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Question 2 (16 points) Question 2 options: David Lane: Page 365 Exercise 15 You take a sample of 22 from a population of test scores. The mean of your sample is 60. The population standard deviation is 10. What is the point estimate for the population mean? Enter answer as integer. What is the 99% confidence interval for the population mean? Enter the lower number of the confidence interval for the first number and the upper number of the confidence interval for the second number. Enter each number rounded to 2 decimal places. Assume you do not know the population standard deviation. The sample standard deviation is 10. What is the new 99% confidence interval on the mean? Enter the lower number of the confidence interval for the first number and the upper number of the confidence interval for the second number. Enter each answer rounded to 2 decimal places. What distribution did you use when computing the first confidence interval? a The Normal distribution b The t distribution c The Uniform distribution d Neither of the above distributions What is the degrees of freedom for calculating the confidence interval? Enter 0 if the question is no applicable for the distribution being used. What distribution did you use when computing the second confidence interval? a The Normal distribution b The t distribution c The Uniform distribution d Neither of the above distributions What is the degrees of freedom for calculating the confidence interval? Enter 0 if the question is not applicable for the distribution being used. Question 3 (16 points) Question 3 options: David Lane: Page 365 Exercise 12 A person claims to be able to predict the outcome of flipping a coin. The person is correct 16/25 times. What is the point estimate for the proportion of times the person predicted the coin flips correctly? Enter answer as a fraction or a decimal with 2 decimal places with a zero to the left of the decimal point. Do not enter your answer in percent. What is the sample size for calculating a confidence interval for the proportion of heads demonstrated based upon the reported data? Enter answer as an integer. Compute a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of times the person predicted the coin flips correctly. Enter the lower number and the upper number for the confidence interval with the lower number first. Enter answer as a decimal with 3 decimal places with a zero to the left of the decimal point. Do not enter your answer in percent. What conclusion can you draw from the confidence interval about the ability of the person to predict the outcome of a coin flip? Select the correct answer and enter the letter that is associated with that answer. a Based upon the data, the calculated conference interval supports the claim that the person flipping the coins can predict the outcomes. b Based upon the data, the calculated conference interval does not support the claim that the person flipping the coins can predict the outcomes. c There is insufficient information to draw any conclusion from the experimental results What number must the lower number in the confidence interval exceed in order for the confidence interval to support the claim of being able to predict the outcome of flipping a coin? Enter answer as a decimal to 1 decimal place with a 0 to the left of the decimal point. Question 4 (18 points) Question 4 options: Illowsky: Page 457 Exercise 130 On May 23, 2013, Gallup reported that of the 1,005 people surveyed, 76% of U.S. workers believe that they will continue working past retirement age. The confidence level for this study was reported at 95% with a ±3% margin of error. What is the estimated proportion of U.S. workers that believe that they will continue working past retirement age?. What is the sample size that was used to determine the confidence interval? Enter the values of the 2 variables in the same order in which they are asked. Enter answer for the proportion as a decimal to 2 decimal places with a 0 to the left of the decimal point. Enter the sample size as an integer. Which distribution should you use for this problem? Select the correct distribution and enter the appropriate letter. a Uniform distribution b Normal distribution c t distribution d Chi Sq distribution Enter the degrees of freedom (dF) for this problem. If asking for the numerical value of the degrees of freedom (dF) for this problem is an inappropriate question ender the number 0 Enter the answers for the 2 questions being asked in the same order in which they were asked. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of U.S. workers that believe that they will continue working past retirement age. Enter answer to 2 decimal places with a 0 to the left of the decimal point. Enter the lower number of the confidence interval first followed by the upper number. What is meant by the term “95% confident†when constructing a confidence interval for a proportion? a If we took repeated samples, approximately 95% of the samples would produce the same confidence interval. b If we took repeated samples, approximately 95% of the confidence intervals would contain the true value of the population proportion. c If we took repeated samples, approximately 95% of the confidence intervals would contain the sample proportion. d If we took repeated samples, the sample proportion would equal the population proportion in approximately 95% of the samples. Enter the correct answer by selecting the appropriate letter. Construct a 90% confidence interval for the proportion of U.S. workers that believe that they will continue working past retirement age. Enter answer to 2 decimal places with a 0 to the left of the decimal place. Enter answer to 2 decimal places with a 0 to the left of the decimal place. Enter the lower number of the confidence interval first followed by the upper number. [removed] [removed] Question 5 (16 points) Illowsky An article in the San Jose Mercury News stated that students in the California state university system take 4.5 years, on average, to finish their undergraduate degrees. Suppose you believe that the mean time is longer. You conduct a survey of 49 students and obtain a sample mean of 5.1 with a sample standard deviation of 1.2. Using the above data you perform a hypothesis test to test your hypothesis at a 1% significance level? Note: x ¯ is the sample average, typically referred to has xbar, an x with a horizontal line over it. . What is the null and alternate hypothesis for this hypothesis test? Question 5 options: Ho: x ¯= 4.5, Ha: x ¯> 4.5 Ho: μ ≥ 4.5, Ha: μ 4.75 Ho: μ = 4.5, Ha: μ > 4.5 Question 6 (18 points) Question 6 options: Illowsky Page 505 Ex 77. This is a continuation of Ex 77 in Illowsky An article in the San Jose Mercury News stated that students in the California state university system take 4.5 years, on average, to finish their undergraduate degrees. Suppose you believe that the mean time is longer. You conduct a survey of 49 students and obtain a sample mean of 5.1 with a sample standard deviation of 1.2 and then perform a hypothesis at a 1% significance level. To answer the above hypothesis test question, answer the following questions which follow the textbook procedure for performing a hypothesis test. Note: The null and alternate hypotheses for this question are the answers to the previous question. Critical value approach. What is the numerical value of α for this test? Enter answer as a decimal to 2 decimal places with a 0 to the left of the decimal point. What is the appropriate distribution for performing this test? a. z distribution b. t distribution c. Either distribution d. Neither. This question does not depend on knowing the appropriate distribution. Select and enter the appropriate letter. What is the critical value for the test statistic? Enter answer as a 3 place decimal (round answer to 3 decimal places) What is the numerical value of the test statistic? Enter answer as a 1 place decimal. What is your decision based upon performing the Hypothesis test? a There is insufficient evidence, based upon the data, to accept the alternate hypothesis. b There is sufficient evidence, based upon the data, to accept the alternate hypothesis. c It is not possible to make a decision (null or alternate), based upon the data. d A strong case could be made for either decision (null or alternate) based upon the data.

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The core of this assignment involves conducting multiple statistical analyses, including estimation of population parameters, constructing confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing based on sample data. These exercises demonstrate the application of statistical formulas and concepts such as the calculation of point estimates, confidence intervals with known and unknown population standard deviations, interpretation of confidence levels, and hypothesis testing procedures. The tasks span evaluating confidence intervals for population means with both known and unknown standard deviations, analyzing proportions from categorical data, and testing hypotheses about population means, emphasizing the critical importance of selecting appropriate distributions (normal or t-distribution), degrees of freedom, and significance levels in statistical inference.

Question 2

In Question 2, we analyze a sample of 22 test scores with a mean of 60, a population standard deviation of 10, and a sample standard deviation also of 10. The point estimate for the population mean is simply the sample mean, which is 60. For confidence intervals, the population standard deviation is known, so the appropriate distribution is the normal distribution.

Calculating the 99% confidence interval using the Z-distribution involves determining the z-score corresponding to the 99% confidence level, which is approximately 2.576. The margin of error (ME) is given by:

ME = z (σ/√n) = 2.576 (10/√22) ≈ 2.576 * 2.134 ≈ 5.505.

The confidence interval is thus:

Lower bound = 60 - 5.505 ≈ 54.50

Upper bound = 60 + 5.505 ≈ 65.51

Next, since the sample standard deviation is known but the population standard deviation is only known from the sample, if we use the sample standard deviation (10) and treat it as an estimate for σ, the confidence interval still employs the Z-distribution under the assumption that the population standard deviation is known. However, if the population standard deviation were unknown, we would switch to the t-distribution.

The degrees of freedom for the t-distribution in the second case are n - 1 = 21. Using the t-distribution for the confidence interval with unknown population standard deviation, the critical t-value for 99% confidence and df=21 is approximately 2.831.

Therefore, the confidence interval with the sample standard deviation becomes:

Margin of error: ME = t (s/√n) = 2.831 (10/√22) ≈ 2.831 * 2.134 ≈ 6.046.

Lower bound = 60 - 6.046 ≈ 53.95

Upper bound = 60 + 6.046 ≈ 66.05

The distributions used in the two cases are: a) The normal distribution for the first interval because the population standard deviation is known; b) the t distribution for the second interval since the population standard deviation is unknown and the sample standard deviation is used instead. Corresponding degrees of freedom for the second are 21.

Question 3

In Question 3, the point estimate for the proportion is the ratio of correct predictions to total predictions: 16/25 = 0.64. The sample size is 25. To construct a 95% confidence interval, we use the formula for the confidence interval of a proportion:

CI = p̂ ± Z * √(p̂(1 - p̂)/n)

Using Z = 1.96 for 95% confidence level:

Standard error (SE) = √(0.64 * 0.36 / 25) = √(0.2304 / 25) = √0.009216 ≈ 0.096.

Margin of error (ME) = 1.96 * 0.096 ≈ 0.188.

Lower bound = 0.64 - 0.188 ≈ 0.452

Upper bound = 0.64 + 0.188 ≈ 0.828

The confidence interval is approximately (0.452, 0.828). Since this interval includes 0.50, which indicates no predictive ability beyond chance, no strong evidence supports the person's ability to predict coin flips accurately. The lower number that supports the claim of prediction ability would need to exceed 0.5, meaning the interval should be entirely above 0.5.

Question 4

The estimated proportion of U.S. workers who believe they will work past retirement age is 76%, or 0.76 when expressed as a decimal. The sample size used to obtain this estimate was 1,005 respondents. The calculation aligns with the margin of error and confidence level provided, confirming the use of the normal distribution due to the large sample size.

The critical Z-value for a 95% confidence interval is approximately 1.96. The margin of error is 0.03 (3%), confirming the calculation of the confidence interval:

CI = 0.76 ± 0.03 = (0.73, 0.79)

This interval suggests that between 73% and 79% of U.S. workers believe they will work past retirement, with high confidence.

For the 90% confidence interval, the corresponding Z-value is approximately 1.645, giving a margin of error of 0.03, the same as before for the estimate, but note that for lower confidence, the interval widens slightly due to the lower Z-value.

The interpretation of "95% confident" in the context of proportions is that if we were to take many repeated samples, approximately 95% of the confidence intervals constructed from those samples would contain the true proportion of all U.S. workers who believe they will work past retirement age. This aligns with answer b.

Question 5 & 6

In Question 5, the null hypothesis posits that the mean time to complete undergraduate degrees is 4.5 years, while the alternative hypothesis suggests it is longer. Formally, the null hypothesis is H₀: μ = 4.5, and the alternative hypothesis is H₁: μ > 4.5, indicating a one-tailed test at the 1% significance level. Using the sample mean of 5.1 years, standard deviation of 1.2, and sample size of 49, we perform a t-test since the population standard deviation is unknown.

The null and alternative hypotheses are:

  • Ho: μ = 4.5
  • Ha: μ > 4.5

Calculating the t-statistic:

t = (x̄ - μ₀) / (s / √n) = (5.1 - 4.5) / (1.2 / √49) = 0.6 / (1.2 / 7) = 0.6 / 0.1714 ≈ 3.5.

Critical value for a one-tailed t-test at α = 0.01 with df = 48 is approximately 2.68. Since the calculated t-value exceeds this critical value, we reject the null hypothesis, indicating sufficient evidence that the average time is longer than 4.5 years.

In the hypothesis testing process, the p-value associated with t = 3.5 would be less than 0.01, reinforcing the conclusion to reject Ho.

These steps highlight the importance of selecting the correct test statistic, understanding distribution choices, and interpreting significance levels, critical for robust statistical inference.

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