Graded Worksheet D1

Name: ________________

This needs to be completed and emailed to burelle@hartford.edu by the due date

announced in Course Compass.
For the situation described, complete the following. Use StatCrunch to do the calculations,
explaining briefly what you entered into StatCrunch, and being sure to identify your answers
clearly.
1. At a large university, the dean of students wonders if the percentage of first generation
students has changed since he arrived 10 years earlier. When he arrived, the proportion was
53%. He randomly samples 93 students, finding that 58 are first-generation.
a. State the null and alternative hypotheses using proper notation.

b. Use StatCrunch to calculate the test statistic (z) and P-value.

c. At = 0.05, do you reject the null hypothesis? YES / NO

d. Write a sentence summarizing your finding in the context of the problem.

2. Using the data from problem 1, calculate a 95% confidence interval.

a. Use StatCrunch to calculate the confidence interval. Write your answer in a form similar
to (15.44%, 18.36%).

b. Write a sentence summarizing your findings in the context of the problem.