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    This document contains 10 multiple choice questions regarding hypothesis testing concepts such as: defining the null and alternative hypotheses; identifying one-tailed and two-tailed tests; determining the population parameter of interest; interpreting significance levels; and calculating test statistics. The questions cover a range of hypothesis testing applications including measuring radon gas levels, university GPA proportions, and high school dropout rates.

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    This document contains 10 multiple choice questions regarding hypothesis testing concepts such as: defining the null and alternative hypotheses; identifying one-tailed and two-tailed tests; determining the population parameter of interest; interpreting significance levels; and calculating test statistics. The questions cover a range of hypothesis testing applications including measuring radon gas levels, university GPA proportions, and high school dropout rates.

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    This document contains 10 multiple choice questions regarding hypothesis testing concepts such as: defining the null and alternative hypotheses; identifying one-tailed and two-tailed tests; determining the population parameter of interest; interpreting significance levels; and calculating test statistics. The questions cover a range of hypothesis testing applications including measuring radon gas levels, university GPA proportions, and high school dropout rates.

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    This document contains 10 multiple choice questions regarding hypothesis testing concepts such as: defining the null and alternative hypotheses; identifying one-tailed and two-tailed tests; determining the population parameter of interest; interpreting significance levels; and calculating test statistics. The questions cover a range of hypothesis testing applications including measuring radon gas levels, university GPA proportions, and high school dropout rates.

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    1.

    On the basis of sample information, we either "accept the null hypothesis" or "reject the
    null hypothesis"
    True False

    2. In a one-tailed test, the rejection region is located under one tail (left or right) of the
    corresponding probability distribution, while in a two-tailed test this region is located under
    both tails.
    True False

    3. A hypothesis test regarding the population mean μ is based on the sampling distribution
    of the sample mean X bar .
    True False

    4. The critical value approach specifies a range of values, also called the rejection region,
    such that if the value of the test statistic falls into this range, we do not reject the null
    hypothesis.
    True False

    5. Which of the following types of tests may be performed?

    A. Right-tailed and two-tailed tests


    B. Left-tailed and two-tailed tests
    C. Right-tailed and left-tailed tests
    D. Right-tailed, left-tailed, and two-tailed tests

    6. The national average for an 8th grade reading comprehension test is 73.
    A school district claims that its eighth-graders outperform the national average.
    In testing the school district's claim, how does one define the population parameter of
    interest?

    A. The mean score on the 8th grade reading comprehension test.


    B. The number of 8th graders that took the reading comprehension test.
    C. The standard deviation of the score on the 8th grade reading comprehension test.
    D. The proportion of 8th graders that scored above 73 on the reading comprehension test.

    7. If the null hypothesis is rejected at a 1% significance level, then

    A. The null hypothesis will be rejected at a 5% significance level


    B. The alternative hypothesis will be rejected at a 5% significance level
    C. The null hypothesis will not be rejected at a 5% significance level
    D. The alternative hypothesis will not be rejected at a 5% significance level

    8. A school teacher is worried that the concentration of dangerous, cancer-causing radon


    gas in her classroom is greater than the safe level of 4pCi/L.
    The school samples the air for 36 days and finds an average concentration of 4.4pCi/L with a
    standard deviation of 1pCi/L.
    At a 5% significance level, the decision is to

    A. Reject H0; we can conclude that the mean concentration of radon gas is greater than the
    safe level
    B. Reject H0; we cannot conclude that the mean concentration of radon gas is greater than
    the safe level
    C. Do not reject H0; we can conclude that the mean concentration of radon gas is greater
    than the safe level
    D. Do not reject H0; we cannot conclude that the mean concentration of radon gas is
    greater than the safe level

    9. A university interested in tracking their honors program believes that the proportion of
    graduates with a GPA of 3.00 or below is less than 0.20.
    In a sample of 200 graduates, 30 students have a GPA of 3.00 or below.
    In testing the university's belief, how does one define the population parameter of interest?

    A. It's the proportion of honors graduates with a GPA of 3.00 or below.


    B. It's the mean number of honors graduates with a GPA of 3.00 or below.
    C. It's the number of honors graduates with a GPA of 3.00 or below.
    D. It's the standard deviation of the number of honors graduates with a GPA of 3.00 or
    below.

    10. The Institute of Education Sciences measures the high school dropout rate as the
    percentage of 16- through 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in school and have not earned
    a high school credential.
    In 2009, the high school dropout rate was 8.1%.
    A polling company recently took a survey of 1000 people between the ages of 16 and 24 and
    found 6.5% of them are high school dropouts.
    The polling company would like to determine whether the dropout rate has decreased.
    The value of the test statistic is

    A. z=-2.052
    B. z=-1.854
    C. z=1.854
    D. z=2.052

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