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120. It is often said that Californians are more casual than the rest of Americans. Suppose that a survey was done to see if the proportion of Californian professionals that wear jeans to work is greater than the proportion of non-Californian professionals. Fifty of each was surveyed with the following results. Fifteen Californians wear jeans to work and six non-Californians wear jeans to work.
Let C = Californian professional; NC = non-Californian professional

  1. State appropriate null and alternate hypotheses.
  2. Define the random variable.
  3. Calculate the test statistic and p -value.
  4. At the 5% significance level, what is your decision?
  5. What is the Type I error?
  6. What is the Type II error?

Use the following information to answer the next two exercises: A group of Statistics students have developed a technique that they feel will lower their anxiety level on statistics exams. They measured their anxiety level at the start of the quarter and again at the end of the quarter. Recorded is the paired data in that order: (1000, 900); (1200, 1050); (600, 700); (1300, 1100); (1000, 900); (900, 900).

121. This is a test of (pick the best answer):

  1. large samples, independent means
  2. small samples, independent means
  3. dependent means

122. State the distribution to use for the test.

Chapter 12

Use the following information to answer the next two exercises: A recent survey of U.S. teenage pregnancy was answered by 720 girls, age 12–19. Six percent of the girls surveyed said they have been pregnant. We are interested in the true proportion of U.S. girls, age 12–19, who have been pregnant.

123. Find the 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of U.S. girls, age 12–19, who have been pregnant.

124. The report also stated that the results of the survey are accurate to within ±3.7% at the 95% confidence level. Suppose that a new study is to be done. It is desired to be accurate to within 2% of the 95% confidence level. What is the minimum number that should be surveyed?

125. Given: X ~ Exp ( 1 3 ) . Sketch the graph that depicts: P ( x >1).

Use the following information to answer the next three exercises: The amount of money a customer spends in one trip to the supermarket is known to have an exponential distribution. Suppose the mean amount of money a customer spends in one trip to the supermarket is $72.

126. Find the probability that one customer spends less than $72 in one trip to the supermarket?

127. Suppose five customers pool their money. How much money altogether would you expect the five customers to spend in one trip to the supermarket (in dollars)?

128. State the distribution to use if you want to find the probability that the mean amount spent by five customers in one trip to the supermarket is less than $60.

Chapter 13

Use the following information to answer the next two exercises: Suppose that the probability of a drought in any independent year is 20%. Out of those years in which a drought occurs, the probability of water rationing is 10%. However, in any year, the probability of water rationing is 5%.

129. What is the probability of both a drought and water rationing occurring?

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Source:  OpenStax, Introductory statistics. OpenStax CNX. May 06, 2016 Download for free at http://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11562/1.18
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