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Question 1

A two-tailed test is conducted at the 5% significance level. Which of the z-scores below is the smallest one that leads to rejection of the null hypothesis?

A. 1.12

B. 1.48

C. 1.84

D. 2.15

Question 2

A psychologist claims that more than 19 percent of the population suffers from professional problems due to extreme shyness. Assume that a hypothesis test of the claim has been conducted and that the conclusion of the test was to reject the null hypothesis. Identify the population to which the results of the test apply.

A. The population is all shy workers.

B. The population cannot be identified from the description of the study.

C. The population is all American workers.

D. The population is all American professional workers (doctors, lawyers, CPA's, and the like..

Question 3

A researcher claims that the amounts of acetaminophen in a certain brand of cold tablets have a mean different from the 600 mg claimed by the manufacturer. Test this claim at the 0.02 level of significance. The mean acetaminophen content for a random sample of n = 41 tablets is 603.3 mg. Assume that the population standard deviation is 4.9 mg.

A. Since the test statistic is greater than the critical z, there is sufficient evidence to accept the null hypothesis and to support the claim that the mean content of acetaminophen is 600 mg.

B. Since the test statistic is greater than the critical z, there is sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis and to support the claim that the mean content of acetaminophen is not 600 mg.

C. Since the test statistic is less than the critical z, there is sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis and to support the claim that the mean content of acetaminophen is not 600 mg.

D. Since the test statistic is greater than the critical z, there is insufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis and to support the claim that the mean content of acetaminophen is not 600 mg.

Question 4

A consumer group claims that the mean running time for a certain type of flashlight battery is not the same as the manufacturer's claims. Determine the null and alternative hypotheses for the test described.

A.
H0: µ = Manufacturer's claims Ha: µ < Manufacturer's claims

B.
H0: µ = Manufacturer's claims Ha: µ ≠ Manufacturer's claims

C.
H0: µ = Manufacturer's claims Ha: µ > Manufacturer's claims

D.
H0: µ ≠ Manufacturer's claims Ha: µ = Manufacturer's claims

Question 5

A poll of 1,068 adult Americans reveals that 52% of the voters surveyed prefer the Democratic candidate for the presidency. At the 0.05 significance level, test the claim that more than half of all voters prefer the Democrat.

A. Reject the null hypothesis. Conclude that there is insufficient evidence that more than half of all voters prefer Democrats.

B. Do not reject the null hypothesis. Conclude that there is sufficient evidence that more than half of all voters prefer Democrats.

C. Reject the null hypothesis. Conclude that there is sufficient evidence that more than half of all voters prefer Democrats.

D. Do not reject the null hypothesis. Conclude that there is insufficient evidence that more than half of all voters prefer Democrats.

Question 6 
z = 1.8 for Ha: µ >  claimed value. What is the P-value for the test?

A. 0.9641

B. 3.59

C. 96.41

D. 0.0359

Question 7 
= 4.8 minutes.?In 1990, the average duration of long-distance telephone calls originating in one town was 9.4 minutes. A long-distance telephone company wants to perform a hypothesis test to determine whether the average duration of long-distance phone calls has changed from the 1990 mean of 9.4 minutes. The mean duration for a random sample of 50 calls originating in the town was 8.6 minutes. Does the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that the mean call duration, µ, is different from the 1990 mean of 9.4 minutes? Perform the appropriate hypothesis test using a significance level of 0.01. Assume that

1.2 there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the mean value has changed from the 1990 mean of 9.4 minutes.?A. With a z of

B. With a P-value of 0.2302 there is not sufficient evidence to conclude that the mean value is less than the 1990 mean of 9.4 minutes.

C. With a P-value of 0.2302 there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the mean value is less than the 1990 mean of 9.4 minutes.

D. With a z of -1.2 there is not sufficient evidence to conclude that the mean value has changed from the 1990 mean of 9.4 minutes.

Question 9 
 A right-tailed test is conducted at the 5% significance level. Which of the following z-scores is the smallest one in absolute value that leads to rejection of the null hypothesis?

A. 1.61

B. 1.85

C. -1.98

D. -2.06

Question 10

A long-distance telephone company claims that the mean duration of long-distance telephone calls originating in one town was greater than 9.4 minutes, which is the average for the state. Determine the conclusion of the hypothesis test assuming that the results of the sampling do not lead to rejection of the null hypothesis.

A. Conclusion: Support the claim that the mean is less than 9.4 minutes.

B. Conclusion: Support the claim that the mean is greater than 9.4 minutes.

C. Conclusion: Support the claim that the mean is equal to 9.4 minutes.

D. Conclusion: Do not support the claim that the mean is greater than 9.4 minutes.

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