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State the null and alternative hypothesis if the average number of calories of brand A's low calorie meal is at most 300.
State the null and alternative hypothesis if the average weight loss of people who use brand A's low calorie meal for 6 weeks is at least 3.6 pounds
The sample sizes for each are 23. He is adamant that you perform a z-test. What would you tell him? What specific explanation would you give?
he average hourly wage last year for members of the hospital clerical staff in a large city was $6.32. The standard deviation of the population was $.54. This year a sample of 50 workers had an aver
A state executive claims that the average number of acres in western Pennsylvania State Park is less than 2000 acres. A random sample of five parks is selected, and the number of acres is shown. At
Use the sample results with a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that pulse rates of men have a standard deviation greater than 10 beats per minute.
A random sample of stipends of teaching assistants in economics is listed below. Is there sufficient evidence at the alpha=.05 level to conclude that the average stipend different from $15,000? The
For a particular sample of 54 scores on a psychology exam, the following results were obtained. What score was earned by more students than any other score? Why?
Measuring body fat can be tedious and expensive. The "standard reference" measurement is by dual-eneregy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), which involves two low-dose X-ray generators and takes from 10 t
How would you assess the usefulness of the average number of wins as a predictor of whether a team ever won a Super Bowl?
Calculate the probability of a type ii error for the following hypotheses when µ = 37: describe the effect on β of decreasing α.
the average weight of adult men is 172 pounds with a standard deviation of 29 pounds. 30 men were asked their weight and the mean was calculated to be 181, test the hypothesis that the mean is not 1
for asymmetrical distribution with a mean=75 and the standard deviation=2.5 determine the range of values that would include 68% data.
The number of hurricanes that are formed during each hurricane season can be modeled using the Poisson probability distribution. History suggests that the average number of hurricanes formed during
Determine the sample size necessary to estimate a population mean to within 1 with a 90% confidence given that the population standard deviation is 10.
If a baseball player's batting average is 0.340 or 34%, find the probability that the player will have a bad season and only score at most 60 hits in 200 times at bat?
Suppose that there is actually no tendency among beer drinkers to prefer one beer to the other. Then p = P(selected individual prefers beer S) = 0.5, and X = number among the six who prefer beer S,
Assume that a random sample of 24 students is selected and the mean test score of the sample is computed. What percentage of sample means are less than 70?
Given that you got to the bus 2 minutes before schedule and it has not arrived, what is the probability the bus is one minute late? What is the variance of B?
Aresearcher measures the head circumference of a subject and records a value of 45.4 centimeters, but the subject's actual head circumference is 55.4 centimeters. What is the relative error?
the distribution of the height of students in a large class is roughly bell-shaped. The average height is 68 inches, and approximately 95% of the heights are between 62 and 74 inches. Thus, what is
Your objective is to maximize the expected utility of your final fortune (after 4 bets). If you are a log-utility investor, determine the optimal policy and find the maximal expected utility.
The objective is to maximize the expected net return. Define the optimal value function and give the optimality equation. Find the optimal policy.
How could this information be used in negotiations with the dental insurer of the company in setting the premiums for the next year.
Suppose we wish to test the hypothesis Ho=µ = 2 vs H1: µ≠2. We find a two sided p-value of .03 and a 95% CI for µ of (1.5, 4.0). Are these two results compatible? Why or why not