Because 25 percent of the students in my morning statistics class watch eight or more hours of television a week, I conclude that 25 percent of all students at the university watch eight or more hours of television a week. The most important logical weakness of this conclusion would be Multiple Choice   relying on a sample instead of surveying every student.   using a sample that may not be representative of all students.   failing to correct for unconscious interviewer bias.   assuming cause and effect where none exists.

As quality control inspector, you have previously believed a claim that 3.2% of items made on your production line are defective. To see if you should still believe this claim: you decide to do a two sided significance test, with a significance level of 2%. You then randomly sample 420 items from the production line, and find that 22 of the items are defective. Which of the following are correct general statements about the conclusion that you find from the significance test? Select all that apply 1. The P-value from your test, is less than or equal to your chosen alpha value. 2. Your sample results are not statistically significant. 3. You reject the null hypothesis in favor of the two sided alternative. 4. Your sample results are statistically significant 5. Based upon the evidence from your significance test, you should no longer believe the null hypothesis claim. 6. Based upon the evidence from your significance test, you have no reason to stop believing the null hypothesis…

The table below summarizes data from a survey of a sample of women. Using a 0.05 significance level, and assuming that the sample sizes of 900 men and 300 women are predetermined, test the claim that the proportions of agree/disagree responses are the same for subjects interviewed by men and the subjects interviewed by women. Does it appear that the gender of the interviewer affected the responses of women? Gender of Interviewer Woman Man Women who agree Women who disagree 589 249 311 51 Click here to view the chi-square distribution table. Identify the null and alternative hypotheses. Choose the correct answer below. O A. Ho: The proportions of agree/disagree responses are different for the subjects interviewed by men and the subjects interviewed by women. H: The proportions are the same. O B. Hn: The proportions of agree/disagree responses are the same for the subjects interviewed by men and the subjects interviewed by women. H: The proportions are different. OC. Ho: The response of…

Pick a sample problem where despite correlation, causation cannot be reasonable argument.

Give an example of a study for which the one sample z-test would the appropriate test statistic to use.

If a researcher failed to use a random sample, how would this affect the research conclusion?   If a researcher failed to use random assignment, how would this affect the research results?

A psychological study wants to analyze the relationship between anxiety and binge drinking; a questionnaire for anxiety and questionnaire for binge drinking is administered to each subject. What would be a good statistical test to test the hypothesis?

2) A researcher suspects that there is a relationship between substance use and sexual activity among single college students.  What statistical analysis tests would you use for this?

How does an observed sample mean qualify as a common outcome?

A study was done looking at cancer rates near a large factory. The researchers collected data for the survey by placing signs around town, listing a survey website that people could log into if they or their family members developed cancer in the last 10 years. What main type of bias in present in this study design? Resemblance bias Low sample size bias Volunteer bias Sample of convenience