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Topic 9: Hypothesis Test for the Mean
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AsAmericanshavebecomemoreenvironmentallyconscious,therehasbeenasocialshiftingeneralpublic’s
feelingstowardsrecycling.Inrecentyears,anumberofcompanieshavegoneintothebusinessofcollecting
usednewspapersfromhouseholdsandrecyclingthem.Afinancialanalystforonesuchcompanyhas
recentlydeterminedthatthefirmwouldmakeaprofitifthemeanweeklynewspapercollectionfrom
householdsexceeded2pounds.Theteststatisticisfoundtobet=2.480.Matchtheprobabilities(pvalues)
belowtotheclaimwhichwouldbetestedtodetermineifthefirmwouldbeprofitable.
0.9923 a.greaterthanalternative
0.0154 b.notequaltoalternative
0.0077 c.lessthanalternative
Answer:cba
Question 1: 3 out of 3 in 2 attempt(s)
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Asportsenthusiastwouldliketodetermineiftheaveragenumberofpenaltyminutespergameforteamsin
theNationalHockeyLeagueisgreaterthan12minutes.Asampleof30gamewastaken,andthenumberof
penaltyminutesineachgamewasrecorded.
Selecttheappropriatehypothesestobetested.
Thesampleof30gamesisselected,andtheteststatisticisfoundtobet=1.02forthedatacollected.
Whichoftheprobabilities(pvalues)belowwouldbeassociatedwiththelessthanalternative?
0.1581 0.3162 0.8419
Whichoftheprobabilities(pvalues)belowwouldbeassociatedwiththetwosidedalternative?
0.8419 0.1581 0.3162
Whichoftheprobabilities(pvalues)belowwouldbeassociatedwiththegreaterthanalternative?
0.3162 0.1581 0.8419
Usingtheprobabilityselectedabovethatcorrespondstothealternativehypothesisyouselectedinthefirst
questiontotesttheclaim,whattypeoferrorispossibleinthistestusingasignificancelevelof0.01?
TypeIerror
TypeIIerror
Answer:
Answer:0.8419
Answer:0.3162
Answer:0.1581
Answer:TypeIIerror
Question 2: 5 (parts: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1) out of 5 (parts: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)in 2 attempt(s)
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Topic 9: Hypothesis Test for the Mean
Started: October 30, 2018, 2:04 pm
Last change: October 31, 2018, 2:07 pm
Total time questions were on‑screen: 63.4 minutes.
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AsAmericanshavebecomemoreenvironmentallyconscious,therehasbeenasocialshiftingeneralpublic’s
feelingstowardsrecycling.Inrecentyears,anumberofcompanieshavegoneintothebusinessofcollecting
usednewspapersfromhouseholdsandrecyclingthem.Afinancialanalystforonesuchcompanyhas
recentlydeterminedthatthefirmwouldmakeaprofitifthemeanweeklynewspapercollectionfrom
householdsexceeded2pounds.Theteststatisticisfoundtobet=2.480.Matchtheprobabilities(pvalues)
belowtotheclaimwhichwouldbetestedtodetermineifthefirmwouldbeprofitable.
0.9923 a.greaterthanalternative
0.0154 b.notequaltoalternative
0.0077 c.lessthanalternative
Answer:cba
Question 1: 3 out of 3 in 2 attempt(s)
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Asportsenthusiastwouldliketodetermineiftheaveragenumberofpenaltyminutespergameforteamsin
theNationalHockeyLeagueisgreaterthan12minutes.Asampleof30gamewastaken,andthenumberof
penaltyminutesineachgamewasrecorded.
Selecttheappropriatehypothesestobetested.
Thesampleof30gamesisselected,andtheteststatisticisfoundtobet=1.02forthedatacollected.
Whichoftheprobabilities(pvalues)belowwouldbeassociatedwiththelessthanalternative?
0.1581 0.3162 0.8419
Whichoftheprobabilities(pvalues)belowwouldbeassociatedwiththetwosidedalternative?
0.8419 0.1581 0.3162
Whichoftheprobabilities(pvalues)belowwouldbeassociatedwiththegreaterthanalternative?
0.3162 0.1581 0.8419
Usingtheprobabilityselectedabovethatcorrespondstothealternativehypothesisyouselectedinthefirst
questiontotesttheclaim,whattypeoferrorispossibleinthistestusingasignificancelevelof0.01?
TypeIerror
TypeIIerror
Answer:
Answer:0.8419
Answer:0.3162
Answer:0.1581
Answer:TypeIIerror
Question 2: 5 (parts: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1) out of 5 (parts: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)in 2 attempt(s)
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