stats 8.3 homework
A recent survey indicated that the mean time spent on a music streaming service is 210 minutes per week for the population of a certain country. A simulation was conducted to create a sampling distribution of the sample mean for a population with a mean of 210. The following histogram shows the results of the simulation. Which of the following would be the best reason why the simulation of the sampling distribution is not approximately normal?
The sample size was not sufficiently large.
In a test of H0: μ = 8 versus Ha: μ ≠ 8, a sample of size of 220 leads to a p-value of 0.034. Which of the following must be true?
A 95% confidence interval for μ calculated from these data will not include μ = 8.
A team of ecologists will select a random sample of nesting robins in a certain region to estimate the average number of eggs per nest for all robins in the region. Which of the following is a correct inference procedure for the ecologists to use?
A one-sample t-interval for a population mean
A simulation was conducted using 10 fair six-sided dice, where the faces were numbered 1 through 6, respectively. All 10 dice were rolled, and the average of the 10 numbers appearing faceup was recorded. The process was repeated 20 times. Which of the following best describes the distribution being simulated?
A sampling distribution of a sample mean with n = 10, μx̄ = 3.5, and σx̄ ≈ 0.54
For a certain online store, the distribution of number of purchases per hour is approximately normal with mean 1,200 purchases and standard deviation 200 purchases. For what proportion of hours will the number of purchases at the online store exceed 1,400 ?
16%
A two-sided t-test for a population mean is conducted of the null hypothesis H0 : μ = 100. If a 90 percent t-interval constructed from the same sample data contains the value of 100, which of the following can be concluded about the test at a significance level of a = 0.10 ?
The p-value is greater than 0.10, and H0 should not be rejected.
A large city newspaper periodically reports the mean cost of dinner for two people at restaurants in the city. The newspaper staff will collect data from a random sample of restaurants in the city and estimate the mean price using a 90 percent confidence interval. In past years, the standard deviation has always been very close to $35. Assuming that the population standard deviation is $35, which of the following is the minimum sample size needed to obtain a margin of error of no more than $5 ?
133
At a certain store, the distribution of weights of cartons of large eggs is approximately normal with mean 26 ounces (oz). Based on the distribution, which of the following intervals will contain the greatest proportion of cartons of large eggs at the store?
24 oz to 28 oz
A large company is considering opening a franchise in St. Louis and wants to estimate the mean household income for the area using a simple random sample of households. Based on information from a pilot study, the company assumes that the standard deviation of household incomes is σ = $7,200. Of the following, which is the least number of households that should be surveyed to obtain an estimate that is within $200 of the true mean household income with 95 percent confidence?
5,200
The distribution of weights of female college cross-country runners is approximately normal with mean 122 pounds and standard deviation 8 pounds. Which of the following is closest to the percent of the runners who weigh between 114 pounds and 138 pounds?
82%
The mean number of pets owned by the population of students at a large high school is 3.2 pets per student with a standard deviation of 1.7 pets. A random sample of 16 students will be selected and the mean number of pets for the sample will be calculated. What is the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample mean for samples of size 16 ?
3.2
A national survey asked 1,501 randomly selected employed adults how many hours they work per week. Based on the collected data, a 95 percent confidence interval for the mean number of hours worked per week for all employed adults was given as (41.18, 42.63). Which of the following statements is a correct interpretation of the interval?
We are 95% confident that the mean number of hours worked per week for all employed adults is between 41.18 hours and 42.63 hours.
The commuting time for a student to travel from home to a college campus is normally distributed with a mean of 30 minutes and a standard deviation of 5 minutes. If the student leaves home at 8:25 A.M., what is the probability that the student will arrive at the college campus later than 9 A.M.?
0.16
At a small coffee shop, the distribution of the number of seconds it takes for a cashier to process an order is approximately normal with mean 276 seconds and standard deviation 38 seconds. Which of the following is closest to the proportion of orders that are processed in less than 240 seconds?
0.17
A distribution of scores is approximately normal with a mean of 78 and a standard deviation of 8.6. Which of the following equations can be used to find the score x above which 33 percent of the scores fall?
0.44=8.6x−78
Which of the following is the best estimate of the standard deviation of the distribution shown in the figure above?
10
The amount of time required for each of 100 mice to navigate through a maze was recorded. The histogram below shows the distribution of times, in seconds, for the 100 mice. Which of the following values is closest to the standard deviation of the 100 times?
10 seconds
A random sample of 10 employees of a company was selected to estimate the mean one-way commute time for all employees at the company. The mean and standard deviation of the sample were 38 minutes and 6 minutes, respectively. Assuming all conditions for inference are met, which of the following is the margin of error, in minutes, for a 95 percent confidence interval for the population mean one-way commute time?
2.262(106)
The local ranger station tracked and tagged 2,844 adult female black bears in a national park. A random sample of 9 adult female black bears from those tagged had an average body weight of 203 pounds with standard deviation 25 pounds. Which of the following is a point estimate for the population mean weight of all female black bears that are tagged?
203
The distribution of lengths of salmon from a certain river is approximately normal with standard deviation 3.5 inches. If 10 percent of salmon are longer than 30 inches, which of the following is closest to the mean of the distribution?
26 inches
A random sample of 50 students at a large high school resulted in a 95 percent confidence interval for the mean number of hours of sleep per day of (6.73, 7.67). Which of the following statements best summarizes the meaning of this confidence interval?
About 95% of all random samples of 50 students from this population would result in a 95% confidence interval that covered the population mean number of hours of sleep per day.
The distribution of heights of 6-year-old girls is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 46.0 inches and a standard deviation of 2.7 inches. Aliyaah is 6 years old, and her height is 0.96 standard deviation above the mean. Her friend Jayne is also 6 years old and is at the 93rd percentile of the height distribution. At what percentile is Aliyaah's height, and how does her height compare to Jayne's height?
Aliyaah's height is at the 83rd percentile of the distribution, and she is shorter than Jayne.
For which of the following is the shape of the sampling distribution of the sample mean approximately normal? A random sample of size 5 from a population that is approximately normal A random sample of size 10 from a population that is strongly skewed to the right A random sample of size 60 from a population that is strongly skewed to the left
I and III only
The director of fitness for a large corporation with over 5,000 employees recorded the resting heart rate, in beats per minute (bpm), for 35 employees who were known to wear activity trackers. The following boxplot summarizes the results. The director wants to estimate the resting heart rate for all employees with a confidence interval. Have all conditions for inference been met?
No, the sample was not selected at random.
The distribution of age for players of a certain professional sport is strongly skewed to the right with mean 26.8 years and standard deviation 4.2 years. Consider a random sample of 4 players and a different random sample of 50 players from the population. Which of the following statements is true about the sampling distributions of the sample mean ages for samples of size 4 and samples of size 50 ?
Only the sampling distribution for size 50 will be approximately normal, and the mean for both will be 26.8.
Porcupines can cause damage to wood structures by chewing them. Researchers studied a liquid repellent designed to reduce such damage. A sample of 20 wooden blocks of the same size were treated with the repellent and left outside in an area where porcupines are known to live. After a certain amount of time, the blocks were inspected for the number of porcupine teeth marks visible. The data were used to create the 95 percent confidence interval (4.9, 5.8). Which of the following claims is supported by the interval?
The mean number of porcupine teeth marks on all wooden blocks treated with the repellent is less than 6.
A statistician proposed a new method for constructing a 90 percent confidence interval to estimate the median of assessed home values for homes in a large community. To test the method, the statistician will conduct a simulation by selecting 10,000 random samples of the same size from the population. For each sample, a confidence interval will be constructed using the new method. If the confidence level associated with the new method is actually 90 percent, which of the following will be captured by approximately 9,000 of the confidence intervals constructed from the simulation?
The population median
A botanist collected one leaf at random from each of 10 randomly selected mature maple trees of the same species. The mean and the standard deviation of the surface areas for the 10 leaves in the sample were computed. Assume the distribution of surface areas of maple leaves is normal. What is the appropriate method for constructing a one-sample confidence interval to estimate the population mean surface area of the species of maple leaves, and why is the method appropriate?
The t-interval is appropriate, because the population standard deviation is not known.
Height, in meters, is measured for each person in a sample. After the data are collected, all the height measurements are converted from meters to centimeters by multiplying each measurement by 100. Which of the following statistics will remain the same for both units of measure?
The z-scores of the height measurements
To investigate hospital costs for pets in a certain state, researchers selected a random sample of 46 owners of parrots who had recently taken their parrot to an animal hospital for care. The cost of the visit for each parrot owner was recorded and used to create the 95 percent confidence interval $62.63\pm±$17.64 Assuming all conditions for inference are met, which of the following is a correct interpretation of the interval?
We are 95 percent confident that the mean cost of a hospital visit for all parrot owners in the state is between $44.99 and $80.27.
The distribution of the weights of loaves of bread from a certain bakery follows approximately a normal distribution. Based on a very large sample, it was found that 10 percent of the loaves weighed less than 15.34 ounces, and 20 percent of the loaves weighed more than 16.31 ounces. What are the mean and standard deviation of the distribution of the weights of the loaves of bread?
µ = 15.93, σ = 0.46
A random sample of the costs of repair jobs at a large muffler repair shop produces a mean of $127.95. and a standard deviation of $24.03. If the size of this sample is 40, which of the following is an approximate 90 percent confidence interval for the average cost of a repair at this repair shop?
$127.95\pm±$6.25
A medical center conducted a study to investigate cholesterol levels in people who have had heart attacks. A random sample of 16 people was obtained from the names of all patients of the medical center who had a heart attack in the previous year. Of the people in the sample, the mean cholesterol level was 264.70 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) with standard deviation 42.12 mg/dl. Assuming all conditions for inference were met, which of the following is a 90 percent confidence interval for the mean cholesterol level, in mg/dl. of all patients of the medical center who had a heart attack in the previous year?
(246.24, 283.16)
The distribution of prices for a certain car model is approximately normal with mean $21,800 and standard deviation $400. A random sample of 4 cars of the model will be selected. What is the correct unit of measure for the mean of the sampling distribution of \overline{x}?x?
Dollars
A researcher constructed a 95 percent confidence interval for the mean number of alfalfa weevils on an alfalfa plant within a field. Based on 80 randomly selected alfalfa plants, the researcher found an average of 2.5 alfalfa weevils per plant and computed the 95 percent confidence interval to be 1.50 to 3.50. Which of the following statements is a correct interpretation of the 95 percent confidence level?
If we repeatedly sampled this field, taking samples of 80 plants and constructing 95% confidence intervals, then, approximately 95 percent of these intervals would include the population mean number of alfalfa weevils on an alfalfa plant in this field.
Animal scientists studied foraging behavior of the scrub lizard, found in central Florida. Foraging is the process of searching for food. To study such behavior, the scientists recorded the number of head movements per minute for a sample of 63 lizards. A 95 percent confidence interval constructed from the sample is given as 2.7\pm0.622.7±0.62 head movements per minute. Based on the interval, is a claim of 3 head movements per minute plausible?
The claim is plausible because 3 head movements per minute is contained within the interval.
Which of the following correctly compares the t-distribution and z-distribution?
The density curve of the t-distribution is more spread out than the density curve of the z-distribution, especially for small sample sizes.
Based on records kept at a gas station, the distribution of gallons of gas purchased by customers is skewed to the right with mean 10 gallons and standard deviation 4 gallons. A random sample of 64 customer receipts was selected, and the sample mean number of gallons was recorded. Suppose the process of selecting a random sample of 64 receipts and recording the sample mean number of gallons was repeated for a total of 100 samples. Which of the following is the best description of a dotplot created from the 100 sample means?
The dotplot is approximately normal with mean 10 gallons and standard deviation 0.5 gallon.
A 95 percent confidence interval for the mean time, in minutes, for a volunteer fire company to respond to emergency incidents is determined to be (2.8, 12.3). Which of the following is the best interpretation of the interval?
We are 95% confident that the mean time for response is between 2.8 minutes and 12.3 minutes.
Zucchini weights are approximately normally distributed with mean 0.8 pound and standard deviation 0.25 pound. Which of the following shaded regions best represents the probability that a randomly selected zucchini will weigh between 0.55 pound and 1.3 pounds?
middle, bigger leftover section on left, tiny leftover on right
Two independent random samples were collected from the same population to estimate the population mean. Sample A had a sample size of 25 and a sample mean of 50. The 95 percent confidence interval constructed from sample A had a margin of error of 4.2. Sample B had a sample size of n and a sample mean of x_BxB The k percent confidence interval constructed from sample B had a margin of error of 3.7. Assume both samples had the same sample standard deviation. Which of the following values from sample B explains why the margin of error for sample A is greater than the margin of error for sample B?
n=30,xB=40,k=90
Shalise competed in a jigsaw puzzle competition where participants are timed on how long they take to complete puzzles of various sizes. Shalise completed a small puzzle in 75 minutes and a large jigsaw puzzle in 140 minutes. For all participants, the distribution of completion time for the small puzzle was approximately normal with mean 60 minutes and standard deviation 15 minutes. The distribution of completion time for the large puzzle was approximately normal with mean 180 minutes and standard deviation 40 minutes. Approximately what percent of the participants had finishing times greater than Shalise's for each puzzle?
16% on the small puzzle and 84% on the large puzzle
To study learned behavior in mice, researchers used a sample of mice in a maze experiment. Each mouse had to find its way through a maze to reach food at the end. The mouse was timed on its first run through the maze and again on its tenth run through the maze. The difference in the times was recorded for each mouse. Which of the following is the most appropriate inference procedure for the researchers to use?
A matched-pairs t-interval for a mean difference
Ten students were randomly selected from a high school to take part in a program designed to raise their reading comprehension. Each student took a test before and after completing the program. The mean of the differences between the score after the program and the score before the program is 16. It was decided that all students in the school would take part in this program during the next school year. Let µA denote the mean score after the program and µB denote the mean score before the program for all students in the school. The 95 percent confidence interval estimate of the true mean difference for all students in the school is (9, 23). Which of the following statements is a correct interpretation of this confidence interval?
For any µA and µB with 9 < ( µA - µB) < 23, the sample result is quite likely.
The National Honor Society at Central High School plans to sample a random group of 100 seniors from all high schools in the state in which Central High School is located to determine the average number of hours per week spent on homework. A 95 percent confidence interval for the mean number of hours spent on homework will then be constructed using the sample data. Before selecting the sample, the National Honor Society decides that it wants to decrease the margin of error. Which of the following is the best way to decrease the margin of error?
Increase the sample size
For a t-distribution with sample size 10, P\left(t>1.96\right)\approx0.0408P(t>1.96)≈0.0408 and P\left(t\le-1.96\right)\approx0.0408P(t≤−1.96)≈0.0408. Which of the following is a property of the t-distribution illustrated by the probabilities?
With sample size 10, the tails of the curve of the t-distribution have more area than the tails of the curve of the z-distribution.
The histogram below represents data obtained after the census of an entire population was conducted. The sampling distribution of the sample mean based on samples of size 2 for the population was simulated, and a histogram of the results was produced. Which of the following histograms is most likely the histogram of that sampling distribution?
really point in middle then back up slightly on sides
A recent report indicated that 90 percent of adults in a certain region actively try to include vegetables in their diet. A simulation was conducted that consisted of 50 trials with a population parameter of 0.9. Each trial consisted of a sample size of 10. The number of successes out of 10 was recorded, where success represented an adult trying to include vegetables in the diet. Five possible simulation results are shown. Which simulation is the best match to the one described?
tallest on nine all focused on the right side
A certain county has 1,000 farms. Corn is grown on 100 of these farms but on none of the others. In order to estimate the total farm acreage of corn for the country, two plans are proposed. Plan I: Sample 20 farms at random. Estimate the mean acreage of corn per farm in a confidence interval. Multiply both ends of the interval by 1,000 to get an interval estimate of the total. Plan II: Identify the 100 corn-growing farms. Sample 20 corn-growing farms at random. Estimate the mean acreage of corn for corn-growing farms in a confidence interval. Multiply both ends of the interval by 100 to get an interval estimate of the total. On the basis of the information given, which of the following is the better method for estimating the total farm acreage of corn for the county?
Choose plan II over plan I.
A manufacturer of piston rings for automobile engines frequently tests the width of the rings for quality control. Last week, a random sample of 15 rings were measured, and the mean and standard deviation of the sample were used to construct a 95 percent confidence interval for the population mean width of the rings. When all other things remain the same, which of the following conditions would have resulted in a wider interval than the one constructed? I. A sample size of 20 with 95 percent confidence II. A sample size of 15 with 99 percent confidence III. A sample size of 12 with 95 percent confidence
II and III only
A researcher is studying a group of field mice. The distribution of the weight of field mice is approximately normal with mean 25 grams and standard deviation 4 grams. Which of the following is closest to the proportion of field mice with a weight greater than 33 grams?
0.023
A recent study was conducted to investigate the duration of time required to complete a certain manual dexterity task. The reported mean was 10.2 seconds with a standard deviation of 16.0 seconds. Suppose the reported values are the true mean and standard deviation for the population of subjects in the study. If a random sample of 144 subjects is selected from the population, what is the approximate probability that the mean of the sample will be more than 11.0 seconds?
0.2743
The distribution of monthly rent for one-bedroom apartments in a city is approximately normal with mean $936 and standard deviation $61. A graduate student is looking for a one-bedroom apartment and wants to pay no more than $800 in monthly rent. Of the following, which is the best estimate of the percent of one-bedroom apartments in the city with a monthly rent of at most $800 ?
1.3%
The distribution of assembly times required to assemble a certain smartphone is approximately normal with mean 4.6 minutes and standard deviation 0.6 minute. Of the following, which is closest to the percentage of assembly times between 4 minutes and 5 minutes?
59%
A university researcher wants to estimate the mean number of novels that seniors read during their time in college. An exit survey was conducted with a random sample of 9 seniors. The sample mean was 7 novels with standard deviation 2.29 novels. Assuming that all conditions for conducting inference have been met, which of the following is a 95 percent confidence interval for the population mean number of novels read by all seniors?
7±2.306(92.29) the nine is the square root on bottom
Monthly rent was determined for each apartment in a random sample of 100 apartments. The sample mean was $820 and the sample standard deviation was $25. An approximate 95 percent confidence interval for the true mean monthly rent for the population of apartments from which this sample was selected is ($815, $825). Which of the following statements is a correct interpretation of the 95 percent confidence level?
In repeated sampling, the method produces intervals that include the population mean approximately 95 percent of the time.
A fair die has its faces numbered from 1 to 6. Let random variable F represent the number landing face up when the die is tossed. The probability distribution for the random variable has mean 3.5 and standard deviation 1.7078. Consider a simulation with 400 trials designed to estimate the sampling distribution of the sample mean for 5 tosses of the die. For each trial, the die is tossed 5 times, and the mean of the 5 values landing face up is recorded.
Mean 3.5 and standard deviation 0.7638
A reading specialist wanted to estimate the mean word length, in number of letters, for an elementary school history textbook. The specialist took repeated random samples of size 100 words and estimated the mean and standard deviation of the sampling distribution to be 4.9 letters and 0.15 letter, respectively. Based on the estimates for the sampling distribution, which of the following provides the best estimates of the population parameters?
Mean 4.9 letters and standard deviation 1.5 letters
Researchers at a medical center studied the amount of caffeine, in milligrams (mg), contained in a 16-ounce cup of coffee made at one machine at the center's cafeteria. They selected a random sample of 40 16-ounce cups of coffee made at different times of the day during a one-month period. The mean and standard deviation of the amount of caffeine in the sample were 159.88 mg and 36.72 mg, respectively. A graph of the sample data revealed a right skew with one outlier. The researchers will construct a confidence interval to estimate the amount of caffeine for all 16-ounce cups made at the machine. Which of the following conditions is not needed for the inference?
The graph of the sample data is symmetric with no outliers.
In a recent survey, the proportion of adults who indicated mystery as their favorite type of book was 0.325. Two simulations will be conducted for the sampling distribution of a sample proportion from a population with a true proportion of 0.325. Simulation A will consist of 1,500 trials with a sample size of 100. Simulation B will consist of 2,000 trials with a sample size of 50. Which of the following describes the center and variability of simulation A and simulation B?
The centers will roughly be equal, and the variability of simulation A will be less than the variability of simulation B.
Researchers are investigating the effectiveness of leg-strength training on cycling performance. A sample of 7 men will be selected to participate in a training program that lasts for one month. Peak power during cycling will be recorded for each man both before training and after training. The mean difference in times will be used to construct a 95 percent confidence interval for the mean difference in the population. When all other things remain the same, which of the following statements about the width of the interval is correct?
The interval will be narrower if 15 men are used in the sample.
A certain type of remote-control car has a fully charged battery at the time of purchase. The distribution of running times of cars of this type, before they require recharging of the battery for the first time after its period of initial use, is approximately normal with a mean of 80 minutes and a standard deviation of 2.5 minutes. The shaded area in the figure below represents which of the following probabilities?
The probability that the running time of a randomly selected car of this type, before it requires recharging of the battery for the first time after its period of initial use, is between 75 minutes and 82.5 minutes.
Two random samples, A and B, were selected from the same population to estimate the population mean. For each sample, the mean, standard deviation, and margin of error for a 95 percent confidence interval for the population mean are shown in the table. Which of the following could explain why the margin of error of sample A is greater than the margin of error of sample B?
The sample size of A is less than the sample size of B.
A national travel association with over 3,000 members selected a random sample of 100 members of the association. The selected members were asked to report the number of miles they traveled on their last vacation. The mean and standard deviation of the responses were 150 miles and 40 miles, respectively. A graph of the sample data displayed a right skew. The association will construct a confidence interval to estimate the mean number of miles traveled for all members. Have the conditions for inference been met?
Yes. All conditions for inference have been met.
The height of 3-year-old boys is approximately normally distributed. Duncan and Shane are 3-year-old boys.Duncan is 32.0 inches tall and is at the 32nd percentile of the distribution. Shane is 34.0 inches tall and is at the 62nd percentile of the distribution. Which of the following is closest to the mean of the height distribution?
33.21 inches
Ecologists wanted to estimate the mean biomass (amount of vegetation) of a certain forested region. The ecologists divided the region into plots measuring 1 square meter each, and they selected a random sample of 9 plots. The mean biomass of the 9 plots was 4.3 kilograms per square meter ( kg/m2 ) and the standard deviation was 1.5 kg/m2 . Assuming all conditions for inference are met, which of the following is a 95 percent confidence interval for the population mean biomass, in kg/m2 ?
4.3±2.306(31.5)
Engineers at a tire manufacturing company investigated the effect of a new rubber compound on the tire life of a certain brand of tires. From a sample of 16 tires, the engineers constructed a 99 percent confidence interval for the mean tire life, in miles, as 62,550\pm2,026.62,550±2,026. Suppose the company intends to claim a maximum tire life for advertising purposes. Based on the interval, of the following, which is the maximum plausible value for the mean tire life, in miles?
64,500
A candy company produces individually wrapped candies. The quality control manager for the company believes that the weight of the candies is approximately normally distributed with mean 720 milligrams (mg).If the manager's belief is correct, which of the following intervals of weights will contain the largest proportion of the candies in the distribution of weights?
700 mg to 740 mg
The normal curve shown represents the sampling distribution of a sample mean for sample size n = 25, selected at random from a population with standard deviation \sigma_xσx Which of the following is the best estimate of the standard deviation of the population, \sigma_xσx?
75
Researchers will conduct a study of the television-viewing habits of children. They will select a simple random sample of children and record the number of hours of television the children watch per week. The researchers will report the sample mean as a point estimate for the population mean. Which of the following statements is correct for the sample mean as a point estimator?
A sample of size 25 will produce more variability of the estimator than a sample of size 50.
The histograms show the results of three simulations of a sampling distribution of a sample mean. For each simulation, 1,500 samples of size n were selected from the same population and the sample mean was recorded. The value of n was different for each of the three simulations. Which of the following is the correct ordering of the graphs from least value of n to greatest value of n ?
A, C, B
The president of a large company recommends that employees perform, on average, 24 hours of community service each year. The president believes that the mean number of hours of community service performed last year was different from the recommended 24 hours. To estimate the mean number of hours of community service performed last year, the president obtained data from a random sample of employees and used the data to construct the 95 percent confidence interval (20.37, 23.49). If all conditions for inference were met, does the interval provide convincing statistical evidence, at a level of significance of \alpha=0.05.α=0.05. to support the president's belief that the mean number of hours of community service performed last year is different from what is recommended?
Yes, the interval supports the president's belief because 0 is not contained in the interval.
A news article reported that college students who have part-time jobs work an average of 15 hours per week. The staff of a college newspaper thought that the average might be different from 15 hours per week for their college. Data were collected on the number of hours worked per week for a random sample of students at the college who have part-time jobs. The data were used to test the hypotheses H0: μ = 15 Ha: μ ≠ 15, where µ is the mean number of hours worked per week for all students at the college with part-time jobs. The results of the test are shown in the table below. Assuming all conditions for inference were met, which of the following represents a 95 percent confidence interval for µ?
13.755±1.456
A marine biologist wants to estimate the average weight of a population of dolphins living in a certain region of the ocean. The biologist will collect a random sample of dolphins and use the sample weights to create the estimate. Which of the following is an appropriate method for the biologist to use for inference to the population?
A one-sample t-interval for a population mean
A sleep time of 15.9 hours per day for a newborn baby is at the 10th percentile of the distribution of sleep times for all newborn babies. Assuming the distribution is normal with standard deviation 0.5 hour, approximately what is the mean sleep time, in hours per day, for newborn babies?
16.5
Based on a random sample of 50 students, the 90 percent confidence interval for the mean amount of money students spend on lunch at a certain high school is found to be ($3.45, $4.15). Which of the following statements is true?
90% of all random samples of 50 students obtained at this high school would result in a 90% confidence interval that contains the true mean amount of money students spend on lunch.
An environmental agency frequently samples the water in a region to ensure that the levels of a certain contaminant do not exceed 30 parts per billion (ppb). From 12 randomly selected samples of the water, the agency constructed the 99 percent confidence interval (22.5, 28.7).
We are 99 percent confident that the mean level of the contaminant in all the water in the region is between 22.5 ppb and 28.7 ppb
At a large corporation, the distribution of years of employment for the employees has mean 20.6 years and standard deviation 5.3 years. A random sample of 100 employees was selected and surveyed about employee satisfaction. The sample of employees had a mean 20.3 years and standard deviation 6.1 years. Remy claims that the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample mean for samples of size 100 is 20.6 years. Is Remy's claim correct?
Yes. The mean of the sampling distribution is 20.6 years.
When using a one-sample t-procedure to construct a confidence interval for the mean of a finite population, a condition is that the population size be at least 10 times the sample size. The reason for the condition is to ensure that
the degree of dependence among observations is negligible
