Hypothesis-Testing Word

CHAPTER NINE
Statistical Inference:
Hypothesis Testing for Single Populations
B 1. Hypothesis testing is derived from the mathematical notion of _______.
M A. direct proof
Term B. indirect proof
C. margin of error
D. infinity
C 2. The first step in testing a hypothesis is to establish _______.
E A. an not rejectance hypothesis and a rejection hypothesis

Term B. a power function
C. a null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis
D. an indirect hypothesis
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B 3. In testing hypotheses, the researcher initially assumes that the _______.
E A. alternative hypothesis is true.

Term B. null hypothesis is true
C. errors cannot be made
D. the population parameter of interest is known
A 4. Consider the following null and alternative hypotheses.

Ho:   7
Ha:  > 6
These hypotheses _______________.
E A. are not mutually exclusive

App B. are not collectively exhaustive
C. do not reference a population parameter
D. are established correctly
D 5. Consider the following null and alternative hypotheses.

Ho:   7
Ha:  > 7

B 6. Consider the following null and alternative hypotheses.

Ho:   7
Ha:  < 6

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Ho:   78
Ha:  < 81

C 8. Consider the following null and alternative hypotheses.

Ho: x  352
Ha: x > 352


Ho: p  0.61
Ha: p > 0.61


Ho: P  0.39
Ha: P > 0.39

A 11. The probability of committing a Type I error is called _______.
E A. the level of significance

Term B. beta
C. the power of the test
D. reliability
A 12. The probability of committing a Type I error is called _______
.E A. 
Term B. 
C. 
D. 
A 13. In statistical hypothesis testing, another name for  is _______
.E A. level of significance
Term B. power
C. beta
D. Type II error probability
C 14.When a null hypothesis is rejected, the probability of committing a Type II error is

_______.
M A. 
Term B. 
C. 0
D. 1-
B 15. When a true null hypothesis is rejected, the researcher has made a _______.
M A. Type II error
Term B. Type I error
C. sampling error
D. powerful error
C 16. When a false null hypothesis is rejected, the researcher has made a _______.
M A. Type II error
C. correct decision
D. powerful error
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A 17. When a researcher fails to reject a false null hypothesis, a ______ error has
been committed.
M A. Type II error
C. sampling error
D. powerful error
C 18. When a researcher fails to reject a null hypothesis, the probability of a Type I
error is ________.
M A. 
Term B. 
C. 0
D. 1-
B 19. The probability of committing a Type II error is represented by _______.
M A. 
Term B. 
C. 1-
D./2
C 20. Power is equal to _______.
M A. 1-if the null hypothesis is true

Term B. if the null hypothesis is false
C. 1- if the null hypothesis is false
D.  if the null hypothesis is true

Ho:   67
Ha:  > 67
E A. indicate a one-tailed test with a rejection area in the right tail

App B. indicate a one-tailed test with a rejection area in the left tail
C. indicate a two-tailed test
D. are established incorrectly
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A 22. Suppose the alternative hypothesis in a hypothesis test is "the population mean is
greater than 65". If the sample size is 50 and alpha =.05, the critical value of Z
is
_______.
M A. 1.645
Calc B. -1.645
C. 1.96
D. -1.96
B 23. Suppose the alternative hypothesis in a hypothesis test is "the population mean is
less than 60". If the sample size is 50 and alpha =.05, the critical value of Z is
_______.
M A. 1.645
Calc B. -1.645
C. 1.96
D. -1.96
C 24. Suppose the alternative hypothesis in a hypothesis test is "the population mean is
greater than 60". If the sample size is 80 and alpha = .01, the critical value of Z
is
_______.
M A. 2.575
Calc B. -2.575
C. 2.33
D. -2.33
D 25. In a two-tailed hypothesis about a population mean with a sample size of 100
and alpha = 0.10, the rejection region would be _______.
E A. Z>1.64
Cal B. Z>1.28
c C. Z<-1.28 and Z>1.28
D. Z<-1.64 and Z>1.64
C 26. In a two-tailed hypothesis about a population mean with a sample size of 100
and alpha = 0.05, the rejection region would be _______.
E A. Z>1.64
Cal B. Z>1.96
c C. Z<-1.96 and Z>1.96
D. Z<-1.64 and Z>1.64
C 27. Suppose you are testing the null hypothesis that a population mean is less than or
equal to 80, against the alternative hypothesis that the population mean is greater
than 80. If the sample size is 49 and alpha = .10, the critical value of Z is
_______.
M A. 1.645
Calc B. -1.645
C. 1.28
D. -1.28
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B 28. A researcher is testing a hypothesis of a single mean. The critical Z value for 
=.05 and a one-tailed test is 1.645. The calculated Z value from sample data is
1.13. The decision made by the researcher based on this information is to ______
the null hypothesis.
M A. reject
App B. not reject
C. redefine
D. change the alternate hypothesis into
B 29. A researcher is testing a hypothesis of a single mean. The critical Z value for  =
.05 and a two-tailed test is +1.96. The calculated Z value from sample data is -1.
85. The decision made by the researcher based on this information is to _____
M A. reject
App B. not reject
C. redefine
A 30. A researcher is testing a hypothesis of a single mean. The critical Z value for
 =.05 and a two-tailed test is +1.96. The calculated Z value from sample data
is
2.85. The decision made by the researcher based on this information is to
_____ the null hypothesis.
M A. reject
App B. not reject
C. redefine
A 31. A researcher is testing a hypothesis of a single mean. The critical Z value for 
=.05 and a two-tailed test is +1.96. The calculated Z value from sample data is
-
2.11. The decision made by the researcher based on this information is to _____
M A. reject
App B. not reject
C. redefine
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A 32. A researcher is testing a hypothesis of a single mean. The critical Z value for 
= .01 and a one-tailed test is -2.33. The calculated Z value from sample data is -
2.45. The decision made by the researcher based on this information is to
_________ the null hypothesis.
M A. reject
App B. not reject
C. redefine
A 33. A researcher has a theory that the average age of managers in a particular industry is
over 35-years-old, and he wishes to prove this. The null hypothesis to conduct a
statistical test on this theory would be ____________.
M A. the population mean is < 35

App B. the population mean is > 35
C. the population mean is = 35
D. the population mean is > 35
D 34. A company produces an item that is supposed to have a six inch hole punched in the
center. A quality control inspector is concerned that the machine which punches
the hole is "out-of-control" (hole is too large or too small). In an effort to test this,
the inspector is going to gather a sample punched by the machine and measure
the diameter of the hole. The alternative hypothesis used to statistical test to
determine if the machine is out-of-control is
M A. the mean diameter is > 6 inches

BApp B. the mean diameter is < 6 inches
C. the mean diameter is = 6 inches
D. the mean diameter is not equal to 6 inches
D 35. Jennifer Cantu, VP of Customer Services at Tri-State Auto Insurance, Inc.,

monitors the claims processing time of the claims division. Her standard
includes "a mean processing time of 5 days or less." Each week, her staff checks
for compliance by analyzing a random sample of 60 claims. Jennifer's null
hypothesis is ________.
E A. >5
BApp B. >5
C. n = 60
D.   5
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B 36. Restaurateur Denny Valentine is evaluating the feasibility of opening a restaurant

in Richmond. The Chamber of Commerce estimates that "Richmond families, on
the average, dine out at least 3 evenings per week." Denny plans to test this
hypothesis at the 0.01 level of significance. His random sample of 81 Richmond
families produced a mean and a standard deviation of 2.7 and 1.8 evenings per
week, respectively. The calculated Z value is __________.
M A. 1.50
BCalc B. -1.50
C. 0.17
D. -0.17
A 37. Restaurateur Denny Valentine is evaluating the feasibility of opening a restaurant

week, respectively. The appropriate decision is __________.
H A. do not reject the null hypothesis

BCal B. reject the null hypothesis
c C. reduce the sample size
D. increase the sample size
B 38. Restaurateur Denny Valentine is evaluating the feasibility of opening a restaurant

week, respectively. The appropriate decision is __________.
H A. do not reject the null hypothesis

BCal B. reject the null hypothesis
c C. reduce the sample size
D. increase the sample size
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B 39. The diameter of 3.5 inch diskettes is normally distributed. Periodically, quality
control inspectors at Dallas Diskettes randomly select a sample of 16 diskettes. If
the mean diameter of the diskettes is too large or too small the diskette punch is
shut down for adjustment; otherwise, the punching process continues. The last
sample showed a mean and standard deviation of 3.49 and 0.08 inches,
respectively. Using  = 0.05, the critical "t" values are _______.
E A. -2.120 and 2.120

BCal B. -2.131 and 2.131
c C. -1.753 and 1.753
D. -1.746 and 1.746
D 40. The diameter of 3.5 inch diskettes is normally distributed. Periodically, quality
control inspectors at Dallas Diskettes randomly select a sample of 16 diskettes.
If the mean diameter of the diskettes is too large or too small the diskette punch
is shut down for adjustment; otherwise, the punching process continues. The last
respectively. Using  = 0.05, the appropriate decision is _______.
H A. reject the null hypothesis and shut down the punch

BCal B. reject the null hypothesis and do not shut down the punch
c C. do not reject the null hypothesis and shut down the punch
D. do not reject the null hypothesis and do shut down the punch
A 41. The diameter of 3.5 inch diskettes is normally distributed. Periodically, quality
control inspectors at Dallas Diskettes randomly select a sample of 16 diskettes.
If the mean diameter of the diskettes is too large or too small the diskette punch
is shut down for adjustment; otherwise, the punching process continues. The last
respectively. Using  = 0.05, the appropriate decision is _______.
H A. reject the null hypothesis and shut down the punch

BCal B. reject the null hypothesis and do not shut down the punch
c C. do not reject the null hypothesis and shut down the punch
D. do not reject the null hypothesis and do not shut down the punch
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D 42. A company believes that it controls more than 30% of the total market share for one
of its products. To prove this belief, a random sample of 144 purchases of this
product are contacted. It is found that 50 of the 144 purchased this company's
brand of the product. If a researcher wants to conduct a statistical test for this
problem, the calculated Z value would be _______.
M A. 0.05
BCalc B. 0.103
C. 0.35
D. 1.24
A 43. A company believes that it controls more than 30% of the total market share for one
of its products. To prove this belief, a random sample of 144 purchases of this
product are contacted. It is found that 50 of the 144 purchased this company's
brand of the product. If a researcher wants to conduct a statistical test for this
problem, the test would be _______.
E A. a one-tailed test
BApp B. a two-tailed test
C. an alpha test
D. a finite population test
B 44. Ophelia O'Brien, VP of Consumer Credit of American First Banks (AFB),

monitors the default rate on personal loans at the AFB member banks. One of
her standard's is "no more than 5% of personal loans should be in default." On
each Friday, the default rate is calculated for a sample of 500 personal loans.
Last Friday's sample contained 30 defaulted loans. Ophelia's null hypothesis is
_______.
E A. P > 0.05
BApp B. P  0.05
C. n = 30
D. n = 500
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C 45. Ophelia O'Brien, VP of Consumer Credit of American First Banks (AFB),

monitors the default rate on personal loans at the AFB member banks. One of
her standard's is "no more than 5% of personal loans should be in default." On
each Friday, the default rate is calculated for a sample of 500 personal loans.
Last Friday's sample contained 38 defaulted loans. Using  = 0.10, the
appropriate decision is _______.
H A. reduce the sample size

BCal B. increase the sample size
c C. reject the null hypothesis
D. do not reject the null hypothesis
C 46. The executives of CareFree Insurance, Inc. feel that "a majority of our employees
perceive a participatory management style at CareFree." A random sample of
200 CareFree employees is selected to test this hypothesis at the 0.05 level of
significance. Eighty employees rate the management as participatory. The null
hypothesis is __________.
E A. n = 30
BApp B. n = 200
C. P  0.50
D. P < 0.50
A 47. The executives of CareFree Insurance, Inc. feel that "a majority of our employees
perceive a participatory management style at CareFree." A random sample of 200
CareFree employees is selected to test this hypothesis at the 0.05 level of
significance. Eighty employees rate the management as participatory. The critical
Z value is __________.
E A. -1.645
BCalc B. 1.645
C. -1.96
D. 1.96
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C 48. Elwin Osbourne, CIO at GFS, Inc., suspects that at least 25% of e-mail messages
sent by GFS employees are not business related. A random sample of 300 e-mail
messages was selected to test this hypothesis at the 0.01 level of significance.
Fifty-four of the messages were not business related. The appropriate decision is
_______.
E A. increase the sample size

BApp B. gather more data
C. reject the null hypothesis
C 49. Elwin Osbourne, CIO at GFS, Inc., suspects that at least 25% of e-mail messages
sent by GFS employees are not business related. A random sample of 300 e-
mail messages was selected to test this hypothesis at the 0.01 level of
significance. Sixty of the messages were not business related. The appropriate
decision is
_______.
E A. increase the sample size

BApp B. gather more data
C. reject the null hypothesis
A 50. A two tailed hypothesis test about the mean is performed. The calculated Z value is
1.78. If alpha = 0.05, the correct decision would be _______.
M A. do not reject the null hypothesis

Cal B. reject the null hypothesis
c C. take a larger sample
D. get a new calculator
B 51. A two tailed hypothesis test about the mean is performed. The calculated Z value is
1.78. If alpha = 0.10, the correct decision would be _______.
M A. do not reject the null hypothesis

Cal B. reject the null hypothesis
c C. take a larger sample
D. get a new calculator
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C 52. A null hypothesis was rejected at the 0.10 level of significance . It the level of
significance were changed to 0.05 and the same sample results were obtained
, what decision should be made?
M A. reject the null hypothesis

App B. do not reject the null hypothesis
C. cannot be determined without further information
D. all of the above
B 53. A null hypothesis was not rejected at the 0.10 level of significance. It the level of
significance were changed to 0.05 and the same sample results were obtained,
what decision should be made?
M A. reject the null hypothesis

App B. do not reject the null hypothesis
C. cannot be determined without further information
D. all of the above
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CHAPTER NINE

B 1. Hypothesis testing is derived from the mathematical notion of _______.

C 2. The first step in testing a hypothesis is to establish _______.

E A. an not rejectance hypothesis and a rejection hypothesis

B 3. In testing hypotheses, the researcher initially assumes that the _______.

E A. alternative hypothesis is true.

A 4. Consider the following null and alternative hypotheses.

E A. are not mutually exclusive

D 5. Consider the following null and alternative hypotheses.

E A. are not mutually exclusive

B 6. Consider the following null and alternative hypotheses.

E A. are not mutually exclusive

A 7. Consider the following null and alternative hypotheses.

E A. are not mutually exclusive

C 8. Consider the following null and alternative hypotheses.

E A. are not mutually exclusive

C 9. Consider the following null and alternative hypotheses.

E A. are not mutually exclusive

C 10. Consider the following null and alternative hypotheses.

E A. are not mutually exclusive

A 11. The probability of committing a Type I error is called _______.

E A. the level of significance

A 12. The probability of committing a Type I error is called _______

A 13. In statistical hypothesis testing, another name for  is _______

C 14.When a null hypothesis is rejected, the probability of committing a Type II error is

B 19. The probability of committing a Type II error is represented by _______.

C 20. Power is equal to _______.

M A. 1-if the null hypothesis is true

A 21. Consider the following null and alternative hypotheses.

E A. indicate a one-tailed test with a rejection area in the right tail

M A. the population mean is < 35

M A. the mean diameter is > 6 inches

D 35. Jennifer Cantu, VP of Customer Services at Tri-State Auto Insurance, Inc.,

B 36. Restaurateur Denny Valentine is evaluating the feasibility of opening a restaurant

A 37. Restaurateur Denny Valentine is evaluating the feasibility of opening a restaurant

H A. do not reject the null hypothesis

B 38. Restaurateur Denny Valentine is evaluating the feasibility of opening a restaurant

H A. do not reject the null hypothesis

E A. -2.120 and 2.120

H A. reject the null hypothesis and shut down the punch

H A. reject the null hypothesis and shut down the punch

B 44. Ophelia O'Brien, VP of Consumer Credit of American First Banks (AFB),

C 45. Ophelia O'Brien, VP of Consumer Credit of American First Banks (AFB),

H A. reduce the sample size

E A. increase the sample size

E A. increase the sample size

M A. do not reject the null hypothesis

M A. do not reject the null hypothesis

M A. reject the null hypothesis

M A. reject the null hypothesis

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