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Name That Procedure

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Given a SRS of 20 male Verbal SAT scores and an SRS of 20 female Verbal SAT scores, give an estimate for the difference between male and female Verbal SAT scores

a)

One-Sample t-Interval on Matched Pairs

b)

Two-Sample t-Interval

c)

Two-Sample t-Test

d)

One-Sample t-Test on Matched Pairs

2.

Given random samples of 20 male Verbal SAT scores and 20 female Verbal SAT scores, is there evidence of a difference between male and female Verbal SAT scores?

a)

Two-Sample t-Test

b)

Two-Sample t-Interval

c)

One-Sample t-Test

d)

One-Proportion z-Test

3.

Given an SRS of 25 males SAT scores (Math and Verbal), is there evidence that males score higher on the Math SAT than on the Verbal SAT?

a)

Two-Sample t-Test

b)

One-Sample t-Test on Matched Pairs

c)

One-Sample t-Interval on Matched Pairs

d)

Two-Proportion z-Test

4.

Given an SRS of 30 math scores, what is an estimate of the true proportion of students in this population that score over 650 in math?

a)

One-Proprtion z-Test

b)

One-Proportion z-Interval

c)

One-Sample t-Interval

d)

One-Sample t-Interal on Matched Pairs

5.

Given an SRS of 15 female verbal scores, is there evidence that the females at this school have verbal scores higher, on average, than the national average of 520?

a)

One-Proportion z-Test

b)

One-Proprotion z-Interval

c)

One-Sample t-Test

d)

One-Sample t-Interval

6.

Given SRS’s of 20 male and 20 female verbal scores. It is thought that a higher proportion of females score above 650 in verbal than males. Is there evidence to support that belief?

a)

One-Proportion z-Test

b)

One-Sample t-Test

c)

Two-Proprotion z-Test

d)

Two-Sample t-Test

7.

Which are necessary conditions to perform a significance test for a population proportion? You may select more than one answer.

a)

Normal distribution of the population

b)

np10np\ge10 and nq10nq\ge10

c)

SRS from the population

d)

A sample size of at least 15

e)

A sample size that is less than 10% of the population size

8.

I am given the mean and standard deviation of a sample and I am asked to construct a 95% confidence interval for a population mean. Which of the following do I need to know before proceeding? You may select more than one answer.

a)

The sample size

b)

The shape of the distribution of the sample

c)

p-hat

d)

The true mean

e)

The Margin of Error

9.

Given an SRS of 20 math scores. Do we have reason to believe that the true proportion of students who score below 600 in math is not 50%?

a)

One-Proportion z-Test

b)

One-Sample t-Test

c)

One-Sample t-Test on Matched Pairs

d)

Two-Proportion z-Test

10.

Given SRS’s of 20 male and 20 female verbal scores, can you estimate the true difference in the mean verbal scores of males and females in this school?

a)

Two-Proportion z-Interval

b)

Two-Sample t-Interval

c)

One-Sample t-Interval on Matched Pairs

d)

One-Proportion z-Interval

11.

Given an SRS of 30 male verbal scores, estimate the true mean verbal score for males in this population.

a)

One-Sample t-Test

b)

One-Sample t-Interval

c)

One-Sample t-Interval for Matched Pairs

d)

One Proportion z-Interval

12.

Which is a necessary condition before constructing a Two-Sample t-Interval for the difference between population means?

a)

Two Independent Random Samples

b)

A randomized matched-pairs experiment

c)

 np10np\ge10  and  nq10nq\ge10  

d)

Samples of equal size

13.

Which of the following best describes a Type I error?

a)

The null is true, but we mistakenly reject it.

b)

The null is false and we reject it.

c)

The null is false, but we fail to reject it.

d)

The null is true but we fail to reject it.

e)

The null is true, and we fail to reject it.

14.
To test a claim about a mean, when the population standard deviation is unknown we use:
a)
z procedures
b)
Pythagorean Theorem
c)
t procedures
d)
np > 10 and n(1-p) > 10
15.

The null hypothesis is represented by:

a)

Ha

b)

Ho

c)

t*

d)

HP

e)

μ

16.
A random sample of 49 medical doctors in LA showed that they worked an average of 53.1 hours/week with a standard deviation of 7.2 hours/week. If the California average is 60 hours/week, does this give evidence that the LA doctors work significantly less than the rest of California?
a)
One-Sample T Test for a Mean
b)
One-Sample Z Test for a Mean
c)
One-Sample T Test for a Proportion 
d)
One-Sample Z Test for a Proportion
17.
White blood cell counts are normally distributed with mean 7500 and variance 500. If a patient has taken 50 laboratory blood tests that have a mean of 6899.75 and a standard deviation of 393.44, does this give evidence that his white blood cell count is significantly different than normal?
a)
One-Sample T Test for a Mean
b)
One-Sample Z Test for a Proportion
c)
One-Sample Z Test for a Mean
d)
One-Sample T Test for a Proportion
18.
USA Today reported that in 1992, 39% of all elementary school children claimed that when they grow up they want to do something to help other people. However, in 1995, 128 of a random sample of 317 of these same children claimed that when they grow up they want to do something to help other people. Does this information indicate that there has been an attitude change either way?
a)
One-Sample Z Test for a Proportion
b)
Two-Sample Z Test for the Difference in Proportions
c)
One-Sample T Test for a Mean
d)
Two-Sample T Test for the Difference in Means
19.
The manager of a sporting goods store offered a bonus commission to his salespeople when they sold moregoods. A new manager dropped the bonus system. For a random sample of six sales people, the weeklysales (in thousands of dollars) are shown in the following table with and without the bonus system
Salesperson  1 2 3 4 5 6
with bonus 2.9 3.0 5.8 4.4 5.3 5.6
w/o bonus 2.8 2.5 5.9 3.5 4.6 4.6
difference 0.1 0.5 -0.1 0.9 0.7 1.0
a)
Matched-Pairs T Test for a Mean
b)
One-Sample T Test for a Mean
c)
Two-Sample T Test for the Difference in Means
20.
The following is based on information taken from Winter Wind Studies in Rocky Mountain National Park, by Glidden. At five weather stations on Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park, the peak wind gusts (mi/hr) in January and April are recorded below:
Weather station 1 2 3 4 5
January 139 122 126 64 78
April 104 113 100 88 61
Difference 35 9 26 -24 17
Does this information indicate that the peak wind gusts are higher in January than April?
a)
Two-Sample T Test for the Difference in
b)
Matched-Pairs T Test for a Mean
c)
One-Sample T Test for a Mean
21.
In 1975, a random sample of 1484 adult U.S. citizens was surveyed, and 193 strongly agreed with the statement, "People should take care of themselves". Then, in 1991, a survey of 1013 adult U.S. citizens showed that only 61 strongly agreed with the statement. Does this indicate that the proportion of U.S.adults who strongly agree with the given statement has dropped?
a)
Two-Sample Z Test for the Difference in Proportions
b)
Two-Sample T Test for the Difference in Means
c)
Matched Pairs T Test for a Mean
d)
One-Sample T Test for a Mean
22.
To compare 2 dog-training programs, an obedience school trained 43 dogs using Program A and 41 dogs using Program B. For Program A, the average number of training hours required was 24.8 with a standard deviation of 3.1 hours. For Program B, the mean was 22.9 hours with a standard deviation of 3.3 hours. Is there a significant difference between the two programs?
a)
One-Sample Z Test for a Proportion
b)
One-Sample Z Test for a Mean
c)
Two-Sample T Test for the Difference in Means
d)
Two-Sample Z Test for the Difference in Means
23.
The manufacturer of a particular brand of microwave popcorn claims that only 2 percent of its kernels of corn fail to pop. A competitor, believing that the actual percentage is larger, tests 2,000 kernels and finds that 44 failed to pop. Do these results provide sufficient evidence to support the competitor's belief?
a)
One-Sample Z Test for a Proportion
b)
One-Sample T Test for a Mean
c)
Two-Sample Z Test for a Proportion
d)
Matched-Pairs T Test for a Mean
24.
Dannon is supposed to put 29.6 grams of fruit in their fruit-flavored yogurt. To see if enough fruit is being placed in cups of fruit-flavored yogurt, a quality inspector measured the amount in 27 containers.She found an average of 28.9 grams of fruit and standard deviation of 2.8 grams. Does this show that there is probably enough yogurt in the cups?
a)
One-Sample T Test for a Mean
b)
One-Sample Z Test for a Proportion
c)
Matched-Pairs T Test for a Mean
d)
Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Test
25.
A leading auto manufacturer claimed that a popular version of its minivan was available in the Midwest foran average price or $16,000 with a standard deviation of $800. A consumer group doubted that report andsurveyed 50 recent purchasers of the minivan to dispute the manufacturer's claim. They came up with anaverage of $16,277. Does this show that the manufacturer is making a false claim?
a)
One-Sample Z Test for a Mean
b)
Matched-Pairs T Test for a Mean
c)
Two-Sample T Test for the Difference in Means
d)
One-Sample Z Test for a Proportion