PINAGKAWITAN INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Name: Subject Teacher: Ma. Bernaliza R. Bathan

Grade and Section: Contact No.:
4th Quarter Score:
Statistics and Probability
Written Works
Week 1

Analyze and answer the following questions.

1. The school records claim that the mean score in Math of the incoming Grade 11 students is 8.1.
The teacher wishes to find out if the claim is true. She test if there is significant difference between
the batch mean score and the mean score of students in her class.

Null and Alternative Hypotheses in words Null and Alternative Hypotheses in symbol

2. A social worker wants to test ( at α = 0.05 ) whether the average body mass index (BMI) of the
pupils under feeding program is different from 8.2 kg.

Null and Alternative Hypotheses in words Null and Alternative Hypotheses in symbol

3. A DTI representative wants to test at 99% confidence level whether the average content of Soda
X is less than 330 ml as indicated in the label.

Null and Alternative Hypotheses in words Null and Alternative Hypotheses in symbol

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PINAGKAWITAN INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

 Name: Subject Teacher: Ma. Bernaliza R. Bathan
Grade and Section: Contact No.:
4th Quarter Score:
Statistics and Probability
Performance Task
Week 1

I. Formulate the null and alternative hypothesis in the statement below in terms of parameter (μ or ρ).

1. The mean number of cars a person owns in her lifetime is not more than ten.
2. About half of Americans prefer to live away from cities, given the choice.
3. Europeans have a mean paid vacation each year of six weeks.
4. The chance of developing breast cancer is under 11% for women.
5. Private universities' mean tuition cost is more than $20,000 per year.
6. The mean number of years Americans work before retiring is 34.
7. At most 60% of Americans vote in presidential elections.
8. The mean starting salary for San Jose State University graduates is at least $100,000 per year.
9. Twenty-nine percent of high school seniors get drunk each month.
10. Fewer than 5% of adults ride the bus to work in Los Angeles.

II. Construct the null and alternative hypothesis. Create a situation with reason out to make the
situation Type 1 and 2 error.
1. A manufacturer of IT gadgets recently announced they had developed a new battery for a tablet
and claimed that it has an average life of at least 24 hours. Would you buy this battery?

2. Consider a manufacturing process that is known to produce bulbs that have life lengths with a
standard deviation of 75 days. A potential customer will purchase bulbs from the company that
manufactures the bulbs if she is convinced that the average life of the bulbs is 1550 days.

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