STATISTICS CHAPTERS 8 Review

INSTRUCTIONS IN ORDER TO EARN POINTS: Work the problems, then Sunday, correct your work. I will
post a key on Sunday morning which you can use to correct your work. This includes the page of 3 Confidence
Intervals that I have added to the Review set. Upload the corrected problems by the Sunday night deadline.

Note: Friday, those who came to campus worked through many of these problems. Check Panopto for
video. Fast forward through the first few minutes until we got started.

Notes: Use the following technology in TI-84 if you have one,

• invT will give you a t-critical value, you can use a formula to convert this to a X=bar critical value OR
you can use a different version of the formula to convert your data X-bar into a ttest.
• invNorm will give you a z-score if you use mu = 0 and sigma = 1, but if you use the null-hypotheses value
and its corresponding standard deviation (   pq 
 for means and for proportion / percents 
 n n 
• For confidence intervals use
Z-Interval for a data X-bar if the population’s standard deviation, sigma, is known or
• T-Interval if you are using the sample’s standard deviation, s,
• Use 1propZ interval if you are doing a confidence interval for a proportion/percent/ ratio. Remember X
must be a whole number- round as needed.

1. Fill-in the blanks with the appropriate word or words:

a.  is the _______________ level of the hypothesis test.

b.  is the________________ of ______________________ error.

e.  is the area in the __________________________

2. Hypothesis test basics:

a. Match the hypotheses on the left with the correct description on the right:

_____ H 0 :   4.2 H1 :   4.2 a. One-tailed to Right

_____ H 0 :   4.2 H1 :   4.2 b. Two-tailed test test

____ H 0 :  = 4.2 H1 :   4.2 c. One-tailed test to Left

b. For a two-tailed test with  = 0.05 what area do you use to look up to get the z-critical
value(s)? Show the normal curve with the area labeled.

c. For a two-tailed test with  = 0.05 find the z-critical value(s).

3. A college professor claims that the average cost f a paperback textbook is greater than $27.50. A sample
of 50 books has an average cost of $29.30. The standard deviation of the sample is $5.00. At the
 = 0.05 level of significance, is there sufficient evidence to conclude that the cost of a paperback
textbook is greater than $27.50?

a. State the hypotheses and identify the claim.

b. Find the critical value(s)
c. Compute the test-value.
d. Make a decision. Show an appropriate curve.
e. Summarize your results referencing the claim in the problem given.

4. A high school counselor wishes to see if the average number of dropouts in her school is 23 students drop
out each year. She reviews the last 18 years and finds that the number of dropouts each year is as shown.
At α = 0.02, test the claim that the average number of dropouts is 23.

12 18 24 16 21 20 18 19 25
19 26 25 16 18 22 19 20 23

a. State the hypotheses and identify the claim.

b. Find the critical value(s)
c. Compute the test-value.
d. Make a decision. Show an appropriate curve.
e. Summarize your results referencing the problem given.
 5. Experts claim that at least 10% of murders are committed by women. Is there enough evidence to reject
the claim if in a sample of 127 murders, 11 were committed by women at the  = 0.01 significance
level.
a. State the hypotheses and identify the claim.
b. Find the critical value(s)
c. Compute the test-value.
d. Make a decision. Show an appropriate curve.
e. Summarize your results referencing the problem given.

SKIP #6 FOR NOW – WE HAVEN’T COVERED THIS YET

6. A machine fills 12-ounce bottles with soda. In order for the machine to function properly, the standard
deviation must be less than 0. 3 ounce. A sample of 15 bottles is selected, and the number of ounces of
soda in each bottle is recorded. The standard deviation of this sample is .034 ounce. At the  = 0.05
can we reject the claim that the machine is functioning properly?

a. State the hypotheses and identify the claim.

b. Find the critical value(s)
c. Compute the test-value.
d. Make a decision. Show an appropriate curve.
e. Summarize your results referencing the problem given.
CONFIDENCE INTERVAL PAGE

3b. A sample of 50 books has an average cost of $29.30. The standard deviation of the sample is $5.00.
a. Find the 90% Confidence Interval. Use the format ________ < _____ <________. Put the correct symbol
in the middle. We are saying we are 90% confident the population’s mean lies between these two values.
b. Draw a bell-curve. Label the center with the correct symbol and value. Label the cut-off bar values. And
shade the area that corresponds to 95% area.
c. Does the value of the mean from the null-hypothesis mean lie in your interval? If yes, this supports a “fail
to reject the null”. If no, this confidence interval is consistent with a “reject the null” decision for your
hypothesis test in #3.

4b. A high school counselor reviews the last 18 years and finds that the number of dropouts each year is as shown. Find the
98% confidence interval

12 18 24 16 21 20 18 19 25
19 26 25 16 18 22 19 20 23
d. Find the 98% confidence interval for the population mean. Remember if you data is in list L1, choose
“data” rather than entering in values for mean or standard deviation. But you could enter in these values if
you choose “stat” .
e. Draw a bell-curve. Label the center with the correct symbol and value. Label the cut-off bar values. And
shade the area that corresponds to 98% area.
f. Does the value of the mean from the null-hypothesis mean lie in your interval? If yes, this supports a “fail
to reject the null”. If no, this confidence interval is consistent with a “reject the null” decision for your
hypothesis test in #4.

5B. A study showed in a sample of 127 murders, 11 were committed by women.

g. Find the 99% confidence interval for the population’s proportion of murders committed by women.
h. Draw a bell-curve. Label the center with the correct symbol and value. Label the cut-off bar values. And
shade the area that corresponds to 99% area.
i. Does the value of the proportion from the null-hypothesis lie in your interval? If yes, this supports a “fail
to reject the null”. If no, this confidence interval is consistent with a “reject the null” decision for your
hypothesis test in #5.