ evidence to conclude the proportion of 10-year olds with cellphones is
(sufficient or insufficient)

________________.
(equal to .80 or less than .80)

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Michael is a fulltime bartender. The IRS is auditing his tax return this year. Michael claims that on an average
evening, he made $40 in tips last year. To support this claim, he sent the IRS a random sample of records for 43
of these evenings. Using these records, the IRS computed the sample mean and found it to be x = 50 with
sample standard deviation of s = 32 . Test the claim that Michael received more than an average of $40 worth of
tips last year. Use an α = 0.01 as your level of significance

11.) Based on your approach, circle your answer below. Explain why you selected your answer.

A.) Reject the null hypothesis. B.) Fail to reject the null hypothesis.

12.) Interpret your conclusion based on this problem. Circle your answer.

A.) There is not sufficient evidence at the α = 0.01 level of significance to conclude that Michael
received more than an average of $40 worth of tips last year.

B.) There is sufficient evidence at the α = 0.01 level of significance to conclude that Michael received
more than an average of $40 worth of tips last year.

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Determine whether the sampling is dependent or independent. Indicate whether the response variable is
qualitative or quantitative. Circle your answers.

A sociologist wishes to compare the annual salaries of married couples in which both spouses work and
determines each spouse’s annual salary.

13.) Independent Sampling OR Dependent Sampling

14.) Qualitative Variable OR Quantitative Variable

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Construct a confidence interval for p1 – p2 at 95% confidence.

x1 = 368 n1 = 541 x2 = 421 n2 = 593

15.) Construct a 95% confidence interval. (_______________, _______________)

16.) Based on your confidence interval in problem #15, judge whether the proportion differs significantly.
Circle your answer.

A.) Yes, they differ significantly because the confidence interval contains 0.
B.) No, they do not differ significantly because the confidence interval does not contain 0.
C.) Yes, they differ significantly because the confidence interval does not contain 0.
D.) No, they do not differ significantly because the confidence interval contains 0.

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 17.) An educational psychologist compared the ACT math scores of 20 males and 20 females who were
applying to a Midwestern college. The males’ mean math score was 551 with a standard deviation of 15
and the female’s mean math score were 545 with a standard deviation of 17.

Determine if the mean math scores for males and females are significantly different. Use an α = 0.05
level of significance. Fill in the blanks, then circle either sufficient or insufficient.

The P-value was ___________, so we _____________________ the null hypothesis.

(reject or fail to reject)

There is sufficient or insufficient evidence to say that mean ACT math scores for males and females are
different.
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18.) Identify each statement below as Type I error, Type II error, or correct conclusion.

A.) You fail to reject the null hypothesis when the alternative is true. _______________________

B.) You reject the null hypothesis when the null hypothesis is true. _______________________

C.) You fail to reject the null hypothesis when the null hypothesis is true. _______________________

D.) You reject the null hypothesis when the alternative is true. _______________________
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19.) The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes reports about motorcycle fatalities and
helmet use. The distribution shows the proportion of fatalities by location of injury for motorcycle
accidents. Perform a 𝜒𝜒 2 -Goodness of Fit test to determine whether the distribution of fatal injuries for
riders not wearing a helmet follows the distribution for all riders. Fill in the blank, then circle your
answer.
Observed 1036 864 38 83 47
Location of injury
Expected 1179 641 62 124 62
Location of injury

Since the P-value is ___________, we __REJECT OR FAIL TO REJECT___ the null hypothesis that
the distributions of fatalities by those wearing helmets and those not wearing helmets are the same.

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20.) Data sets A and B are dependent. Test the claim that 𝜇𝜇𝑑𝑑 = 0. Use α = 0.05.

Assume that the paired data came from a population that is normally distributed.

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