所屬科目:統計學
2. I take a random sample survey of size n from a population that has mean 80 and standard deviation20. How big should n be so that the sampling distribution of has standard deviation 1? (A)400 (B) 20 (C)Approximately 5 (D)Cannot be determined unless we know the population follows a normal distribution.
3. A researcher is interested in the size of the current balance of credit card holders. To estimate this, he obtains the size of the current balance of a random sample of 25 credit card holders. A 90% confidence interval for the mean current balance of credit card holders is found to be S662.72±$44.70. Which of the following would produce a contidence interval with a smaller margin of etror than this 90% confidence interval? (A)Obtain the balances of only five credit card holders rather than 25, because five are likely to be more uniform than 25. (B) Obtain the balances of 100 credit card holders rather than 25. (C)Computer a 99% confidence interval rather than a 90% confidence interval. The increase in confidence indicates that we have a better interval. (D)None of the above.
4. In a large city, the percent of total spending that households devote to housing is normally distributed, with mean u and standard deviation o= 9%. I select a simple random sample of four young households and determine the percent of their total spending that is devoted to housing. The four percentages are 33% 39% 32% 36% Based on these data, a 99% confidence interval forμis(A)35%±5.78%. (B)35%±8.82% (C)35%±11.59% (D)35%±23.18%
11. A small company conducted a survey of its employees to determine their attitudes towards a buyout of the company's stock. The company's 1,040 employees were asked whether they favored a buyout and when they were planning to retire. The data is shown in the accompanying table: Which of the following is true between events A and B? (A)A and B are independent of onc another. (B) A and B are mutually exclusive events. (C)A and B are complimentary events. (D)A and B are dependent events.
14. we never conclude "Accept HO" in a test of hypothesis. This is because: (A) α is the probability of a Type I error. (B) The rejection region is not known. (C)The p-value is not small enough. (D)β= p (type II error) is not known.
17. A study was commissioned to compare the housing costs of two growing cities. The goal of the study was to estimate the difference in the average housing costs (as measured in price per square foot) of the two cities. Two pilot samples were taken and yielded the following information: Use this information to determine how large the sample sizes must be in order to estimate the true difference in the average housing costs of the two cities to within $1.25. Assume that equal sample sizes are desired and a 95% reliability level is essential. (A)nl =n2 =76 (B) n1 =n2=84 (C)n1 =n2=119 (D)n1 =n2= 25
18. State the null hypothesis necessary to test whether the proportion of trsactions assigned to the cach of the five memory locations differ. (A) (B) (C) (D)
20. Find the rejection region necessary for testing whether the proportion of transactions assigned to each of the five memory locations differ. Use α = .05.(A) Reject H0 if x2>1.145476 (B) Reject H0 if x2 >0.710721 (C)Reject H0 if x2 > 11.0705 (D)Reject H0 if x2 >9.48773
(b) estimates of ν , the degree of returns to scale. (10 points)