Practice Exam Chapter 7

Practice Exam Chapter 7
Find the indicated critical z value.

1) Find the critical value zα/2 that corresponds to a 98% confidence level.
Solve the problem.

2) The following confidence interval is obtained for a population proportion, p: 0.724 < p < 0.752. Use these
confidence interval limits to find the margin of error, E.
Assume that a sample is used to estimate a population proportion p. Find the margin of error E that corresponds to the
given statistics and confidence level. Round the margin of error to four decimal places.
3) In a random sample of 192 college students, 129 had part-time jobs. Find the margin of error for the 95%
confidence interval used to estimate the population proportion.
Use the given degree of confidence and sample data to construct a confidence interval for the population proportion p.
4) Of 380 randomly selected medical students, 21 said that they planned to work in a rural community. Find a
95% confidence interval for the true proportion of all medical students who plan to work in a rural
community.
5) Of 150 adults selected randomly from one town, 30 of them smoke. Construct a 99% confidence interval for
the true percentage of all adults in the town that smoke.
Solve the problem.

6) A newspaper article about the results of a poll states: "In theory, the results of such a poll, in 99 cases out of
100 should differ by no more than 5 percentage points in either direction from what would have been
obtained by interviewing all voters in the United States." Find the sample size suggested by this statement.
Do one of the following, as appropriate: (a) Find the critical value zα/2, (b) find the critical value tα/2, (c) state that
neither the normal nor the t distribution applies.
7) 98%; n = 7; σ = 27; population appears to be normally distributed.
8) 99%; n = 17; σ is unknown; population appears to be normally distributed.
9) 90%; n =9; σ = 4.2; population appears to be very skewed.
Use the given degree of confidence and sample data to construct a confidence interval for the population mean ".
Assume that the population has a normal distribution.
10) Thirty randomly selected students took the calculus final. If the sample mean was 95 and the standard
deviation was 6.6 , construct a 99% confidence interval for the mean score of all students.
11) The principal randomly selected six students to take an aptitude test. Their scores were:
88.0 84.1 74.9 83.2 83.7 85.5
Determine a 90% confidence interval for the mean score for all students.
Use the given information to find the minimum sample size required to estimate an unknown population mean ".
12) How many business students must be randomly selected to estimate the mean monthly earnings of business
students at one college? We want 95% confidence that the sample mean is within $135 of the population
mean, and the population standard deviation is known to be $ 538.
1
13) How many commuters must be randomly selected to estimate the mean driving time of Chicago
commuters ? We want 90% confidence that the sample mean is within 4 minutes of the population mean, and
the population standard deviation is known to be 12 minutes.
Use the confidence level and sample data to find a confidence interval for estimating the population ". Round your
answer to the same number of decimal places as the sample mean.
14) A random sample of 104 light bulbs had a mean life of x = 543 hours with a standard deviation of
σ = 26 hours. Construct a 90% confidence interval for the mean life, #, of all light bulbs of this type.
15) A laboratory tested 82 chicken eggs and found that the mean amount of cholesterol was 228 milligrams with
σ = 19.0 milligrams. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the true mean cholesterol content, #, of all such
eggs.
Solve the problem.

2
16) Find the critical value χ R corresponding to a sample size of 6 and a confidence level of 95 percent.
2
17) Find the critical value χ L corresponding to a sample size of 24 and a confidence level of 95 percent.
Use the given degree of confidence and sample data to find a confidence interval for the population standard deviation
σ. Assume that the population has a normal distribution. Round the confidence interval limits to the same number of
decimal places as the sample standard deviation.
18) The mean replacement time for a random sample of 20 washing machines is 10.9 years and the standard
deviation is 2.7 years. Construct a 99% confidence interval for the standard deviation, σ, of the replacement
times of all washing machines of this type.
19) A sociologist develops a test to measure attitudes about public transportation, and 27 randomly selected
subjects are given the test. Their mean score is 76.2 and their standard deviation is 21.4. Construct the 95%
confidence interval for the standard deviation, σ, of the scores of all subjects.
Find the appropriate minimum sample size.

20) You want to be 99% confident that the sample standard deviation s is within 5% of the population standard
deviation.
2
Answer Key
Testname: PRACTICE EXAM CHAPTER 7
1) 2.33
2) 0.014
3) 0.0664
4) 0.0323 < p < 0.0782
5) 11.6 % < p < 28.4%
6) 664
7) zα/2 = 2.33
8) tα/2 = 2.921
9) Neither the normal nor the t
distribution applies.
10) 91.68 < # < 98.32
11) 79.59 < # < 86.88
12) 62
13) 25
14) 539 hr < # < 547 hr
15) 224 mg < # < 232 mg
16) 12.833
17) 11.689
18) 1.9 yr < σ < 4.5 yr
19) 16.9 < σ < 29.3
20) 1336

Practice Exam Chapter 7

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Practice Exam Chapter 7

Uploaded by

Document Information

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Practice Exam Chapter 7

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Practice Exam Chapter 7

Find the indicated critical z value.

Solve the problem.

Solve the problem.

8) 99%; n = 17; σ is unknown; population appears to be normally distributed.

9) 90%; n =9; σ = 4.2; population appears to be very skewed.

Solve the problem.

Find the appropriate minimum sample size.

You might also like