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1) The weights (in pounds) of eight vehicles and the variability of their braking distances (in

feet) when stopping on a dry surface are shown in the table. Obtain the Pearson product
moment correlation coefficient.

S/N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Weight(X) 5940 5340 6500 5100 5850 4800 5600 5890
Variability 1.78 1.93 1.91 1.59 1.66 1.50 1.61 1.71
in braking
distance
(Y)

2) The caloric contents and the fat contents (in grams) of 6- to 8-ounce servings for 8 hot
chocolate Products are given below.

S/N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Calories(X) 262 140 150 159 120 140 185 150
Fat content 6.3 2.0 3.5 2.5 3.5 6.8 3 3
(Y)

a. Fit a simple linear regression model on the data

b. Test the significance of the slope at 𝛼 = 0.05

c. If a Calories’ content is given as 158, what will be the fat content?

3) Find the critical value 𝑡𝑐 for a 90% confidence level when the sample size is 22

4) In a random sample of 19 patients at a hospital’s minor emergency department, the mean


waiting time before seeing a medical professional was 23 minutes and the standard
deviation was
5) 11 minutes. Assume the waiting times are normally distributed; construct a 95%
confidence interval for the population mean waiting time.

6) A random sample of 34 home theater systems has a mean price of N452, 000 and a
standard deviation of N85, 000. Construct a 90% confidence interval for the population
mean.

7) You work for a consumer advocate agency and want to estimate the population means
cost of replacing a car’s transmission. As part of your study, you randomly select 50
replacement costs and find the mean to be N2650000.00.The sample standard deviation is
N425000.00. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean replacement
cost. Interpret the results.

8) Write the claim as a mathematical sentence. State the null and alternative hypotheses, and
identify which represents the claim.
a. A school publicizes that the proportion of its students who are involved in at least one
extracurricular activity is 61%.

b. A car dealership announces that the mean time for an oil change is less than 15 minutes

c. A company advertises that the mean life of its furnaces is more than 18 years.

9) The USDA limit for salmonella contamination for chicken is 20%. A meat inspector
reports that the chicken produced by a company exceeds the USDA limit. You perform a
hypothesis test to determine whether the meat inspector’s claim is true. When will a type
I or type II error occur? Which is more serious?

10) The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases reports that the
average cost of bariatric (weight loss) surgery is about $22,500. You think this
information is incorrect. You randomly select 30 bariatric surgery patients and find that
the average cost for their surgeries is $21,545 with a standard deviation of $3015. Is there
enough evidence to support your claim at 𝛼 = 0.05?

11) A sales analyst wants to determine whether there is a difference in the mean monthly
sales of a company’s four sales regions. Several sales persons from each region are
randomly selected and they provide their sales amounts (in thousands of dollars) for the
previous month. The results are shown in the table below.

North 34 28 18 24
East 47 36 30 38 44
South 40 30 41 29
West 21 30 24 37 23

At 𝛼 = 0.05, can the analyst conclude that there is a difference in the mean monthly sales among
the sales regions? Assume that each population of sales is normally distributed and that the
population variances are equal.

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