E 21 of 30 Questions Completed 22 out of 30 Resources Submit All 15 Question Press esc to exit full screen < Question 21 of 30 > 16 Question Suppose that an opinion columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times reported that 58% of Illinois voters support an increase in transportation spending. A political analyst thinks the actual percentage is less than that and decides to test this claim with a simple random sample of 500 people who said they had voted in the most recent election. Suppose the analyst found that 383 of 17 Question the voters surveyed support an increase in spending. 18 Question The requirements for a one-sample z-test for a proportion are met. Select the correct null, Ho, and alternative, Ha, hypotheses 19 Question for this test, where p is the population proportion, ôp is the sample proportion, and z is the one-sample z-statistic. 20 Question Но : Ha : 21 Question O ô = 0.58 Op<0.58 22 Question Op = 0.7660 Op> 0.58 23 Question O p = 0.7660 O ô < 0.58 Op = 0.58 Op<0.7660 24 Question 25 Question 26 Question 27 Question 28 Question 29 Question 30 Question

Question Bias Which of the following survey questions would NOT show bias? Select one: Don't you agree that eating whole grain food improve your O a. health? O b. How much do you exercise during an average week? O c. If someone is distracted by text messaging while they are driving, are they more likely to have an accident? O d. Is outsourcing of jobs to other countries justified if it takes away current jobs from American citizens.

Past studies have indicated that the percentage of smokers was estimated to be about 34%. Given the new smoking cessation programs that have been implemented, you now believe that the percentage of smokers has reduced. You randomly surveyed 1783 people and found that 553 smoke. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the percentage of smokers has reduced.

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Question 3. A researcher wished to gauge public opinion on gun control. He randomly selected 1000 people from the list of registered voters and asked them the following question: Do you believe that gun control laws which restricts the ability of Ghanaians to protect their families should be eliminated? i. Identify the two instances of inappropriate use of statistics in the approach used by the researcher. ii. Suggest a remedy for improving the approach used by the researcher.

Sierra College students enrolled in an online Elementary Statistics course were asked to participate in an anonymous onlne survey. The survey asked the students "Which type of device will you primarily use to access your online course in Canvas?". Of the 152 students who answered this question, 20 responded "a desktop computer", 121 responded "a laptop computer", 6 responded "a smartphone", and 5 responded "a tablet". The Sierra College Mathematics Department believes that less than 5% of students enrolled in an online Elementary Statistics course primarily uses a smartphone to access their online course in Canvas. Use the data collected in the survey to conduct a hypothesis testing procedure to test this belief. What conclusion should be reached according to the results of this hypothesis test?

Anxiety when taking math tests is a common problem. If I want to study this issue, which of the following describes the best way to find out the proportion of students who suffer from math anxiety? O Select students who have scored poorly in math classes at CCBC. Poll students as they enter campus on a randomly selected day. Talk to students randomly pulled from the list of all students. Interview students who have finals on the first day of finals week.

18. The governor of New York has banned selling or purchasing "large" soft drinks, where a "large" is defined as being more than 16 oz. Sonic, famous for its Route 44 drinks is interested in estimating the proportion of New Yorkers that favor this ban. From a random survey of 800 New Yorkers, 375 answered no to the question, “Do you favor the governor's ban on 'large' soft drinks?" a. Find a 97.5% confidence interval for the proportion of New Yorkers who favor the ban on "large" soft drinks. b. Interpret the confidence interval. c. Can you conclude with 97.5% confidence that a majority of New Yorkers favor the ban on "large" soft drinks? Why or why not. d. Without doing any other calculations, can you be 99% confident that a majority of New Yorkers favor the ban on “large" soft drinks?

8. The Harris Poll conducted a survey in which they asked "How many tattoos do you currently have on your body?" Of the 1205 randomly selected males who responded, 181 indicated that they had at least one tattoo. Of 1097 randomly selected females who responded, 143 indicated that they had at least one tattoo. Test using a 99% level of confidence whether the proportion of males with at least one tattoo is different from the proportion of females with at least one tattoo.

A study was conducted to determine how people get jobs. The table list date from 400 randomly selected subjects. The data are bases on results from the National centter for Career Strategies.  Job source of survey respondent FREQUENCIES HELP-WANTED ads 56 EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRMS 44 NETWORKING 280 MASS MAILING 20 TOTAL    1. What percentage of the respondents got job by either help-wanted ads or mass mailing? 2. What percentage of the respondent got jobs from networking?