Question: A sample contains 147 pulse rates of randomly selected women. Does it satisfy the requirement that either the population be normally distributed or n>30?
Answer: A. The requirement is satisfied because the sample size is greater than 30. 14
Question: Using continuity correction, what region corresponds to the probability of fewer than 3 passengers who do not show up for a flight?
Answer: C. The area to the left of 2.5 15
Question: In a poll, what do p ^, q ^, n, E, and p represent?
Answer: p ^ : the sample proportion q ^ : found from evaluating 1− p ^ n: the sample size E: the margin of error p: the population proportion 16
Question: According to the Rule of Three, if a sample has zero successes, why can’t ordinary confidence-interval methods be used?
Answer: A. The requirement of at least 5 successes and at least 5 failures is not satisfied, so the normal distribution cannot be used. 17
Question: What are the requirements for constructing a confidence interval estimate of σ or σ 2 ?
Answer: A. The sample must be a simple random sample and the sample must be from a normally distributed population. 18
Question: Which confidence interval is wider: a 99% confidence interval or an 80% confidence interval, and why?
Answer: D. The 99% confidence interval is wider because a wider interval is needed to have greater confidence that it captures the true population proportion. 19
Question: For the claim that half of people favor replacing passwords with biometric security, is the hypothesis test two-tailed, left-tailed, or right-tailed?
Answer: A. Two-tailed 20
Question: For the biometric-security test with H 0:p=0.50 and P-value 0.5157 at α=0.10, what should be done with the null hypothesis?
Answer: Fail to reject H 0 . 21
Question: What is the final conclusion for the biometric-security hypothesis test?
Answer: There is not sufficient evidence to warrant rejection of the claim that half of us say that we should replace passwords with biometric security. 22
Question: For the claim that most medical malpractice lawsuits are dropped or dismissed, which hypotheses should be used?
Answer: F. H 0 :p=0.5, H 1 :p>0.5 23
Question: Based on the P-value, what conclusion should be made about the claim that quarters made after 1964 have a mean weight equal to 5.670 g?
Answer: There is not sufficient evidence to warrant rejection of the claim. 24
Question: For the new U.S. Mint process, the P-value is 0.0080 and α=0.10. What should be concluded about the null hypothesis?
Answer: D. Reject the null hypothesis. 25