Trematodes of the species Euhaplorchis californiensis may infect the California kill fish, Fundulus parvipinnis. Researchers have observed that infected fish spend excessive time near the water surface, where they may be more vulnerable to bird predation. Researchers set up an experiment in a large outdoor tank that stocked with three kinds of killifish, uninfected, lightly infected, and highly infected, and recorded the number of fish that is eaten by birds.   State the null and alternative hypothesis

Tardigrades, or water bears, are a type of micro-animal famous for their resilience. In examining the effects of radiation on arganisms, an expert claimed that the amount of gamma radiation needed to sterilize a colany of tardigrades no longer has a mean of 1200 Gy (grays). (For comparison, humans cannot withstand more than 10 Gy.) A study was conducted on a sample of 21 randomly selected tardigrade colonies, finding that the amount of gamma radiation needed to sterilize a colony had a sample mean af 1225 Gy, with a sample standard deviation of 65 Gy. Assume that the population of amounts of gamma radiation needed to sterilize a colony of tardigrades is approximately normally distributed. Complete the parts below to perform a hypothesis test to see if there is enough evidence, at the 0.10 level af significance, to support the claim that H, the mean amount of gamma radiation needed to sterilize a colony of tardigrades, is nat equal to 1200 Gy. (a) State the null hypothesis and the…

A cell phone manufacturer tests the battery lifetimes of its cell phones by recording the time it takes for the battery charges to run out while testers are streaming videos on the phones continuously. The manufacturer claims that the population mean of the battery lifetimes of all phones of their latest model is 5.26 hours. As a researcher for a consumer information service, you want to test that claim. To do so, you select a random sample of 45 cell phones of the Español manufacturer's latest model and record their battery lifetimes. Assume it is known that the population standard deviation of the battery lifetimes for that cell phone model is 2.42 hours. Based on your sample, follow the steps below to construct a 99% confidence interval for the population mean of the battery lifetimes for all phones of the manufacturer's latest model. Then state whether the confidence interval you construct contradicts the manufacturer's claim. (If necessary, consult a list of formulas.) 00 (a)…

A science project involves testing the effects of different types of music on plant growth.  A sample of 24 newly sprouted bean plants is obtained.  The plants are randomly assigned to each experimental condition (6 per group). The experimental conditions are:  rock music, heavy metal, country, and classical.  The dependent variable is the height of each plant after 2 weeks.    The ANOVA results are summarized as follows: MSB = 10 and SSW =40. Construct a summary table for this study

The traffic pattern is being analyzed for traffic going into Myrtle Beach on 501. The intersection of US-501 and US-17 Bypass was designed such that 50% of the traffic would continue straight on 501, 30% would go north on 17 Bypass, and 20% would go south on 17 Bypass. Since then, there has been a significant amount of commercial growth around the intersection that may have impacted the traffic flow. A sample of 600 cars is to be reviewed to see if the traffic has significantly changed using the chi-square test. How many cars do you expect to go straight on US-501?

The plant-breeding department at a major university developed a new hybrid boysenberry plant called Stumptown Berry. Based on research data, the claim is made that from the time shoots are planted 90 days on average are required to obtain the first berry. A corporation that is interested in marketing the product, tests 60 shoots by planting them and recording the number of days before each plant produces its first berry. The sample mean is 92.3 days. The corporation will not market the product if the mean number of days is more than the 90 days claimed. The hypotheses are: H0:μ = 90 H1:μ > 90 What is a type I error in the context of this problem

The Wall Street Journal asked Concur Technologies, Inc., an expense management company, to examine data from 8.3 million expense reports to provide insights regarding business travel expenses. Their analysis of the data showed that New York was the most expensive city. The following table shows the average daily hotel room rate (X) and the average amount spent on entertainment (Y) for a random sample of 9 of the 25 most-visited U.S. cities. These data lead to the estimated regression equation y = 17.49 + 1.0334x. For these data SSE = 1541.4. Use Table 1 of Appendix B.  a. Predict the amount spent on entertainment for a particular city that has a daily room rate of $89 (to 2 decimals). b. Develop a 95% confidence interval for the mean amount spent on entertainment for all cities that have a daily room rate of $89 (to 2 decimals). c. The average room rate in Chicago is $128. Develop a 95% prediction interval for the amount spent on entertainment in Chicago (to 2 decimals).

The World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. How did population movement change before and after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared? The United States' Bureau of Transportation has collected data that can help answer this question. In this activity we will focus on traveling patterns in the state of New York during 2019 and the first three seasons of 2020. The dataset consists of variables for the state of New York including the month the data were collected, a season year label, and the number of trips less than 1 mile from one's home as measured by a mobile device's movement. A trip is defined as movements that include a stay of longer than 10 minutes at an anonymized location away from home. Movements with multiple stays of longer than 10 minutes before returning home are counted as multiple trips. The months January, February, and March are categorized as winter; the months April, May and June are categorized…