AP Stat

2000 children were surveyed and the report that followed said, "With 98% confidence, between 20% and 50% of all parents make their children eat breakfast." What does 98% confidence mean in this situation?

• We can be 98% confident that the method used to get the intervals always gives the correct answer

• 98% of all parents will make their kids eat breakfast

• When used repeatedly, the method used to find the interval produces intervals which include the true proportion about 98% of the time

• The kids were 98% confident that they ate breakfast that day.

Mr. Reinecke wants to estimate the proportion of seniors who will go to college next year with 96% confidence and a margin of error of no more than 5%. What size sample does he need to take?

• 422

• 419

• 410

• 400

Mrs. Soto polled 1000 adults and estimated with 90% confidence that the proportion of adults who have dessert after dinner is .75. Ms. Libner thinks that 90% confidence isn't enough and wants to do a 95% confidence. How would a margin of error for 95% compare with a ME for 90% if the same sample size was used?

• It would be smaller because a higher confidence means a smaller MOE

• It would be larger because a higher confidence means a larger MOE

• It would be the same because the sample size is the same

• Won't be able to tell without knowing the true parameter

You want to calculate a 98% confidence interval for a population proportion with a sample of n = 20. What is the appropriate z*?

• 2.326

• 1.960

• 2.054

• 2.518

A survey of a random sample of 2500 adults who have a credit card found that 570 had a balance of $1000 or more on their credit card.

What would be the name of the confidence interval if constructed in this situation?

• 1 sample p interval for z

• 1 sample z interval for p

• 1 sample t interval for p

• 1 sample p interval for t

A survey of a random sample of 2500 adults who have a credit card found that 570 had a balance of $1000 or more on their credit card.

What would NOT be an condition we need to verify before constructing the interval?

• np̂ ≥ 10 and n(1-p̂) ≥ 10

• n ≥ 30

• 10% condition

• random sample

A survey of a random sample of 2500 adults who have a credit card found that 570 had a balance of $1000 or more on their credit card.

What would be the margin of error if you had a 99% confidence?

• 0.022

• 0.0046

• 0.008

• 0.016

A survey of a random sample of 2500 adults who have a credit card found that 570 had a balance of $1000 or more on their credit card.

What symbol would you use to describe the parameter?

• μ

• p

• p̂

• x̄

Why is it important to check the 10% condition before calculating probabilities involving x̄?

• To reduce the variability of the sampling distribution of x̄

• To ensure that the distribution of x̄ is approximately Normal

• To ensure that we can generalize the results to a larger population

• To ensure that x̄ will be an unbiased estimator of μ.

• To ensure that the observations in the sample are close to independent.

One reason for using a t distribution instead of the standard Normal curve to find critical values when calculating a level C confidence interval for a population mean is that

• z can be used only for large samples

• z requires that you know the population standard deviation

• z requires that you can regard your data as an SRS from the population

• z requires that the sample size is at most 10% of the population size

• a z critical value will lead to a wider interval than a t critical value