The ideal (daytime) noise-level for hospitals is 45
decibels with a standard deviation of 12 db; which is to say,
this may not be true. A simple random sample of 75
hospitals at a moment during the day gives a mean noise level of 47
db. Assume that the standard deviation of noise level for all
hospitals is really 12 db. All answers to two places after the
decimal.
(a) A 99% confidence interval for the actual mean noise level in
hospitals is db, db).
(b) We can be 90% confident that the actual mean noise level in hospitals is db with a margin of error of db.
(c) Unless our sample (of 81 hospitals) is among the most unusual 2% of samples, the actual mean noise level in hospitals is between db and db.
(d) A 99.9% confidence interval for the actual mean noise level in hospitals is db, db).
(e) Assuming our sample of hospitals is among the most typical half of such samples, the actual mean noise level in hospitals is between db and db.
(f) We are 95% confident that the actual mean noise level in hospitals is db, with a margin of error of db.
(g) How many hospitals must we examine to have 95% confidence that we have the margin of error to within 0.5 db?
(h) How many hospitals must we examine to have 99.9% confidence
that we have the margin of error to within 0.5 db?
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I am having trouble differentiating these. Can someone provide steps for these? I only need 1-3, 4 is always rejecting or failing to reject null.
- Hypothesis testing (4 steps) for comparing variances when sample sizes are equal.
- Hypothesis testing (4 steps) for comparing variances when sample sizes are not equal.
- Hypothesis testing (4 steps) with the independent-measures t statistic (variances assumed unequal). Be able to compute effect size using r^2.
Thank you :)
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According to the National Automobile Dealers Assoc., 75% of U.S. car dealers' profits comes from repairs and parts sold. However, many of the dealerships' service departments aren't open evenings or weekends. The percentage of dealerships opened during the evenings and weekends are as follows:
| Time Dealerships are Open | Percentage of Dealerships | |||||||
| Weekends but not evenings | 36.4 | |||||||
| Evenings but not weekends | 14.1 | |||||||
| Both evenings and weekends | 12.8 | |||||||
| a. Are the listed times mutually exclusive? | ||||||||||
| b. What is the probability that a car dealership selected at random is not open in the | ||||||||||
| evenings or on the weekends? | ||||||||||
| c. Suppose two car dealerships, say, Dealership A and Dealership B, are each selected at | ||||||||||
| random from car dealerships in the United States. What is the probability that both are open | ||||||||||
| in the evenings but not on the weekends, or that both are open on the weekends but not in | ||||||||||
| the evenings? | ||||||||||
| d. For the two dealerships in part c, what is the probability that Dealership A is open in the | ||||||||||
| evenings but not on the weekends, and Dealership B is open on the weekends but not in the | ||||||||||
| evenings? | ||||||||||
| e. For the two dealerships in part c, what is the probability that one of them is open in the | ||||||||||
| evenings but not on the weekends, and that the other is open on the weekends but not in the | ||||||||||
| evenings? |
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Suppose a random sample of size 59 is selected from a population with σ = 10. Find the value of the standard error of the mean in each of the following cases (use the finite population correction factor if appropriate).
a. The population size is infinite (to 2 decimals).
b. The population size is N = 50,000 (to 2 decimals).
c. The population size is N = 5000 (to 2 decimals).
d. The population size is N = 500 (to 2 decimals).
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Two plots at Rothamsted Experimental Station were studied for production of wheat straw. For a random sample of years, the annual wheat straw production (in pounds) from one plot was as follows.
| 6.40 | 6.89 | 6.82 | 6.05 | 7.31 | 7.18 |
| 7.06 | 5.79 | 6.24 | 5.91 | 6.14 |
Use a calculator to verify that, for this plot, the sample
variance is s2 ≈ 0.294.
Another random sample of years for a second plot gave the following
annual wheat production (in pounds).
| 7.94 | 6.05 | 5.84 | 7.59 | 7.22 | 5.58 | 5.47 | 5.86 |
Use a calculator to verify that the sample variance for this
plot is s2 ≈ 0.959.
Test the claim that there is a difference (either way) in the
population variance of wheat straw production for these two plots.
Use a 5% level of signifcance.
(a) What is the level of significance?
State the null and alternate hypotheses.
Ho: σ12 = σ22; H1: σ12 > σ22Ho: σ12 > σ22; H1: σ12 = σ22 Ho: σ22 = σ12; H1: σ22 > σ12Ho: σ12 = σ22; H1: σ12 ≠ σ22
(b) Find the value of the sample F statistic. (Use 2
decimal places.)
What are the degrees of freedom?
| dfN | |
| dfD |
What assumptions are you making about the original distribution?
The populations follow independent chi-square distributions. We have random samples from each population.The populations follow independent normal distributions. We have random samples from each population. The populations follow independent normal distributions.The populations follow dependent normal distributions. We have random samples from each population.
(c) Find or estimate the P-value of the sample test
statistic. (Use 4 decimal places.)
p-value > 0.2000.100 < p-value < 0.200 0.050 < p-value < 0.1000.020 < p-value < 0.0500.002 < p-value < 0.020p-value < 0.002
(d) Based on your answers in parts (a) to (c), will you reject or
fail to reject the null hypothesis?
At the α = 0.05 level, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are not statistically significant.At the α = 0.05 level, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are statistically significant. At the α = 0.05 level, we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are not statistically significant.At the α = 0.05 level, we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are statistically significant.
(e) Interpret your conclusion in the context of the
application.
Fail to reject the null hypothesis, there is sufficient evidence that the variance in annual wheat production differs between the two plots.Reject the null hypothesis, there is insufficient evidence that the variance in annual wheat production differs between the two plots. Reject the null hypothesis, there is sufficient evidence that the variance in annual wheat production differs between the two plots.Fail to reject the null hypothesis, there is insufficient evidence that the variance in annual wheat production differs between the two plots.
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Question 14 Consider the following sample of 11 length-of-stay values (measured in days): 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 7 Now suppose that due to new technology you are able to reduce the length of stay at your hospital to a fraction 0.5 of the original values. Thus, your new sample is given by .5, .5, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2.5, 3.5 Given that the standard deviation in the original sample was 1.7, in the new sample the standard deviation is _._. (Truncate after the first decimal.)
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A furniture store has maintained monthly sales records for the past 20 months, with the results shown below.
|
Month |
Sales |
|
1 |
2360 |
|
2 |
1820 |
|
3 |
1760 |
|
4 |
1560 |
|
5 |
1950 |
|
6 |
1950 |
|
7 |
3360 |
|
8 |
1740 |
|
9 |
3780 |
|
10 |
2400 |
|
11 |
2160 |
|
12 |
2760 |
|
13 |
3570 |
|
14 |
2820 |
|
15 |
2800 |
|
16 |
1890 |
|
17 |
2500 |
|
18 |
3630 |
|
19 |
2530 |
|
20 |
3270 |
Assume you have determined there is NO SEASONALITY in this time series. Therefore, you want to fit a linear trend model (that is, trend only) to the data.
Calculate the linear trend equation. (Round coefficients to the nearest whole number.)
y= _+ _ * t
nothing*t
What are the test statistic and p-value to test for a significant trend. Round both to two decimal places.
T =
p-value =
Is the trend significant using a 10% significance level?
Yes
No
What is the value of R-squared? (Round to two decimals.)
Forecast the sales for the next month (t = 21). (Round to the nearest whole number.)
Upper F21=?
Based on the R-squared value, how confident are you in this forecast? (That is, how accurate do you think the forecasts will be?)
A.
Not confident at all because the R-squared value is so low
B.
Very confident because the R-squared value is high
C.
Somewhat confident because the R-squared value is moderate (not extremely high but not extemely low)
Click to select your answer(s).
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A particular report included the following table classifying 712 fatal bicycle accidents according to time of day the accident occurred.
| Time of Day | Number of Accidents |
|---|---|
| Midnight to 3 a.m. | 36 |
| 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. | 29 |
| 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. | 65 |
| 9 a.m. to Noon | 75 |
| Noon to 3 p.m. | 97 |
| 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. | 128 |
| 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. | 167 |
| 9 p.m. to Midnight | 115 |
(a) Assume it is reasonable to regard the 712 bicycle accidents summarized in the table as a random sample of fatal bicycle accidents in that year. Do these data support the hypothesis that fatal bicycle accidents are not equally likely to occur in each of the 3-hour time periods used to construct the table? Test the relevant hypotheses using a significance level of .05. (Round your χ2 value to two decimal places, and round your P-value to three decimal places.)
| χ2 | = | |
| P-value | = |
What can you conclude?
There is sufficient evidence to reject H0. There is insufficient evidence to reject H0.
(b) Suppose a safety office proposes that bicycle fatalities are
twice as likely to occur between noon and midnight as during
midnight to noon and suggests the following hypothesis:
H0: p1 = 1/3,
p2 = 2/3, where p1 is the
proportion of accidents occurring between midnight and noon and
p2 is the proportion occurring between noon and
midnight. Do the given data provide evidence against this
hypothesis, or are the data consistent with it? Justify your answer
with an appropriate test. (Hint: Use the data to construct a
one-way table with just two time categories. Use α = 0.05.
Round your χ2 value to two decimal places, and
round your P-value to three decimal places.)
| χ2 | = | |
| P-value | = |
What can you conclude?
There is sufficient evidence to reject H0. There is insufficient evidence to reject H0.
You may need to use the appropriate table in Appendix A to answer
this question.
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ou are given the sample mean and the population standard deviation. Use this information to construct the 90% and 95% confidence intervals for the population mean. Which interval is wider? If convenient, use technology to construct the confidence intervals.
A random sample of
3939
gas grills has a mean price of
$632.10632.10.
Assume the population standard deviation is
$55.6055.60.
The 90% confidence interval is (____,___)
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Males in the Netherlands are the tallest, on average, in the world with an average height of 183 centimeters (cm) (BBC News website). Assume that the height of men in the Netherlands is normally distributed with a mean of 183 cm and standard deviation of 10.5 cm.
a.What is the probability that a Dutch male is shorter than 175 cm?
b.What is the probability that a Dutch male is taller than 195 cm?
c.What is the probability that a Dutch male is between 173 and 193 cm?
d.Out of a random sample of 1000 Dutch men, how many would we expect to be taller than 190 cm?
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Suppose you are interested in bidding on a parcel of land and you know that one other bidder is interested. The seller has announced that the highest bid will be accepted. The other competitor’s bidding price for the land will vary evenly from $72,000 to $85,500.
Let B be the competitor’s bid for the parcel of land. What are the distribution and parameter(s) of B?
What is expected value and standard deviation of the competitor’s bid?
What is the probability that the competitor’s bid will be less than $80,000?
What values mark the middle 50% of the competitor’s bids?
You and the competitor each put in a sealed bid (i.e. you do not know the competitor’s bid and he does not know yours). Suppose that you bid $79,000. What is the probability that your bid will be accepted? (i.e. that yours will be higher than the competitor.)
The competitor has hinted that he will not go higher than $82,750. What is the probability that his actual bid is above $80,200?
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Directions: Use the following information to complete the assignment. While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
A researcher randomly assigns 33 subjects to one of three groups. Group 1 receives technical dietary information interactively from an on-line website. Group 2 receives the same information from a nurse practitioner, while Group 3 receives the information from a video tape made by the same nurse practitioner.
The researcher looked at three different ratings of the presentation; difficulty, usefulness, and importance to determine if there is a difference in the modes of presentation. In particular, the researcher is interested in whether the interactive website is superior because that is the most cost-effective way of delivering the information.
|
Group |
Usefulness |
Difficulty |
Importance |
|
1 |
20 |
5 |
18 |
|
1 |
25 |
9 |
8 |
|
1 |
23 |
15 |
20 |
|
1 |
16 |
9 |
22 |
|
1 |
20 |
6 |
22 |
|
1 |
28 |
14 |
8 |
|
1 |
20 |
6 |
13 |
|
1 |
25 |
8 |
13 |
|
1 |
24 |
10 |
24 |
|
1 |
18 |
10 |
20 |
|
1 |
17 |
9 |
4 |
|
2 |
28 |
7 |
14 |
|
2 |
25 |
14 |
5 |
|
2 |
26 |
9 |
20 |
|
2 |
19 |
15 |
22 |
|
2 |
29 |
14 |
12 |
|
2 |
15 |
6 |
2 |
|
2 |
29 |
10 |
5 |
|
2 |
26 |
11 |
1 |
|
2 |
22 |
5 |
2 |
|
2 |
15 |
15 |
14 |
|
2 |
29 |
6 |
4 |
|
2 |
15 |
6 |
3 |
|
3 |
22 |
8 |
12 |
|
3 |
27 |
9 |
14 |
|
3 |
21 |
10 |
7 |
|
3 |
17 |
9 |
1 |
|
3 |
16 |
7 |
12 |
|
3 |
19 |
9 |
7 |
|
3 |
23 |
10 |
1 |
|
3 |
27 |
9 |
5 |
|
3 |
23 |
9 |
6 |
|
3 |
16 |
14 |
22 |
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According to a Field Poll conducted, 79% of adults (actual results are 400 out of 506 surveyed) feel that "education and our schools" is one of the top issues facing the state. We wish to construct a 90% confidence interval for the true proportion of adults who feel that education and the schools is one of the top issues facing the state. Find a 90% confidence interval for the population proportion. Round your answers to three decimal places.
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An email was randomly sent out to 150 people of various ages. I believe that more than 15% of the people being asked support the "Brand X" motorcycle. The people were asked: Out of the brands listed below, what is your preferred brand of motorcycle. Please reply with the alpha number in the subject line.
A) Honda
B)Yamaha
C) Indian
D) Harley Davidson
E) Kawasaki
F) Ducati
Results:
*Successes (x) (i.e. in for of Brand “X” = D = Harley Davidson) = 31 in favor of
*Sample size (n) = 150
SOLVE: (State hypothesis, Z-stat, rejection region, P-Value, Classic approach, reasoning)
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