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Lesson Worksheet: Null Hypothesis Testing Mathematics
In this worksheet, we will practice how to use hypothesis testing to assess a specific claim about the mean.
Q1:
Suppose the average SAT score of graduating seniors is greater than 1,100. What are the null and alternative hypotheses?
- A,
- B,
- C,
- D,
- E,
Q2:
A package of gum claims that the flavor lasts more than 39 minutes. What would the null hypothesis of a test to determine the validity of the claim be?
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
What sort of test is this?
- ARight-tailed test
- BTwo-sided test
- CLeft-tailed test
Q3:
Which of the following statements is not true for hypothesis testing?
- AThe null hypothesis must contain the equal symbol.
- BType II error is the probability of accepting false null hypothesis given that the alternative hypothesis is true.
- CType I error is the probability of rejecting true null hypothesis.
- DType II error is the probability of accepting false null hypothesis.
Q4:
Some teachers at a school say that high-school juniors use computers for an average of 3.2 hours per day. The school principal wants to test if this is true. What are the null and alternative hypotheses?
- A,
- B,
- C,
- D,
- E,
Q5:
The school nurse thinks the average height of 7th graders has increased. The average height of a 7th grader 5 years ago was 145 cm with a standard deviation of 20 cm. She takes a random sample of 200 students and finds that the average height of her sample is 147 cm. What are the null and alternative hypotheses?
- A,
- B,
- C,
- D,
- E,
Conduct a single-tailed hypothesis test using a .05-significance level to test the null and alternative hypotheses. What is your conclusion?
- AThere is insufficient evidence to reject the alternative hypothesis at the given significance level.
- BThere is insufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis at the given significance level.
- CThere is sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis at the given significance level.
Are 7th graders now taller than they were before?
- AYes
- BNo
Q6:
A manufacturer specifies that the mean lifetime of a certain type of batteries is at least 273 hours. A sample of 49 batteries has an average lifetime of 270.5 hours and a standard deviation of 9 hours.
State the null and the alternative hypotheses.
- A and
- B and
- C and
- D and
- E and
Test the manufacturerβs claim at the significance level of 0.05.
- AThe claim fails to be rejected.
- BThe claim is rejected.
Q7:
True or False: Significant level is the probability of rejecting when is true.
- AFalse
- BTrue
Q8:
The water temperature in a storeroom is normally distributed. The mean temperature should not exceed . The standard deviation of water temperature is . Measurements on 9 randomly selected days produce a mean of . Should the water temperature be regarded as acceptable with a significant level of 0.05?
- AYes
- BNo
Q9:
A rod used in a machine application must have a diameter of 1.2 mm. A random sample of 25 rods produces a mean diameter of 1.194 cm. The diameter is known to be normally distributed with a standard deviation of 0.03 cm. Test this hypothesis with a significant level of 0.02.
- A
- B