NAME: GLESA JIREH B.

MECUA DATE: 21 OCTOBER 2021

SECTION/CLASS SCHEDULE: TTH 9 TO 10 AM PROFESSOR: DR. VICTOR HAFALLA JR.

I. Multiple Choice: (10 pts. ea.)

Objectives: Write the letter or your choice on the space provided.

A 1. A statistical inference is:

A. A decision, estimate, prediction, or generalization about the population based on information
contained in a sample.
B. A statement made about a sample based on the measurements in that sample.
C. A decision, estimate, prediction or generalization about sample based on information contained
in a population.
D. A set of data that characterizes some phenomenon.

A 2. The sample mean is an unbiased estimator for the population mean. This suggests:
A. The sample mean always equals the population mean.
B. The average sample mean, over all possible samples, equals the population mean.
C. The sample mean is always very close to the population mean.
D. The sample mean will only vary a little from the population mean.

D 3. Which of the following statements about confidence intervals is FALSE?

A. If we keep the sample size fixed, the confidence interval gets wider as we increase the
confidence coefficient.
B. The confidence interval for a mean always contains the sample mean.
C. If we keep the confidence coefficient fixed, the confidence interval gets narrower as we
increase the sample size.
D. If the population standard deviation increases, the confidence interval decreases in width.

C 4. Twenty four random employees of a company are measured of their systolic blood pressure. A 95%
confidence interval for the mean systolic
blood pressure for the employees is computed to be: 122<μ<138. Which of the following
statements gives a valid interpretation of this interval?
A. About 95% of the sample of employees have a systolic blood pressure
between 122 and 138.
B. About 95% of the employees in the company have a systolic blood
pressure between 122 and 138.
C. If the sampling procedure were repeated many times, then approximately 95% of the resulting
confidence intervals would contain the mean systolic blood pressure for employees in the
company.
D. If the sampling procedure were repeated many times, then approximately 95% of the sample
means would be between 122 and 138.

B 5. Using a random sample of n=1600 families, a housing analyst obtained a 90 percent confidence
interval for mean monthly family income: ($600, $800). If the analyst had used a 96 percent
confidence coefficient instead, the confidence interval would be:
A. narrower and would involve a larger risk of being incorrect
B. wider and would involve a smaller risk of being incorrect
C. narrower and would involve a smaller risk of being incorrect
D. wider and would involve a larger risk of being incorrect

D 6. Which of the following is INCORRECT about the use of paired observations in experiments?
A. The analysis of paired data starts by finding the difference between

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 the values of the pair. The order of the difference (as long as it is
consistent) is unimportant.
B. The object of pairing is to account for the effect of possible other factors.
C. The degrees of freedom is equal to the number of pairs minus one.
D. Because pairing is beneficial, we can pair all data by matching the
smallest value of each sample, the second smallest value of each sample, the third smallest
value of each sample, etc.

A 7. A study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of a new drug for

treating AIDS patients. One group of AIDS carriers received the new drug; the other group
received a placebo. The difference in mean subsequent survival (those with drugs - those without
drugs) was found to be 1.06 years. If the 95% confidence interval was found to be 1.04 ± 2.37
years, what can be concluded based on this information?
A. We can conclude that there is no evidence the drug was effective
because the 95% confidence interval covers zero.
B. We can conclude that there is evidence the drug was effective because the 95% confidence
interval does not cover zero.
C. We can conclude that the drug was effective because those taking the
drug lived, on average, 1.06 years longer.
D. We can conclude that the drug was ineffective because those taking
the drug lived, on average, 1.06 years less.

II. Multiple Choice: (10 pts. ea.)

Problem Solving: Write the letter or your choice on the space provided and provide solutions for your answers.

B 8. Profits are maximized when selling turkeys at an average weight of 12 kilograms. A producer
wishes to estimate the mean weight of the turkeys he is going to sell for this month. Previous
flocks gave the turkeys’ weights with a standard deviation of around 1.5 kilograms. The number of
turkeys that must be sampled in order to estimate their true mean weight to within 0.5 kilograms
with 95% confidence is:
A. 20 B. 35 C. 65 D. 10
Solution:

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C 9. High concentration of trace metals in drinking water can lead to health hazards. Trace metal
concentrations in mg/L on zinc were found from water drawn from the bottom and the top of each
of 6 wells that were sampled. The data are as follows:

Location Bottom Top

1 0.531 0.410
2 0.716 0.609
3 0.707 0.605
4 0.430 0.415
5 0.266 0.238
6 0.567 0.390

Determine a 95% confidence interval for the mean difference in the zinc concentrations between
the water drawn from the top and bottom of the wells.
A. 0.092 ± 2.57(.061) C. 0.092 ± 2.57(.025)
B. 0.092 ± 2.45(.061) D. 0.092 ± 2.45(.025)
Solution:

C 10. A random samples of infants following two feeding programs were

compared for iron deficiency. One group were breast-fed infants, while the other group were fed by
a standard baby formula without any iron supplements. The results of blood hemoglobin levels at
14 months of age are given below. Find a 98% confidence interval for the mean difference in
hemoglobin levels between the two groups of infants.

Group: n: Mean: Std. Dev.:

Breast-fed 8 13.3 1.7
Formula-fed 10 12.4 1.8

A. C.

B. D.
Solution:

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B 11. An agriculturist selects a random sample of 200 seeds from a shipment of a variety of tomato
seeds and tests the sample for percentage germination. If 155 of the 200 seeds germinate, then a
95% confidence
interval for P, the population proportion of seeds that germinate is:
A. C.

B. D.
Solution:

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D 12. A quality control engineer wants to estimate the fraction of defective bulbs
in a lot. From past experience, he feels that the actual fraction of defective bulbs should be
somewhere around 0.2. How large a sample should be taken if he wants to estimate the true
fraction within 0.02 using a 95% confidence interval?
A. 6147 B. 24587 C. 4330 D. 1537
Solution:

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C 13. To compare the success rates of the two surgical procedures to treat a certain type of cancer, a
random sample from each type of procedure is obtained, and the number of patients with no
reoccurrence of the disease after 1.5 years was recorded. Compute a 95% confidence interval for
the difference in success rates.

n No reoccurrence
Procedure A 100 78
Procedure B 120 102

A.

B.

C.

D.

Solution:

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D 14. A sample of 20 experimental plots randomly selected obtained a mean of g for its produce

and a variance of . Assuming the scores to be normally distributed, the 99% confidence
interval for the σ2 is:

A. C.

B. D.
Solution:

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