Chapter 9: Q .1. (page 563)
No homework? Mr. Tabor believes that less than of the students at his school completed their math homework last night. The math teachers inspect the homework assignments from a random sample of students at the school.
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Chapter 9: Q .1. (page 563)
No homework? Mr. Tabor believes that less than of the students at his school completed their math homework last night. The math teachers inspect the homework assignments from a random sample of students at the school.
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No homework? Refer to Exercise 1. The math teachers inspect the
homework assignments from a random sample of 50 students at the school. Only 68% of the students completed their math homework. A significance test yields a P-value of 0.1265.
a. Explain what it would mean for the null hypothesis to be true in this setting.
b. Interpret the P-value.
Don’t argue Refer to Exercises 2 and 12.
a. What conclusion would you make at the level?
b. Would your conclusion from part (a) change if a significance level was used
instead? Explain your reasoning.
Home computersRefer to Exercise 35.
a. Explain why the sample result gives some evidence for the alternative hypothesis.
b. Calculate the standardized test statistic and -value.
c. What conclusion would you make?
More lefties?In the population of people in the United States, about 10% are left-handed. After bumping elbows at lunch with several left-handed students, Simon wondered if more than of students at his school are left-handed. To investigate, he selected an SRS of students and found lefties .
To determine if these data provide convincing evidence that more than of the students at Simon’s school are left-handed, trials of a simulation were conducted. Each dot in the graph shows the proportion of students that are left-handed in a random sample of students, assuming that each student has a chance of being left handed.
a. State appropriate hypotheses for performing a significance test. Be sure to define the parameter of interest.
b. Use the simulation results to estimate the P-value of the test in part (a). Interpret the -value.
c. What conclusion would you make?
Better parking A local high school makes a change that should improve student
satisfaction with the parking situation. Before the change, of the school’s students approved of the parking that was provided. After the change, the principal surveys an SRS of from the more than students at the school. In all, students say that they approve of the new parking arrangement. The principal cites this as evidence that the change was effective.
a. Describe a Type I error and a Type II error in this setting, and give a possible
consequence of each.
b. Is there convincing evidence that the principal’s claim is true?
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