Practice Questions MCQ Chapter 11

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. If a hypothesis is not rejected at the 0.10 level of significance, it:

a. must be rejected at the 0.05 level.
b. may be rejected at the 0.05 level.
c. will not be rejected at the 0.05 level.
d. must be rejected at the 0.025 level.

____ 2. For a two-tail test, the null hypothesis will be rejected at the 0.05 level of
significance if the value of the standardized test statistic z is:
a. smaller than 1.96 or greater than 1.96
b. greater than 1.96 or smaller than 1.96
c. smaller than 1.96 or greater than 1.96
d. greater than 1.645 or less than 1.645

____ 3. The critical values z or z / 2 are the boundary values for:
a. the rejection region(s).
b. the level of significance.
c. Type I error.
d. Type II error.

____ 4. Using a confidence interval when conducting a two-tail test for , we do not reject
H0 if the hypothesized value for :
a. is to the left of the lower confidence limit (LCL).
b. is to the right of the upper confidence limit (UCL).
c. falls between the LCL and UCL.
d. falls in the rejection region.

____ 5. In a two-tail test for the population mean, the null hypothesis will be rejected at 
level of significance if the value of the standardized test statistic z is such that:
a. z > z
b. z < z
c. z < z < z
d. | z | > z / 2
____ 6. In testing the hypothesis H0:   100 vs. H1:  > 100, the p-value is found to be
0.074, and the sample mean is 105. Which of the following statements is true?
a. The probability of observing a sample mean at least as large as 105
from a population whose mean is 100 is 0.074.
b. The probability of observing a sample mean smaller than 105 from a
population whose mean is 100 is 0.074.
c. The probability that the population mean is larger than 100 is 0.074.
d. None of these choices.

____ 7. Statisticians can translate p-values into several descriptive terms. Suppose you
typically reject H0 at level 0.05. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. If the p-value < 0.001, there is overwhelming evidence to infer that the
alternative hypothesis is true.
b. If 0.01 < p-value < 0.05, there is evidence to infer that the alternative
hypothesis is true.
c. If p-value > 0.10, there is no evidence to infer that the alternative
hypothesis is true.
d. All of these choices are true.

____ 8. If we do not reject the null hypothesis, we conclude that:

a. there is enough statistical evidence to infer that the alternative
hypothesis is true.
b. there is not enough statistical evidence to infer that the alternative
hypothesis is true.
c. there is enough statistical evidence to infer that the null hypothesis is
true.
d. there is not enough statistical evidence to infer that the null hypothesis
is true.

____ 9. The p-value criterion for hypothesis testing is to reject the null hypothesis if:
a. p-value = 
b. p-value < 
c. p-value > 
d.  < p-value < 

____10. If the p value is less than  in a two-tail test:

a. the null hypothesis should not be rejected.
b. the null hypothesis should be rejected.
c. a one-tail test should be used.
d. No conclusion should be reached.
MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: SECTION 11.2

NAT: Analytic; Hypothesis Testing
2. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: SECTION 11.2
NAT: Analytic; Hypothesis Testing
3. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: SECTION 11.2
NAT: Analytic; Hypothesis Testing
4. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: SECTION 11.2
NAT: Analytic; Hypothesis Testing
5. ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: SECTION 11.2
NAT: Analytic; Hypothesis Testing
6. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: SECTION 11.2
NAT: Analytic; Hypothesis Testing
7. ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: SECTION 11.2
NAT: Analytic; Hypothesis Testing
8. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: SECTION 11.2
NAT: Analytic; Hypothesis Testing
9. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: SECTION 11.2
NAT: Analytic; Hypothesis Testing
10. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: SECTION 11.2