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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
1) Your telephone area code is an example of a(n) ________________________________ 1)
variable.
A) ordinal B) ratio C) nominal D) interval

2) Thirty work orders are selected from a filing cabinet containing 500 work order folders 2)
by choosing every 15th folder. Which sampling method is this?
A) Systematic sample B) Simple random sample
C) Cluster sample D) Stratified sample

3) Histograms generally do not reveal the: 3)

A) exact data range. B) relative frequencies.
C) modal classes (bins). D) degree of skewness.

4) Which is not a poor graphing technique? 4)

A) Labeled axis scales B) Rotated axis
C) Gratuitous pictures D) 3D bar charts

5) To classify prices from 62 recent home sales, Sturges' Rule would recommend: 5)
A) 7 classes. B) 10 classes. C) 9 classes. D) 8 classes.

6) In a sample of 10,000 observations from a normal population, how many would you 6)
expect to lie beyond three standard deviations of the mean?
A) About 127 B) About 100
C) About 27 D) None of them

7) John scored 85 on Prof. Hardtack's exam (Q1 = 40 and Q3 = 60). Based on the fences, 7)
which is correct?
A) John is in the 85th percentile. B) John is not an outlier.
C) John is an extreme outlier. D) John is an outlier.

8) Find the probability that either event A or B occurs if the chance of A occurring is .5, 8)
the chance of B occurring is .3, and events A and B are independent.
A) .85 B) .65 C) .15 D) .80

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 9) Given the contingency table shown here, find P(A2 | B3). 9)

A) .3721 B) .1893 C) .1842 D) .0685

10) A die is rolled. If it rolls to a 1, 2, or 3, you win $2. If it rolls to a 4, 5, or 6, you lose $1. 10)
Calculate the expected winnings.
A) $3.00 B) $0.50 C) $1.50 D) $1.00

11) A machine dispenses water into a glass. Assuming that the amount of water dispensed 11)
follows a continuous uniform distribution from 10 ounces to 16 ounces, the standard
deviation of the amount of water dispensed is about:
A) 1.73 ounces. B) 3.51 ounces. C) 0.57 ounce. D) 3.00 ounces.

12) A random variable X is best described by a continuous uniform distribution from 20 to 12)
45 inclusive. The mean of this distribution is:
A) 32.5. B) 33.5. C) 30.5. D) 31.5.

13) The lengths of brook trout caught in a certain Colorado stream are normally distributed 13)
with a mean of 14 inches and a standard deviation of 3 inches. What proportion of
brook trout caught will be between 12 and 18 inches in length?
A) .2486 B) .6826 C) .6563 D) .4082

14) The lengths of brook trout caught in a certain Colorado stream are normally distributed 14)
with a mean of 14 inches and a standard deviation of 3 inches. What lower limit should
the State Game Commission set on length if it is desired that 80 percent of the catch
may be kept by fishers?
A) 9.22 inches B) 11.48 inches
C) 12.00 inches D) 12.80 inches

15) A student's grade on an examination was transformed to a z value of 0.67. Assuming a 15)
normal distribution, we know that she scored approximately in the top:
A) 25 percent. B) 50 percent. C) 15 percent. D) 40 percent.

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16) The owner of Limp Pines Resort wanted to know the average age of its clients. A 16)
random sample of 25 tourists is taken. It shows a mean age of 46 years with a standard
deviation of 5 years. The width of a 98 percent CI for the true mean client age is
approximately:
A) 2.797 years. B) 4.984 years. C) 2.326 years. D) 1.711 years.

17) Which statement is most nearly correct, other things being equal? 17)
A) Quadrupling the sample size roughly halves the standard error of the mean.
B) The standard error of the mean depends on the confidence level.
C) The standard error of the mean depends on the population size.
D) Doubling the sample size will cut the standard error of the mean in half.

18) The Central Limit Theorem (CLT) implies that: 18)

A) the distribution of the mean is approximately normal for large n.
B) repeated samples must be taken to obtain normality.
C) the mean follows the same distribution as the population.
D) the population will be approximately normal if n ≥ 30.

19) We could narrow a 95 percent confidence interval by: 19)

A) raising the standard error. B) using 99 percent confidence.
C) using a larger sample. D) none of the other

20) As the sample size increases, the standard error of the mean: 20)
A) decreases. B) increases.
C) may increase or decrease. D) none of the others

21) Which of the following is not a characteristic of the t distribution? 21)

A) It is a symmetric distribution.
B) It is a continuous distribution.
C) It has a mean of 0.
D) It approaches z as degrees of freedom decrease.

22) The owner of Torpid Oaks B&B wanted to know the average distance its guests had 22)
traveled. A random sample of 16 guests showed a mean distance of 85 miles with a
standard deviation of 32 miles. The 90 percent confidence interval (in miles) for the
mean is approximately:
A) (71.0, 99.0) B) (71.8, 98.2)
C) (68.7, 103.2) D) (74.3, 95.7)

23) What is the approximate width of a 90 percent confidence interval for the true 23)
population proportion if there are 12 successes in a sample of 25?
A) .328 B) .392 C) .960 D) .412

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24) A random sample of 160 commercial customers of PayMor Lumber revealed that 32 24)
had paid their accounts within a month of billing. The 95 percent confidence interval
for the true proportion of customers who pay within a month would be:
A) 0.144 to 0.256 B) 0.153 to 0.247
C) 0.138 to 0.262 D) 0.148 to 0.252

25) Compared to the area between z = 1.00 and z = 1.25, the area between z = 2.00 and z = 25)
2.25 in the standard normal distribution will be:
A) the same.
B) impossible to compare without knowing µ and σ.
C) larger.
D) smaller.

26) For a test of a mean, which of the following is incorrect? 26)

A) If H0: µ ≤ 100 and H1: µ > 100, then the test is right-tailed.
B) In a right-tailed test, we reject H0 when the test statistic exceeds the critical
value.
C) H0 is rejected when the calculated p-value is less than the critical value of the
test statistic.
D) The critical value is based on the researcher's chosen level of significance.

27) For a sample size of n = 100, and σ = 10, we want to test the hypothesis H0: µ = 100. 27)
The sample mean is 103. The test statistic is:
A) 3.000 B) 1.645 C) 0.300 D) 1.960

28) After testing a hypothesis, we decided to reject the null hypothesis. Thus, we are 28)
exposed to:
A) Type II error. B) Either Type I or Type II error.
C) Neither Type I nor Type II error. D) Type I error.

29) Which statement about α is not correct? 29)

A) It is the test's significance level.
B) It is the probability of rejecting a true H0.
C) It is equal to 1 - β.
D) It is the probability of committing a Type I error.

30) Which of the following is incorrect? 30)

A) The probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis increases as n increases.
B) Lowering both α and β at once will require a higher sample size.
C) When Type I error increases, Type II error must decrease, ceteris paribus.
D) The level of significance is the probability of making a Type I error.

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31) The level of significance is not: 31)
A) the probability of a "false rejection."
B) the likelihood of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true.
C) the chance of accepting a true null hypothesis.
D) a value between 0 and 1.

32) Dullco Manufacturing claims that its alkaline batteries last at least 40 hours on average 32)
in a certain type of portable CD player. But tests on a random sample of 18 batteries
from a day's large production run showed a mean battery life of 37.8 hours with a
standard deviation of 5.4 hours. To test DullCo's hypothesis, the test statistic is:
A) -1.960 B) -1.728 C) -2.101 D) -1.980

33) A sample of 16 ATM transactions shows a mean transaction time of 67 seconds with a 33)
standard deviation of 12 seconds. State the hypotheses to test whether the mean
transaction time exceeds 60 seconds.
A) H0: µ < 60, H1: µ ≥ 60 B) H0: µ = 60, H1: µ ≠ 60
C) H0: µ ≤ 60, H1: µ > 60 D) H0: µ ≥ 60, H1: µ < 60

34) A sample of 16 ATM transactions shows a mean transaction time of 67 seconds with a 34)
standard deviation of 12 seconds. Find the critical value to test whether the mean
transaction time exceeds 60 seconds at α = .01.
A) 2.947 B) 2.333 C) 2.602 D) 2.583

35) For tests of a mean, if other factors are held constant, which statement is correct? 35)
A) If we desire α = .10, then a p-value of .13 would lead us to reject the null
hypothesis.
B) The critical value of Student's t increases as n increases.
C) A test statistic tcalc = 1.853 with n = 16 leads to rejection at α = .05 in a
one-tailed test.
D) It is harder to reject the null hypothesis in a two-tailed test rather than a
one-tailed test.

36) Which is not a likely reason to choose the z distribution for a hypothesis test of a mean? 36)
A) The value of σ is known. B) The sample size n is very large.
C) The value of σ is very large. D) The population is normal.

37) Which is a valid null hypothesis? 37)

A) H0: µ ≠ 18 B) H0: µ > 18 C) H0: µ < 18 D) H0: µ = 18

38) In a random sample of patient records in Cutter Memorial Hospital, six-month 38)
postoperative exams were given in 90 out of 200 prostatectomy patients, while in
Paymor Hospital such exams were given in 110 out of 200 cases. In a left-tailed test for
equality of proportions, the test statistic is:
A) -4.00 B) -3.48 C) -1.96 D) -2.00

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39) A new policy of "flex hours" is proposed. Random sampling showed that 28 of 50 39)
female workers favored the change, while 22 of 50 male workers favored the change.
Management wonders if there is a difference between the two groups. What is the test
statistic to test for a zero difference in the population proportions?
A) 1.321 B) 1.200 C) 1.287 D) -1.255

40) At Huge University, a sample of 200 business school seniors showed that 26 planned to 40)
pursue an MBA degree, compared with 120 of 800 arts and sciences seniors. We want
to know if the proportion is higher in the arts and sciences group. The pooled
proportion for this test is:
A) .145 B) .130 C) .146 D) .140

41) Variation "within" the ANOVA treatments represents: 41)

A) differences between group variances.
B) differences between group means.
C) the effect of sample size.
D) random variation.

42) Which is not an assumption of ANOVA? 42)

A) Independent sample observations.
B) Normality of the treatment populations.
C) Homogeneous treatment variances.
D) Equal population sizes for groups.

43) ANOVA is used to compare: 43)

A) means of several groups. B) proportions of several groups.
C) variances of several groups. D) both means and variances.

44) In an ANOVA, the SSE (error) sum of squares reflects: 44)

A) the effect of the combined factor(s).
B) the overall variation in Y that is to be explained.
C) the combined effect of treatments and sample size.
D) the variation that is not explained by the factors.

45) Refer to the following partial ANOVA results from Excel (some information is 45)
missing).

The F-test statistic is:

A) 3.56. B) 2.84. C) 2.80. D) 2.79.

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46) Refer to the following partial ANOVA results from Excel (some information is 46)
missing).

Degrees of freedom for between-groups variation are:

A) 4. B) Can't tell from given information.
C) 3. D) 5.

47) Refer to the following partial ANOVA results from Excel (some information is 47)
missing).

SS for between-groups variation will be:

A) Can't tell. B) 129.99. C) 1233.4. D) 630.83.

48) Refer to the following partial ANOVA results from Excel (some information is 48)
missing).

The sample size is:

A) 20. B) 21. C) 24. D) 23.

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49) Refer to the following partial ANOVA results from Excel (some information is 49)
missing).

Assuming equal group sizes, the number of observations in each group is:
A) 4. B) 6. C) 2. D) 3.

50) Refer to the following partial ANOVA results from Excel (some information is 50)
missing).

The critical value of F at α = 0.05 is:

A) 3.10. B) 2.84. C) 1.645. D) 4.28.

51) The variable used to predict another variable is called the: 51)
A) dependent variable. B) regression variable.
C) independent variable. D) response variable.

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52) A researcher's Excel results are shown below using Femlab (labor force participation 52)
rate among females) to try to predict Cancer (death rate per 100,000 population due to
cancer) in the 50 U.S. states.

Which of the following statements is not true?

A) The two-tailed p-value for Femlab will be less than .05.
B) The 95 percent confidence interval for the coefficient of Femlab is -4.29 to -0.28.
C) The standard error is too high for this model to be of any predictive use.
D) Significant correlation exists between Femlab and Cancer at α = .05.

53) A researcher's results are shown below using Femlab (labor force participation rate 53)
among females) to try to predict Cancer (death rate per 100,000 population due to
cancer) in the 50 U.S. states.

What is the R2 for this regression?

A) .1605 B) .9018 C) .0982 D) .8395

54) If n = 15 and r = .4296, the corresponding t statistic to test for zero correlation is: 54)
A) 7.862. B) 2.048.
C) impossible to determine without α. D) 1.715.

55) The ordinary least squares (OLS) method of estimation will minimize: 55)
A) only the intercept. B) neither the slope nor the intercept.
C) only the slope. D) both the slope and intercept.

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56) A local trucking company fitted a regression to relate the cost of its shipments as a 56)
function of the distance traveled. The Excel fitted regression is shown.

Based on this estimated relationship, when distance increases by 50 miles, the expected
shipping cost would increase by:
A) $143. B) $301. C) $286. D) $104.

57) Find the sample correlation coefficient for the following data. 57)

A) .9556 B) .9822 C) .9124 D) .8911

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58) Find the slope of the simple regression = b0 + b1x. 58)

A) 0.762 B) -2.228 C) 1.976 D) 3.294

59) A researcher's results are shown below using n = 25 observations. 59)

The 95 percent confidence interval for the slope is:

A) [-4.349, -0.217]. B) [1.118, 5.026].
C) [-0.998, +0.998]. D) [-3.282, -1.284].

60) In a sample of n = 36, the critical value of Student's t for a two-tailed test of 60)
significance of the slope for a simple regression at α = .05 is:
A) 2.074 B) 2.724 C) 2.032 D) 2.938

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Answer Key
Testname: FINAL_SAMPLE

1) C
2) A
3) A
4) A
5) A
6) C
7) B
8) B
9) B
10) B
11) A
12) A
13) C
14) B
15) A
16) B
17) A
18) A
19) C
20) A
21) D
22) A
23) A
24) C
25) D
26) C
27) A
28) D
29) C
30) A
31) C
32) B
33) C
34) C
35) D
36) C
37) D
38) D
39) B
40) C
41) D
42) D
43) A
44) D
45) B
46) C
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Answer Key
Testname: FINAL_SAMPLE

47) D
48) C
49) B
50) A
51) C
52) C
53) C
54) D
55) B
56) A
57) C
58) C
59) A
60) C

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