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2 a. How many hypotheses are used for each experiment?


b. What name do they go by?
c. Which one are we actually testing?

Two hypotheses are used for each experiment.

They go by null hypotheses and alternate hypotheses.

We test the null hypotheses.

4. When do you reject the null hypothesis?

Reject the null hypothesis when the p-value is less than or equal to your significance level

6. The National Institute of Mental Health published an article stating that in any one-year period,
approximately 9.5 percent of American adults suffer from depression or a depressive illness. Suppose
that in a survey of 100 people in a certain town, seven of them suffered from depression or a depressive
illness. If you were conducting a hypothesis test to determine if the true proportion of people in that
town suffering from depression or a depressive illness is lower than the percent in the general adult
American population, what would the null and alternative hypotheses be?

H0: Pu= 0.095 (sample proportion of American People suffering from depression or depressive illness is
same as population proportion)

H1: Pu< 0.095 (Sample proportion of American People suffering from depression or depressive illness is
lower than the population mean)

8. a. Assume H0: μ = 9 and Ha: μ < 9. Is this a left-tailed, right-tailed, or two-tailed test?
b. Assume H0: μ ≤ 6 and Ha: μ > 6. Is this a left-tailed, right-tailed, or two-tailed test?
c. Assume H0: p = 0.25 and Ha: p ≠ 0.25. Is this a left-tailed, right-tailed, or two-tailed test?

10. Indicate which of the following hypotheses are one or two tailed and if one tailed, indicate which
side of the graph the tail would be found:
a. Having a pet reduces high blood pressure left tailed
b. Giving people more office space will modify their work habits two tailed
c. People who are taller make more money right tailed
d. Drinking coffee will affect a person heart rate two tailed
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12. A statistics instructor believes that fewer than 20% of Evergreen Valley College (EVC) students
attended the opening night midnight showing of the latest Harry Potter movie. She surveys 84 of her
students and finds that 11 attended the midnight showing. An appropriate alternative hypothesis is:

1. p = 0.20

2. p > 0.20

3. p < 0.20

4. p ≤ 0.20

14. When a new drug is created, the pharmaceutical company must subject it to testing before receiving
the necessary permission from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the drug. Suppose the
null hypothesis is “the drug is unsafe.” What is the Type II Error?

a. To conclude the drug is safe when in, fact, it is unsafe.

b. Not to conclude the drug is safe when, in fact, it is safe.

c. To conclude the drug is safe when, in fact, it is safe.

d. Not to conclude the drug is unsafe when, in fact, it is unsafe

16. A group of doctors is deciding whether or not to perform an operation. Suppose the null
hypothesis, H0, is: the surgical procedure will go well. Which is the error with the greater consequence?

Type 1 Error

18. Draw a normal curve and label it with the following items for a one-tailed hypothesis
a. Alpha level of .05
b. The critical area
c. p-value of .03
d. Is this p-value significant or not for this example?
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20. The probability of winning the grand prize at a particular carnival game is 0.005. Michele wins the
grand prize. Is this considered a rare or common event? Why?

As per probability of winning 0.005, it can conclude that the probability of losing is 0.995. In other
words, it can say that there is 99.5% chances to loose in the game and 0.5% chances to winning the
game. Hence, if Michael wins the grand prize then it can be considered as rare event

22. The mean age of graduate students at a University is at most 31 years with a standard deviation of 2
years. A random sample of 15 graduate students is taken. The sample mean is 32 years and the sample
standard deviation is 3 years. Are the data significant at the 1% level?

a. State the null and alternative hypotheses


b. Perform z score and find p-value
c. Perform Cohen's d equation
d. State answer
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Winning a carnival game with a 0.5% probability of success is considered rare because it reflects a very low likelihood (0.005 probability), indicating a highly infrequent event compared to the 99.5% probability of losing .

The more serious error, in this case, is a Type I error, which involves concluding that the surgical procedure will not go well when, in fact, it would have .

The null hypothesis is rejected when the calculated p-value is less than or equal to the significance level specified for the test. This indicates sufficient evidence to favor the alternative hypothesis .

The sample data may be considered significant because the sample mean of 32 years is greater than the population mean of at most 31 years, thus suggesting that the sample mean differs from the expected population mean. A statistical test, such as a z-score or p-value assessment, is necessary to confirm significance, requiring rejection of the null hypothesis if the p-value is below the 1% significance threshold .

This scenario is identified as a two-tailed test because the alternative hypothesis Ha indicates that the parameter p could be either less than or greater than the value specified in the null hypothesis H0, which covers both directions from the midpoint .

Yes, the p-value is significant in this context because it is less than the alpha level of 0.05, indicating that the result is statistically significant and sufficient to reject the null hypothesis .

A Type II error occurs if the decision is not to conclude that the drug is unsafe when, in fact, it is actually unsafe. Essentially, it means failing to reject a false null hypothesis .

This setup describes a left-tailed test since the alternative hypothesis specifies that the parameter is less than the value specified in the null hypothesis .

The null hypothesis (H0) is that the sample proportion of people suffering from depression or depressive illness in the town is the same as the population proportion, expressed as Pu = 0.095. The alternative hypothesis (H1) is that the sample proportion is lower than the population mean, expressed as Pu < 0.095 .

The appropriate alternative hypothesis, in this case, is that the proportion p of students who attended the midnight showing is less than 0.20, expressed as p < 0.20 .

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