MATH 534 (MATH534)

1. Question: In a hypothesis test, the test statistic computed from the sample data is considered extreme or significant if it is __________ 2. Question: A test of the hypotheses, H0: p = 0.18 and H1: p ≠ 0.18 is a _______________. 3. Question: An analyst tested the null hypothesis µ ≥ 30 against the alternative hypothesis that µ < 30. The analyst reported a p-value of 0.07. For what significance level of α will the null hypothesis would be rejected? 4. Question: The dean of a busi...

1. Question: If X = {1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 16} and Y = {3, 4, 7, 9, 15}, then X ∩ Y is _________. 2. Question: If the occurrence of one event precludes the occurrence of another other event, then the two events are ______________. 3. Question: A listing of all elementary outcomes (i.e. the outcomes which cannot be broken down into other events) of an experiment (i.e. a decision making situation under uncertainty) is called a _____________. 4. Question: The probability that an event, Event A, o...

1. Question: If the occurrence or non occurrence of one event does not affect the occurrence or non occurrence of another event, the two events are ___________ . 2. Question: In any statistical experiment if the occurrence of one event precludes the occurrence of the other events, the events of the experiment are called _______ . 3. Question: In the experiment of a single roll of a 6-faced die, if the outcome “3 shows up” is called event A and the outcome “4 shows up” is called event B...

1. Question: If the occurrence or non occurrence of one event does not affect the occurrence or non occurrence of another event, the two events are ___________ . 2. Question: In any statistical experiment if the occurrence of one event precludes the occurrence of the other events, the events of the experiment are called _______ . 3. Question: In the experiment of a single roll of a 6-faced die, if the outcome “3 shows up” is called event A and the outcome “4 shows up” is called event B...

1. Question: Scores on a certain exam are normally distributed with a mean of 90 and a variance of 25. What is the z-value for a score of 80? 2. Question: Scores on a certain exam are normally distributed with a mean of 90 and a variance of 25. What is the probability of obtaining a score less than 80? 3. Question: Which one of the following is not a characteristic of a normal distribution? 4. Question: If the z-value of a given x value is positive, it means that ___________. 5. Question: As...

1. Question: In a hypothesis test, the test statistic computed from the sample data is considered extreme or significant if it is __________ 2. Question: A test of the hypotheses, H0: p = 0.18 and H1: p ≠ 0.18 is a _______________. 3. Question: An analyst tested the null hypothesis µ ≥ 30 against the alternative hypothesis that µ < 30. The analyst reported a p-value of 0.07. For what significance level of α will the null hypothesis would be rejected? 4. Question: The dean of a busi...

1. Question: In a hypothesis test, the test statistic computed from the sample data is considered extreme or significant if it is __________ 2. Question: A test of the hypotheses, H0: p = 0.18 and H1: p ≠ 0.18 is a _______________. 3. Question: An analyst tested the null hypothesis µ ≥ 30 against the alternative hypothesis that µ < 30. The analyst reported a p-value of 0.07. For what significance level of α will the null hypothesis would be rejected? 4. Question: The dean of a busi...

1. Question: A value of -1 for the coefficient of correlation between two variables means that the two variables are _____________. 2. Question: If there is positive correlation between two sets of numbers, then ____________-. 3. Question: If the correlation coefficient between variables X and Y is roughly zero, then ___________. 4. Question: Determine the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient for the following data. 5. Question: A quality manager is developing a regression model to...

1. Question: A random sample of 100 selected from a population with a standard deviation of 10 yielded a mean = 225. The mean and the standard deviation of the distribution of the sample means are __________. 2. Question: Suppose a random sample of 49 is selected from a population of size N = 500 with a standard deviation of 14. If the sample mean is 125, the 99% confidence interval to estimate the population mean is between ____________. 3. Question: A manufacturer wants to purchase a certain...

1. Question: Suppose you are an operations manager for a plant that manufactures batteries. Give an example of how you could use descriptive statistics to make better managerial decisions. Give an example of how you could use inferential statistics to make better managerial decisions.Say whether this or that example describes the use of descriptive or inferential statistics. 2. Question: Classify each of the following as nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio data. 3. Question: For the following...