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This document contains 11 practice questions on statistical concepts and hypothesis testing. The questions cover topics such as defining statistical terms, performing hypothesis tests, estimating parameters, fitting regression models, and constructing confidence intervals. Students are asked to test claims, compare sample means, determine if variables are independent, and draw inferences about population parameters based on sample data.

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STA 222 Practice Questions

This document contains 11 practice questions on statistical concepts and hypothesis testing. The questions cover topics such as defining statistical terms, performing hypothesis tests, estimating parameters, fitting regression models, and constructing confidence intervals. Students are asked to test claims, compare sample means, determine if variables are independent, and draw inferences about population parameters based on sample data.

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NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA

FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES


DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
PRACTICE/REVISION QUESTIONS ON STA 222

1. Define the following


a. Hypothesis
b. Hypothesis testing
c. Null and alternative hypotheses
d. Type I error and type II error
e. Level of significance
f. Critical or rejection region
g. One–tailed and two–tailed tests
h. Estimator
i. Estimate
j. Parameter

2. a. Write down steps in hypothesis testing


b. State three assumptions that data must meet for testing the difference between two means?
c. Differentiate between point and interval estimations
d. List four (4) methods of finding point estimates and four (4) properties of estimators.

3. A private medical practitioner has a habit of scheduling consultation appointments for all
her patients and asserts that she doesn’t normally attend to any patient who is 20 minutes
or more late for appointment. During spot investigation, it was found that a random sample
of 35 patients were 17.2 minutes late for appointments on the average. Previous research
has shown the standard deviation to be 15 minutes. Is the medical practitioner correct in
her assertion? Use α=0.05.

4. A manufacturer of multivitamin tablets claims that his tablets contain on the average,
2.49mg of riboflavin. NAFDAC check using 82 tablets showed a mean riboflavin content
of 2.52mg, with standard deviation of 0.18mg. Should the manufacturer’s claim be rejected,
at α=0.01?

5. A nutritionist has advertised that the mean time for her own brand of children’s candy to
melt in the mouth is 5 minutes. A promotional agency tested five of this brand of candy
and found the following melting times in minutes: 3.5, 6.0, 6.5, 5.5, 5.0. does the nutritionist
exaggerate the speed with which her candy melts in the mouth, at α=0.01 and α=0.05?

6. A health insurance company is believed to pay an average of N215.00 per claim, per year.
A random sample of 144 claims selected from a list of claimants showed an average of
N262.00 per claim, with standard deviation of N56.00. Is it correct to say that the average
health insurance claim has increased, at α=0.05 and α=0.01?

7. A pediatrician wished to compare the birth weights of first order births with the birth
weights of fifth order births. Two random samples of 20 first order births and 20 fifth order
births were independently selected, with averages/standard deviations of 3.9kg/0.22kg and
3.5kg/0.19kg respectively.
a. Assuming the population variances are equal, can we conclude from these data, that at
birth, first order births weigh more than fifth order births, α=0.01?
b. Assuming the population variances are not equal, can we conclude from these data, that
at birth that there is no significant difference between first order births and fifth order
births, α=0.05?

8. A random group of 800 eligible voters was cross–classified according to annual income
and party affiliation, as indicated in the following table. In the table, [20, 40) signifies
income of at least $20,000 but less than $40,000; [40, 60) means at least $40,000 but les s
than $60,000, and [60,000, –) means $60,000 and above. Test at α=0.01, that annual income
is independent of party affiliation.
Annual income
Party Affiliation [20, 40) [40, 60) [60,000, –)
Democratic 125 225 70
Republican 60 200 120
b. Define contingency table

9. Consider the following data, where x denotes the average daily temperature in degrees
Fahrenheit and y denotes the corresponding daily natural gas consumption in cubic feet:
x (0F) 50 45 40 38 32 40 55
3
y (ft ) 2.5 5.0 6.2 7.4 8.3 4.7 1.8
a. Fit the regression equation of y on x.
b. At what temperature will the gas consumption be 12.5ft3?

10. The scores on a standardized math test in District X are normally distributed with mean 74
and standard deviation 8, while those in District Y are normally distributed with mean 70
and standard deviation 10. A new learning program, which makes extensive use of
computers, is introduced in both districts. The mean score under the new system of a
random sample of 40 students in District X is x = 75 . In District Y, y = 73 , based on a
random sample of 50 students. Find a 95 percent confidence interval for  x −  y under the
new system. Assume  x = 8 and  y = 10 .
11. The diameter of 36 rods selected from a population of 350 rods gave a mean diameter of
0.77cm and standard deviation of 0.011cm. Obtain a 99% confidence interval for the
population mean assuming sampling was done
a. with replacement
b. without replacement

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