Chapter 9: Q .1. (page 563)
No homework? Mr. Tabor believes that less than of the students at his school completed their math homework last night. The math teachers inspect the homework assignments from a random sample of students at the school.
Chapter 9: Q .1. (page 563)
No homework? Mr. Tabor believes that less than of the students at his school completed their math homework last night. The math teachers inspect the homework assignments from a random sample of students at the school.
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Get started for freeCalculations and conclusions Refer to Exercise R9.1. Find the standardized test statistic and -value in each setting, and make an appropriate conclusion.
Walking to school Refer to Exercise 36.
a. Explain why the sample result gives some evidence for the alternative hypothesis.
b. Calculate the standardized test statistic and -value.
c. What conclusion would you make?
Which of the following is not a condition for performing a significance test about an unknown population proportion p?
(a) The data should come from a random sample or randomized experiment.
(b) Individual measurements should be independent of one another.
(c) The population distribution should be approximately Normal, unless the sample size is large.
(d) Both np and n(1 - p) should be at least 10.
(e) If you are sampling without replacement from a finite population, then you should sample no more than 10% of the population.
An opinion poll asks a random sample of adults whether they favor banning ownership of handguns by private citizens. A commentator believes that more than half of all adults favor such a ban. The null and alternative hypotheses you would use to test this claim are
Heavy bread? The mean weight of loaves of bread produced at the bakery where you work is supposed to be pound. You are the supervisor of quality control at the bakery, and you are concerned that new employees are producing loaves that are too light. Suppose you weigh an SRS of bread loaves and find that the mean weight is pound.
a. State appropriate hypotheses for performing a significance test. Be sure to define the parameter of interest.
b. Explain why there is some evidence for the alternative hypothesis.
c. The P-value for the test in part (a) is . Interpret the P-value.
d. What conclusion would you make at the significance level?
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