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> According to J.D. Power & Associates, the mean purchase price of a smartphone device (such as an iPhone or Blackberry) in 2008 was $216. In 2009, a random sample of 20 business managers who owned a smartphone device showed a mean purchase price of $209 w

> The manufacturer of an airport baggage scanning machine claims it can handle an average of 530 bags per hour. At α = .05 in a left-tailed test, would a sample of 16 randomly chosen hours with a mean of 510 and a standard deviation of 50 indicate that the

> Use Excel to find the p-value for each test statistic. a. Right-tailed test, t = 11.677, n = 13 b. Left-tailed test, t = 22.107, n = 5 c. Two-tailed test, t = 21.865, n = 34

> Find the p-value using Excel (not Appendix D): a. t = 1.457, d.f. = 14, right-tailed test b. t = 2.601, d.f. = 8, two-tailed test c. t = 21.847, d.f. = 22, left-tailed test

> Find the tcalc test statistic for each hypothesis test. A. x bar = 347, μ0 = 349, s = 1.8, n = 9 B. x bar = 45, μ0 = 50, s = 12, n = 16 C. x bar = 4.103, μ0 = 4.004, s = 0.245, n = 25

> Find the critical value of Student’s t for each hypothesis test. a. Two-tailed test, n = 18, a = .05 b. Right-tailed test, n = 15, a = .10 c. Left-tailed test, n = 31, a = .01

> Between 11 p.m. and midnight on Thursday night, Mystery Pizza gets an average of 4.2 telephone orders per hour. (a) Find the median waiting time until the next telephone order. (b) Find the upper quartile of waiting time before the next telephone order.

> Find the critical value of Student’s t for each hypothesis test. a. 10 percent level of significance, two-tailed test, n = 21 b. 1 percent level of significance, right-tailed test, n = 9 c. 5 percent level of significance, left-tailed test, n = 28

> Find the tcalc test statistic for each hypothesis test. A. x bar = 14.7, μ0 = 13.0, s = 1.8, n = 12 B. x bar = 241, μ0 = 250, s = 12, n = 8 C. x bar = 2,102, μ0 = 2,000, s = 242, n = 17

> The lifespan of xenon metal halide arc-discharge bulbs for aircraft landing lights is normally distributed with a mean of 3,000 hours and a standard deviation of 500 hours. If a new ballast system shows a mean life of 3,515 hours in a test on a sample of

> Procyon Mfg. produces tennis balls. Weights are supposed to be normally distributed with a mean of 2.035 ounces and a standard deviation of 0.002 ounce. A sample of 25 tennis balls shows a mean weight of 2.036 ounces. At α = .025 in a right-tailed test,

> Determine the p-value for each test statistic. a. Right-tailed test, z = +1.34 b. Left-tailed test, z = -2.07 c. Two-tailed test, z = -1.69

> Green Beam Ltd. claims that its compact fluorescent bulbs average no more than 3.50 mg of mercury. A sample of 25 bulbs shows a mean of 3.59 mg of mercury. (A) Write the hypotheses for a right-tailed test, using Green Beam’s claim as the null hypothesis

> Find the zcalc test statistic for each hypothesis test. A. x bar = 423, μ0 = 420, σ = 6, n = 9 B. x bar = 8330, μ0 = 8,344, σ = 48, n = 36 C. x bar = 3.102, μ0 = 3.110, σ = .250, n = 25

> Use Excel to find the critical value of z for each hypothesis test. a. α = .05, two-tailed test b. α = .10, right-tailed test c. α = .01, left-tailed test

> Use Excel to find the critical value of z for each hypothesis test. a. 10 percent level of significance, two-tailed test b. 1 percent level of significance, right-tailed test c. 5 percent level of significance, left-tailed test

> Find the zcalc test statistic for each hypothesis test. A. x bar = 242, μ0 = 230, σ = 18, n = 20 B. x bar = 3.44, μ0 = 3.50, σ = 0.24, n = 40 C. x bar = 21.02, μ0 = 20.00, σ = 2.52, n = 30

> The time it takes a ski patroller to respond to an accident call has an exponential distribution with an average equal to 5 minutes. (a) In what time will 90 percent of all ski accident calls be responded to? (b) If the ski patrol would like to be able t

> The Ball Corporation’s aluminum can manufacturing facility in Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin, wants to use a sample to perform a two-tailed test to see whether the mean incoming metal thickness is at the target of 0.2731 mm. A deviation in either direction woul

> Sketch a diagram of the decision rule for each pair of hypotheses. a. H0: μ >80 versus H1: μ < 80 b. H0: μ = 80 versus H1: μ ≠ 80 c. H0: μ < 80 versus H1: μ > 80

> The average age of a part-time seasonal employee at a Vail Resorts ski mountain has historically been 37 years. State the hypotheses one would use to test if this average has decreased since the last season.

> If you repeated a hypothesis test 1,000 times (in other words, 1,000 different samples from the same population), how many times would you expect to commit a Type I error, assuming the null hypothesis were true, if (a) α = .05; (b) α = .01; or (c) α = .0

> Construct a confidence interval for μ assuming that each sample is from a normal population. a. x bar = 14, σ = 4, n = 5, 90 percent confidence b. x bar = 37, σ = 5, n = 15, 99 percent confidence c. x bar = 121, σ = 15, n = 25, 95 percent confidence

> The fuel economy of a 2011 Lexus RX 350 2WD 6 cylinder 3.5 L automatic 5-speed using premium fuel is a normally distributed random variable with a mean of μ = 25.0 MPG and a standard deviation of σ = 1.25 MPG. (a) What is the standard error of X , the me

> The fat content of a pouch of Keebler Right Bites© Fudge Shoppe© Mini-Fudge Stripes is normally distributed with a mean of 3.50 grams. Assume a known standard deviation of 0.25 gram. (a) What is the standard error of X , the mean weight from a random sam

> (a) Find the standard error of the mean for each sampling situation (assuming a normal population). (b) What happens to the standard error each time you quadruple the sample size? a. σ = 24, n = 9 b. σ = 24, n = 36 c. σ = 24, n = 144

> Find the 90 percent confidence interval for the standard deviation of gasoline mileage mpg for these 16 San Francisco commuters driving hybrid gas-electric vehicles. 38.8 48.9 28.5 40.0 38.8 29.2 29.1 38.5 34.4 46.1 51.8 30.7 36.9 25.6 42.7 38.3

> A pediatrician’s records showed the mean height of a random sample of 25 girls at age 12 months to be 29.530 inches with a standard deviation of 1.0953 inches. Construct a 95 percent confidence interval for the population variance. (Data are from a proje

> At a certain Noodles & Company restaurant, customers arrive during the lunch hour at a rate of 2.8 per minute. What is the probability that (a) at least 30 seconds will pass before the net customer walks in; (b) no more than 15 seconds; (c) more than 1 m

> The weights of 20 oranges (in ounces) are shown below. Construct a 95 percent confidence interval for the population standard deviation. Note: Scale was only accurate to the nearest &Acirc;&frac14; ounce. (Data are from a project by statistics student Ju

> Find the 95 percent confidence interval for the population variance from these samples. a. n = 15 commuters, s = 10 miles driven b. n = 18 students, s = 12 study hours

> Inspection of a random sample of 19 aircraft showed that 15 needed repairs to fix a wiring problem that might compromise safety. How large a sample would be needed to estimate the true proportion of jets with the wiring problem, with 90 percent confidenc

> What sample size would be needed to estimate the true proportion of American adults who know their cholesterol level, using 95 percent confidence and an error of ±0.02?

> What sample size would be needed to estimate the true proportion of American households that own more than one DVD player, with 90 percent confidence and an error of ±0.02?

> (a) Find the standard error of the mean for each sampling situation (assuming a normal population). (b) What happens to the standard error each time you quadruple the sample size? a. σ = 32, n = 4 b. σ = 32, n = 16 c. σ = 32, n = 64

> The city fuel economy of a 2009 Toyota 4Runner 2WD 6 cylinder 4 L automatic 5-speed using regular gas is a normally distributed random variable with a range 16 MPG to 21 MPG. (a) Estimate the standard deviation using Method 3 (the Empirical Rule for a no

> In an intra-squad swim competition, men’s freestyle 100 swim times at a certain university ranged from 43.89 seconds to 51.96 seconds. (a) Estimate the standard deviation using Method 3 (the Empirical Rule for a normal distribution). (b) What sample size

> Noodles & Company wants to estimate the mean spending per customer at a certain restaurant with 95 percent confidence and an error of ±$0.25. What is the required sample size, assuming a standard deviation of $2.50 (based on similar restaurants elsewhere

> Analysis showed that the mean arrival rate for vehicles at a certain Shell station on Friday afternoon last year was 4.5 vehicles per minute. How large a sample would be needed to estimate this year’s mean arrival rate with 98 percent confidence and an e

> Between 11 p.m. and midnight on Thursday night, Mystery Pizza gets an average of 4.2 telephone orders per hour. Find the probability that (a) at least 30 minutes will elapse before the next telephone order; (b) less than 15 minutes will elapse; and (c) b

> J.D. Power and Associates says that 60 percent of car buyers now use the Internet for research and price comparisons. (a) Find the probability that in a sample of 8 car buyers, all 8 will use the Internet; (b) at least 5; (c) more than 4. (d) Find the me

> Popcorn kernels are believed to take between 100 and 200 seconds to pop in a certain microwave. (a) Estimate &Iuml;&#131; using Method 3 from Table 8.11. (b) What sample size (number of kernels) would be needed to estimate the true mean seconds to pop wi

> Last year, a study showed that the average ATM cash withdrawal took 65 seconds with a standard deviation of 10 seconds. The study is to be repeated this year. How large a sample would be needed to estimate this year’s mean with 95 percent confidence and

> A random survey of 500 students was conducted from a population of 2,300 students to estimate the proportion who had part-time jobs. The sample showed that 245 had part-time jobs. Calculate the 90 percent confidence interval for the true proportion of st

> A survey showed that 4.8 percent of the 250 Americans surveyed had suffered some kind of identity theft in the past 12 months. (a) Construct a 99 percent confidence interval for the true proportion of Americans who had suffered identity theft in the past

> Of 43 bank customers depositing a check, 18 received some cash back. (a) Construct a 90 percent confidence interval for the proportion of all depositors who ask for cash back. (b) Check the normality assumption of p.

> From a list of stock mutual funds, 52 funds were selected at random. Of the funds chosen, it was found that 19 required a minimum initial investment under $1,000. (a) Construct a 90 percent confidence interval for the true proportion requiring an initial

> In a sample of 500 new websites registered on the Internet, 24 were anonymous (i.e., they shielded their name and contact information). (a) Construct a 95 percent confidence interval for the proportion of all new websites that were anonymous. (b) May nor

> A car dealer is taking a customer satisfaction survey. Find the margin of error (i.e., assuming 95% confidence and π = .50) for (a) 250 respondents, (b) 125 respondents, and (c) 65 respondents.

> Should p be assumed normal? a. n = 25, π = .50 b. n = 60, π = .20 c. n = 100, π = .08

> For a large Internet service provider (ISP), web virus attacks occur at a mean rate of 150 per day. (a) Estimate the probability of at least 175 attacks in a given day. (b) Estimate the probability of fewer than 125 attacks. (c) Is the normal approximati

> Should p be assumed normal? a. n = 200, π = .02 b. n = 100, π = .05 c. n = 50, π = .50

> Calculate the standard error of the sample proportion. a. n = 40, π = .30 b. n = 200, π = .10 c. n = 30, π = .40 d. n = 400, π = .03

> Calculate the standard error of the sample proportion. a. n = 30, π = .50 b. n = 50, π = .20 c. n = 100, π = .10 d. n = 500, π = .005

> A random sample of 10 shipments of stick-on labels showed the following order sizes. (a) Construct a 95 percent confidence interval for the true mean order size. (b) How could the confidence interval be made narrower? (Data are from a project by MBA stud

> A random sample of monthly rent paid by 12 college seniors living off campus gave the results below (in dollars). Find a 99 percent confidence interval for &Icirc;&frac14;, assuming that the sample is from a normal population. 900 810 770 860 850 79

> A sample of 21 minivan electrical warranty repairs for “loose, not attached” wires (one of several electrical failure categories the dealership mechanic can select) showed a mean repair cost of $45.66 with a standard deviation of $27.79. (a) Construct a

> Find the interval within which 95 percent of the sample means would be expected to fall, assuming that each sample is from a normal population. a. μ = 200, σ = 12, n = 36 b. μ = 1,000, σ = 15, n = 9 c. μ = 50, σ = 1, n = 25

> For each value of d.f. (degrees of freedom), look up the value of Student’s t in Appendix D for the stated level of confidence. Then use Excel to find the value of Student’s t to four decimal places. Which method (Appendix D or Excel) do you prefer, and

> Find a confidence interval for μ assuming that each sample is from a normal population. a. x bar = 24, s = 3, n = 7, 90 percent confidence b. x bar = 42, s = 6, n = 18, 99 percent confidence c. x bar = 119, s = 14, n = 28, 95 percent confidence

> The Ball Corporation’s beverage can manufacturing plant in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, uses a metal supplier that provides metal with a known thickness standard deviation σ = .000959 mm. If a random sample of 58 sheets of metal resulted in x = 0.2731 mm, c

> On average, 28 patients per hour arrive in the Foxboro 24-Hour Walk-in Clinic on Friday between 6 p.m. and midnight. (a) What is the approximate probability of more than 35 arrivals? (b) What is the approximate probability of fewer than 25 arrivals? (c)

> Guest ages at a Vail Resorts ski mountain typically have a right-skewed distribution. Assume the standard deviation (σ) of age is 14.5 years. (a) Even though the population distribution of age is right skewed, what will be the shape of the distribution o

> The fuel economy of a 2011 Lexus RX 350 2WD 6 cylinder 3.5 L automatic 5-speed using premium fuel is normally distributed with a known standard deviation of 1.25 MPG. If a random sample of 10 tanks of gas yields a mean of 21.0 MPG, find the 95 percent co

> A random sample of 100 items is drawn from a population whose standard deviation is known to be σ = 50. The sample mean is x bar = 850. a. Construct an interval estimate for μ with 95 percent confidence. b. Repeat part a assuming that σ = 100. c. Repeat

> A random sample of 25 items is drawn from a population whose standard deviation is known to be σ = 40. The sample mean is x bar = 270. a. Construct an interval estimate for μ with 95 percent confidence. b. Repeat part a assuming that n = 50. c. Repeat pa

> Use the sample information x bar = 37, σ = 5, n = 15 to calculate the following confidence intervals for μ assuming the sample is from a normal population: (a) 90 percent confidence; (b) 95 percent confidence; (c) 99 percent confidence. (d) Describe how

> Construct a confidence interval for μ assuming that each sample is from a normal population. a. x bar = 24, σ = 3, n = 10, 90 percent confidence b. x bar = 125, σ = 8, n = 25, 99 percent confidence c. x bar = 12.5, σ = 1.2, n = 50, 95 percent confidence

> If all normal distributions have the same shape, how do they differ?

> Assume the weight of a randomly chosen American passenger car is a uniformly distributed random variable ranging from 2,500 pounds to 4,500 pounds. (a) What is the mean weight of a randomly chosen vehicle? (b) The standard deviation? (c) What is the prob

> For a continuous uniform distribution, why is P(25 < X < 45) the same as P(25 < X < 45)?

> Suppose that the distribution of oil prices ($/bbl) is forecast to be T(50, 65, 105). (a) Find the mean. (b) Find the standard deviation. (c) Find the probability that the price will be greater than $75. (d) Sketch the distribution and shade the area for

> When confronted with an in-flight medical emergency, pilots and crew can consult staff physicians at a global response center located in Arizona. If the global response center is called, there is a 4.8 percent chance that the flight will be diverted for

> Suppose that the distribution of order sizes (in dollars) at L.L. Bean has a distribution that is T(0, 25, 75). (a) Find the mean. (b) Find the standard deviation. (c) Find the probability that an order will be less than $25. (d) Sketch the distribution

> The Johnson family uses a propane gas grill for cooking outdoors. During the summer they need to replace their tank on average every 30 days. At a randomly chosen moment, what is the probability that they can grill out (a) at least 40 days before they ne

> A passenger metal detector at Chicago’s Midway Airport gives an alarm 2.1 times a minute. What is the probability that (a) less than 60 seconds will pass before the next alarm? (b) More than 30 seconds? (c) At least 45 seconds?

> In Santa Theresa, false alarms are received at the downtown fire station at a mean rate of 0.3 per day. (a) What is the probability that more than 7 days will pass before the next false alarm arrives? (b) Less than 2 days? (c) Explain fully.

> Find the mean and standard deviation for each uniform continuous model. a. U (0, 10) b. U (100, 200) c. U (1, 99)

> High-strength concrete is supposed to have a compressive strength greater than 6,000 pounds per square inch (psi). A certain type of concrete has a mean compressive strength of 7,000 psi, but due to variability in the mixing process it has a standard dev

> A study found that the mean waiting time to see a physician at an outpatient clinic was 40 minutes with a standard deviation of 28 minutes. Use Excel to find each probability. (a) What is the probability of more than an hour’s wait? (b) Less than 20 minu

> Use Excel to find each probability. a. P(X < 110) for N(100, 15) b. P(X < 2.00) for N(0, 1) c. P(X < 5,000) for N(6000, 1000) d. P(X < 450) for N(600, 100)

> The average cost of an IRS Form 1040 tax filing at Thetis Tax Service is $157.00. Assuming a normal distribution, if 70 percent of the filings cost less than $171.00, what is the standard deviation?

> The number of patients needing a bed at any point in time in the pediatrics unit at Carver Hospital is N(19.2, 2.5). Find the middle 50 percent of the number of beds needed (round to the next higher integer since a “bed” is indivisible).

> The probability is .90 that a vending machine in the Oxnard University Student Center will dispense the desired item when correct change is inserted. If 200 customers try the machine, find the probability that (a) at least 175 will receive the desired it

> On January 1, 2011, a new standard for baseball bat “liveliness” called BBCOR (Ball-Bat Coefficient of Restitution) was adopted for teams playing under NCAA rules. A higher BBCOR allows the ball to travel farther when hit, so bat manufacturers want a hig

> The pediatrics unit at Carver Hospital has 24 beds. The number of patients needing a bed at any point in time is N(19.2, 2.5). What is the probability that the number of patients needing a bed will exceed the pediatric unit’s bed capacity?

> Assume that the number of calories in a McDonald’s Egg McMuffin is a normally distributed random variable with a mean of 290 calories and a standard deviation of 14 calories. (a) What is the probability that a particular serving contains fewer than 300 c

> The fastest 10 percent of runners who complete the Nosy Neighbor 5K race win a gift certificate to a local running store. Assuming a normal distribution, how many standard deviations below the mean must a runner’s time be in order to win the gift certifi

> High school students across the nation compete in a financial capability challenge each year by taking a National Financial Capability Challenge Exam. Students who score in the top 20 percent are recognized publicly for their achievement by the Departmen

> It is Saturday morning at Starbucks. Is each random variable discrete (D) or continuous (C)? a. Temperature of the coffee served to a randomly chosen customer. b. Number of customers who order only coffee with no food. c. Waiting time before a randomly

> State the Empirical Rule for a normal distribution.

> (a) At what x value does f (x) reach a maximum for a normal distribution N(75, 5)? (b) Does f (x) touch the X-axis at μ ± 3σ?

> Flight 202 is departing Los Angeles. Is each random variable discrete (D) or continuous (C)? a. Number of airline passengers traveling with children under age 3. b. Proportion of passengers traveling without checked luggage. c. Weight of a randomly chos

> Oxnard Petro Ltd. is buying hurricane insurance for its off-coast oil drilling platform. During the next five years, the probability of total loss of only the above-water superstructure ($250 million) is .30, the probability of total loss of the facility

> In a certain store, there is a .03 probability that the scanned price in the bar code scanner will not match the advertised price. The cashier scans 800 items. (a) What is the expected number of mismatches? The standard deviation? (b) What is the probabi

> A lottery ticket has a grand prize of $28 million. The probability of winning the grand prize is .000000023. Based on the expected value of the lottery ticket, would you pay $1 for a ticket? Show your calculations and reasoning clearly.

> Student Life Insurance Company wants to offer an insurance plan with a maximum claim amount of $5,000 for dorm students to cover theft of certain items. Past experience suggests that the probability of a maximum claim is .01. What premium should be charg

> There are five accounting exams. Bob’s typical score on each exam is a random variable with a mean of 80 and a standard deviation of 5. His final grade is based on the sum of his exam scores. (a) Find the mean and standard deviation of Bob’s point total

> The mean January temperature in Fort Collins, CO, is 37.18 F with a standard deviation of 10.38 F. Express these Fahrenheit parameters in degrees Celsius using the transformation C = 5y9F - 17.78.

> Pepsi and Mountain Dew products sponsored a contest giving away a Lamborghini sports car worth $215,000. The probability of winning from a single bottle purchase was .00000884. Find the expected value. Show your calculations clearly. (Data are from J. Pa