SJDC Math 12 from Fall 2010 Instructor: Gallo

(Practice-) Exam-3 (CW 15 CW24)

Name ________________________ Date _________________________

1. (5 pts.) In 1990, the mean pH level of the rain in Pierce County, Washington, was 5.03. A biologist claims that the acidity of rain has increased. (Which means the pH-level of the rain has decreased.) From a random sample of 19 rain dates in 2004, the biologist obtains the following pH level data: 5.08 4.91 4.66 5.07 4.70 5.03 4.87 4.78 4.78 4.77 5.00 4.60 4.50 4.73 4.73 5.05 4.79 4.70 4.65

(a) (1 pt.) Find the sample mean and sample standard deviation.

(b) (1 pt.) State the null and alternative hypotheses for testing the biologist's claim.

(c) (1 pt.) Assuming that =0.2 , find the z-value for the significance test.

(d) (1 pt.) Use the z-value from part (c) to compute the p-value, and draw your conclusion at the =0.05 level of significance.

(e) (1 pt.) Assuming that =0.2 , construct a 95 % CI for the mean pH level of rain in Pierce County, Washington in 2004.

SJDC Math 12 Fall 2010

Exam-3 (Raw Score: 30 Points)

Instructor: Gallo

2. (5 pts.) A stock analyst believes that the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of companies listed on the S&P 500 Index is less than its December 1, 2000 level of 22.0, in response to economic uncertainty. Company Boing GM Haliburton Norfolk Southern Circuit City P/E 25.1 7.8 35.8 26.5 14.5 Company Agilent Technologies Old Kent Financial Cendent Dow Chemical Minisota Mining P/E 22.5 20.0 15.0 13.7 23.8 Company Citigroup Merck and Co. Sara Lee Harley-Davidson P/E 18.5 26.8 11.9 37.4

(a) (1 pt.) Find the sample mean and sample standard deviation of the P/E ratios listed above.

(b) (1 pt.) Assuming the data comes from a normal population (but is unknown), construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean P/E ratio.

(c) (1 pt.) State the null and alternative hypotheses for testing the stock analyst's claim that the mean P/E ratio has declined.

(d) (1 pt.) Compute the t-value for the significance test.

(e) (1 pt.) Use the t-value from part (d) to determine the p-value and draw your conclusion at the =0.05 level of significance.

SJDC Math 12 from Fall 2010 Instructor: Gallo

(Practice-) Exam-3 (CW 15 CW24)

Name ________________________ Date _________________________

3. (5 pts.) Nasa researchers want to determine the effects of space flight on a rat's hemoglobin. The following data represent the hemoglobin (in grams per deciliter) at lift-off minus 3 days (H-L3) and immediately upon the return (H-R0) for 12 randomly selected rats sent to space on the Spacelab Sciences 1 flight. Rat # H-L3 H-R0 Diff. (a) (1 pt.) Find the sample mean and sample standard deviation for the differences 1 15.2 15.8 2 16.1 16.5 3 15.3 16.7 4 16.4 15.7 5 15.7 16.9 6 14.7 13.1 7 14.3 16.4 8 14.5 16.5 9 15.2 16.0 10 16.1 16.8 11 15.1 17.6 12 15.8 16.9

(b) (1 pt.) Find the 90 % CI for the mean of the difference

(c) (1 pt.) State the hypotheses for testing the claim that the hemoglobin levels at lift-off minus 3 days are less than the hemoglobin levels upon return.

(d) (1 pt.) Find the t-value for the significance test.

(e) (1 pt.) Use the t-value from part (d) to compute the p-value, and draw your conclusion at the =0.05 level of significance.

SJDC Math 12 Fall 2010

Exam-3 (Raw Score: 30 Points)

Instructor: Gallo

4. (5 pts.) A physical therapist claims that women are more flexible than men. The therapist measures the flexibility of 31 randomly selected women and 45 randomly selected men by determining the number of inches subjects could reach while sitting on the floor with their legs straight and back perpendicular to the ground. The more flexible an individual is, the higher the measured flexibility will be. n x s Women: Men: 31 45 20.99 18.64 2.07 3.29

(a) (1 pt.) Assume 12 , find the computer degree of freedom and find the 95% CI for the mean difference 1 2 .

(b) (1 pt.) Assume 1= 2 . Find the pooled sample standard deviation and the degrees of freedom.

(c) (1 pt.) Write down the hypotheses for testing the physical therapist's claim.

(d) (1 pt.) Find the t-value for the significance test under the assumption (b).

(e) (1 pt.) Use the t-value from part (d) to compute the p-value for the significance test, and draw your conclusion at the =0.01 level of significance.

SJDC Math 12 from Fall 2010 Instructor: Gallo

(Practice-) Exam-3 (CW 15 CW24)

Name ________________________ Date _________________________

5. (5 pts) In August 2003, 56% of employed adults in the United States reported that basic mathematics skills were critical or very important to their job. The supervisor of the job placement office at a 4-year college thinks this percentage has increased due to the increased use of technology in the workplace, so the supervisor takes a random sample of 480 employed adults and finds that 297 of them feel that basic math skills are critical or very important to their job. (a) compute the sample proportion of employed adults who feel that basic math skills are critical or very important to their job.

(b) State the null and alternative hypotheses for testing the supervisor's claim.

(c) computer the z-value for the significance test.

(d) compute the p-value and draw your conclusion at the =0.05 level of significance.

(e) Construct a 95% confidence interval for the true value of the proportion of adult workers who feel that basic math skills are critical or very important to their job.

SJDC Math 12 Fall 2010

Exam-3 (Raw Score: 30 Points)

Instructor: Gallo

6. (5 pts) On April 12, 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk released the results of clinical trials for his vaccine to prevent polio. In these clinical trials, 400,000 children were randomly divided up into two groups. The subjects in group 1 (the experimental group) were given the vaccine, while the subjects in group 2 (the control group) were given a placebo. Of the 200,000 children in the experimental group, 33 developed polio. Of the 200,000 children in the control group, 115 developed polio. (a) Compute the group 1, group 2, and pooled sample proportions.

(b) State the null and alternative hypotheses for testing the claim that the proportion of subjects in the experimental group who contracted polio is less than the proportion of subjects in the control group who contracted polio.

(c) compute the z-value for the significance test.

(d) Use the z-value from part (c) to compute the p-value, and draw your conclusion at the =0.01 level of significance.

(e) Construct a 95% confidence interval for the true value of the difference between the two population proportions p 1 p 2 .