Paulson Chapter 8 Test Review ‘Multiple Choice Questions 1. AUSA Today “Lifeline” column reported that in a survey of 500 people, 399% said they watch their bread while itis being toasted. Establish a 90% confidence interval estimate for the percentage of people who watch their bread being toasted. nso = 3 4t bNS ( 3 A) 39% +.078% aL 3Y . " 7 B) 39% #2.2% P = ,39t 0354 C) 39% +2.8% CL=90% @ 39% 13.6% £) 39% £4.3% 2. Ina survey funded by Burroughs-Welcome, 750 of 1000 adult Americans said they didn’t believe that they could come down with a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the proportion of adult Americans who don’t believe they can contract an STD. ) (728, 72) n=150 a) (728, @ (723,.777 p = 32. 2.08 ©) (.718, .782) tae D) (713, .787) cl =95% ; £) (.665, 835) ~ | ( ke prop 2 cpyerval (,7aSl, 77684) 3. A politician wants to know what percentage of the voters support her position on the issue of forced busing for integration. What size voter sample should be obtained to determine with 90% confidence the support level to within 4%? WE =.04 +s eh = 40% 8) 25 . i a" ; \LSdle8) 2 O94 @2 we = ) 600 Ze = \WetS £) 1691 138 000640 499.81 En 4, Ina test for acid rain, an SRS of 49 water samples showed a mean pH level of 4.4 with a standard deviation of 0.35. Find a 90% confidence interval estimate for the mean pH level. rn 9/338 A) 442001 ahd =O) ya eS O os Fenn — aens [Link] 09385 D) 4.42035 g2.35 £) 44+058 cL = 90% Teinterval + \ [Link], 44 93)‘5. What sample size should be chosen to find the mean number of absences per month for schoo! children to within + .2 at a 95% confidence level if itis known that the standard deviation is 1.1? A WE= +9 B) 29 CL=45% c) 82 . b) 96 Seul @ iw 2* lone én Garren 6. Arandom sample of 100 visitors to a popular theme park spent an average of $142 on the trip with a standard deviation of $47.5. Which of the following would the 98% confidence interval for the ‘mean money spent by all visitors to this theme park? ® ($130.77, $153.23) N=100 Te interval test B) ($132.57, $151.43) Ko . , a ©) ($132.68, $151.31) $247.8 (130.71, 153,23) D) ($140.88, $143.12) F) ($95.45, $188.55) CL=98% at=94 7. How large of a random sample is required to insure that the margin of error is 0.08 when estimating, the proportion of college professors that read science fiction novels with 95% confidence? A) 604 ME=.08 146 JEDED & .08 ois cle 4% a D) 75 2¥2\.Uo VE & uote Ba 2 2 .o0tu¥547 150. O06¢ 8. [Link] control specialist at a plate glass factory must estimate the mean clarity rating of a new batch of glass sheets being produced using a sample of 18 sheets of glass. The actual distribution of this batch is unknown, but preliminary investigations show that a normal approximation is reasonable. The specialist decides to use a t-distribution rather than a z-distribution because A) The z-distribution is not appropriate because the sample size is too small. B) The sample size is large compared to the population size. C)_The data comes from only one batch. © TheVariabtity of the batch s unknown. £)Thet-distribution results in a narrower confidence interval hemembec > Variability releres “0©. Aresearch and development engineer is preparing @ report for the board of directors on the battery life of a new cell phone they have produced. At a 95% confidence level, he has found that the battery life is 3.2 + 1.0 days. He wants to adjust his findings so the margin of error is as small as possible. Which of the following will produce the smallest margin of error? assure that there is no margin of error. AY increase the confidence level to 100%. This B) Increase the confidence level to 99%. ®© decrease the confidence level to 90%. _B} Take a new sample from the population using the exact same sample size. “) Take a new sample from the population using a smaller sample size. ei : The smaller +18 CL, the smaller +heMeE, 10, A biologist has taken a random sample of a specific type of fish from a large lake. A 95 percent confidence interval was calculated to be 6.8 + 1.2 pounds. Which of the following is true? _4} 95 percent of all the fish in the lake weigh between 5.6 and 8 pounds. BY _ In repeated sampling, 95 percent of the sample proportions will fall within 5.6 and 8 pounds. LY In repeated sampling, 95% of the time the true population mean of fish weights will be equal to 6.8 pounds. @ inrepeated sampling, 95% of the time the true population mean of fish weight will be captured inthe constructed interval. (2) We are 95 percent confident that all the fish weigh Jess than 8 pounds in this lake. 11. Aresearcheris interested in determining the mean energy consumption of a new compact florescent light bulb. She takes a random sample of 41 bulbs and determines that the mean consumption is 1.3 watts per hour with a standard deviation of 0.7. When constructing a 97% confidence interval, which would be the most appropriate value of the critical valle? é * A) 1936 azul € 8) 2.072 % 2s ® 2250 b) 2.704 921 €) 2.807 ae e4o = 9.050 TavTC-015. 4°Free Response Questions 1. An SRS of 1000 voters finds that 57% believe that competence is more important than character in voting for President of the United States. ‘A) Determine and interpret a 95% confidence interval estimate for the percentage of voters who be feve competence is more important than Character. Gyhand: =1000 Calculator: 6357 cL= as, G=1080 ZX=[Link] C-Level = +95 Sef> \CSTE. , h=.57 ‘ 1220 i Joan my catevlator, T per formal C= 6741.46 (0157) a tieprepi cam Z-\nterval (,53493,.600T13) _) (.$3439, .4ooes) **°* Tams conSident that +he tue population proportion o£ voters wha believe Competence 5 more important then Character is betwee 53.482% and [Link].. Conditions ! OAs stated, this io anS@S @ 10006.5P 210 1000443) 210 $10210 420210 tooo < 7, N F-10000. We can assume Thete are atl. hat there ATE at least IoDo voters — ERE AGA least 1O successes 2. You want to estimate the mean amount spent by customers at a local gas station ‘with 98% confidence and a margin of error of no more than $2. Preliminary data suggests that o = $5.10 is a reasonable estimate for the standard deviation of customers. How large a sample do you need? CL=IG/, a.3ab( S12 40 Me=o axab | aaalo O=5.l0 24= 0.326 mS = 6851845 JA SIO 1 9184S 1 1954845 "851845 3 (5.431308) 4 WA) [Link]@en You must survey oc least 3b customers.3, Considerable research is being done in bioremedication ~ the use of living organisms to clean up pollution. in @ recently conducted experiment, researchers used fungl to degrade hydrocarbons, the by-products of incomplete combustion of fossil fuels. The by-products can cause cancer, and their accumulations in water and soil poses an environmental hazard. In order to be cost-effective, a minimum of 1.00 micromoles/gram of soil of a particular hydrocarbon must be degraded. The researchers added fungi and growth media (essentially sugar) to the soil in 9 containers with random samples of soll and obtained the following degradation rates in micromoles/min/gram: 083 ‘osT 1.00 1.08, 1.08. 1.09 110 123) 1.36 A) Construct and interpret a 90% confidence interval for the mean degradation rate. Can the researchers be confident that this process will be cost-effective? by-hands = 4 Calevlatoc Xz | Ole Xzh07 Sx 61577 S$x#.167) ake % n=4 4% = 1. $60 e220 671 using ry calevlator Tperformed 5Ex=- = oe Yr ~ 10506 a Tounterval test CI = 1.07162 1. 860.0586) (49774, 1.1733) (.479 14, 1.173 826) jo En a Lam 10%. confident thot the average mean degradation oe 1S between V1 Bbo4and ANTS S3bo mmcromoles |g ran. 9ice-some ofthe uterval 1s below\.Co , we cannot becanfident that +e degradation Fare is Areater than OO, so the methods May Mot becost effectve. Conditions. T) As stated. this is anSRS-—- @Whea the data was graphed, it was pean Normal and Wad no outers. @® G4 1N710 We can assome that there are at least I soil samples.