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The document provides two examples of hypothesis tests. The first tests whether the mean waiting time at a supermarket has increased from a previous mean of 8.2 minutes using a sample of 25 customers with a mean waiting time of 9.75 minutes. The second tests whether the proportion of male sports viewers is greater than 0.75 based on a sample of 400 ticket holders where 352 were male. Both examples provide multiple choice questions to test understanding of key concepts like defining the null and alternative hypotheses, identifying if the test is one-tailed or two-tailed, choosing the appropriate test statistic, determining the critical region and decision criteria, and interpreting the decisions.

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Examples-Ch9 1

The document provides two examples of hypothesis tests. The first tests whether the mean waiting time at a supermarket has increased from a previous mean of 8.2 minutes using a sample of 25 customers with a mean waiting time of 9.75 minutes. The second tests whether the proportion of male sports viewers is greater than 0.75 based on a sample of 400 ticket holders where 352 were male. Both examples provide multiple choice questions to test understanding of key concepts like defining the null and alternative hypotheses, identifying if the test is one-tailed or two-tailed, choosing the appropriate test statistic, determining the critical region and decision criteria, and interpreting the decisions.

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Example 1

A hypothesis test is to be performed to determine whether the mean waiting time


during peak hours for customers in a supermarket has increased from the
previous mean waiting time of 8.2 minutes. Previous experience indicates that
the waiting time follows a normal distribution with standard deviation equal 3.8
minutes. To test the hypothesis, a random sample of 25 customers will be
selected yields mean x  9.75 .. Answer the questions 1 to 9.
Question 1:
The null and alternative hypotheses are...
(A) H 0 :   8.2 & H1 :   8.2 (B) H 0 :   8.2 & H1 :   8.2
(C) H 0 :   8.2 & H1 :   8.2 (D) H 0 : X  8.2 & H 1 : X  8.2
Question 2:
This hypothesis test is classifies as...
(A) Right-tailed (B) Two-tailed
(C) Multi-tailed (D) left-tailed
Question 3:
The appropriate test statistic is...
X  X 
(A) Z (B) Z
S/ n / n
X  X 
(C) T (D) Z
S/ n S/ n
Question 4:
The critical region is best described by figure....
(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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Question 5:
With significance level equal 0.05, the decision criterion for the hypothesis test in
terms of the computed value of the test statistic is....
(A) Reject H 0 if z stat < -1.645 (B) Reject H 0 if z stat > 1.96

(C) Reject H 0 if Z stat > 1.645 or Z stat  1.645 (D) Reject H 0 if z stat > 1.645
Question 6:
The computed value of our test statistic is....
(A) -2.04 (B) 3.98 (C) 2.04 (D) 0.54
Solution:
9.75  8.2
z stat   2.04
3.8 / 25
Question 7:
The decision would be to....
(A) Cannot be determined
(B) Do not reject the null hypothesis.
(C) Reject the null hypothesis.
(D) Reject the alternative hypothesis.
Question 8:
Suppose that in fact the waiting time is increased to 9 minutes (  1 9.9 ), then
the decision has been made is...
(A) Committing Type I error (B) Committing Type II error
(C) Correct decision( 1   ) (D) Correct decision( 1   )
Question 9:
H 0 :   8.2
A 95% confidence interval is 8.3    11.2 . The null hypothesis is
H 1 :   8.2
What is the decision?
(A) Reject the null hypothesis.
(B) Do not Reject the null hypothesis.
(C) Can not be determined
(D) Reject the alternative hypothesis.
End of example 1

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Example 2
It assumed from last experience that 75% of sports viewers are male. A famous
sport newspaper reports that this proportion is greater than 0.75. A random
sample of 400 season ticket holders reveals that 352 are male. We wish to test
the above hypothesis. Answer the questions 1 to 10.

Question 1:
The null and alternative hypotheses are...
(A) H 0 : P  0.75 & H1 : P  0.75 (B) H 0 :   0.75 & H1 :   0.75
(C) H 0 :   0.75 & H1 :   0.75 (D) H 0 :   0.75 & H1 :   0.75

Question2:
This hypothesis test is classifies as...
(A) Two-tailed (B) Right-tailed
(C) Opposite-tailed (D) left-tailed

Question 3:
The appropriate test statistic is...
P  X 
(A) Z (B) T
 (1  ) / n S/ n
X  P 
(C) Z (D) 2 
/ n  (1  ) / n
Question 4:
With significance level equal 0.05, the decision criterion for the hypothesis test in
terms of the computed value of the test statistic ( Z stat ) is....

(A) Reject H 0 if Z c <-1.96 (B) Reject H 0 if Z c > 1.96

(C) Reject H 0 if Z c > 1.96 or Z c  1.96 (D) Reject H 0 if Z c >1.645

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Question 5:
With level of significance 5%, the critical region is best described by figure....

Question 6:
The computed value of our test statistic is....
(A) 0.01 (B) 5.99 (C) 0.23 (D) -0.01
Solution:
350 / 400  0.75 0.875  0.75 0.88  0.75
zc     5.99
(.75)(.25) / 400 0.0217 0.0217
Question 7:
The decision would be to....
(A) Do not Reject the null hypothesis
(B) Cannot be determined.
(C) Reject the null hypothesis.
(D Reject the alternative hypothesis.
Question 8:
Suppose that in fact the true proportion is 0.85, then the decision has been made
is... 
(A) Rejecting the true hypothesis(  ) (B)Do not Rejecting the false hypothesis
type1 error (  ) type11 error.
(C) Do not rejecting the true (D) Rejecting the false
hypothesis( 1   )Correct decision hypothesis( 1   )Correct decision

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Question 9:
Suppose that in fact the true proportion is 0.74, then the decision has been made
is...
(A) Rejecting the true hypothesis(  ) (B)Do not Rejecting the false hypothesis
type1 error (  ) type11 error.
(C) Do not rejecting the true (D) Rejecting the false
hypothesis( 1   )Correct decision 1   )Correct decision
hypothesis(
Question10: A 95% confidence interval is 0.85    0.91 . The null hypothesis is
H 0 :   0.75
H 1 :   0.75
What is the decision?
(A) Reject the null hypothesis.
(B) Do not Reject the null hypothesis.
(C) Cannot be determined
(D) Reject the alternative hypothesis.

End of example 2

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