Question 1

A local grocery store wants to estimate the mean daily number of gallons of milk sold to customers. Assume the number of gallons sold follows the normal distribution, with a population standard deviation of 5.10 gallons. A random sample of 60 days shows that the mean daily number of gallons sold is 10.00. Compute a 99% confidence interval for the population mean.

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Question 2

The Nile Superstore is conducting a survey of consumer preferences for a new wireless e-book reader. A sample of 160 people reveals that 120 would buy the new reader. Estimate the value of the population proportion.

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Question 3

Increasing sample sizes result in _______________ interval estimates of a population parameter.

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Question 4

A university wants to determine the proportion of students who use a cash card to pay at the university food service. Out of 100 students surveyed, 65 students use a cash card. Estimate the value of the population proportion.

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Question 5

A silkscreen printing company purchases t-shirts. To ensure the quality of the shipment, 300 t-shirts are randomly selected. Fifteen are defective. What is the estimated proportion defective in the population?

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Question 6

A research firm conducted a survey to determine the mean amount people spend at a popular coffee shop during a week. They found the amounts spent per week followed a normal distribution with a population standard deviation of $4. A sample of 64 customers revealed that the mean is $25. What is the 99% confidence interval estimate of µ?

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Question 7

A research firm conducted a survey to determine the mean amount people spend at a popular coffee shop during a week. They found the amounts spent per week followed a normal distribution, with a population standard deviation of $4. A sample of 49 customers revealed that the mean is $25. What is the 95% confidence interval estimate of µ?

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Question 8

In relative terms, a _______ standard deviation leads to a narrower confidence interval.

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Question 9

The t distribution approaches the ____________ distribution as the sample size increases.

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Question 10

When the population standard deviation is unknown, a __________ statistic is used to compute a confidence interval.

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Question 11

A university wants to determine the proportion of students who use a cash card to pay at the university food service. Out of 100 students surveyed, 65 students use a cash card. What is the 95% confidence interval for the population proportion?

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Question 12

The Nile Superstore is conducting a survey of consumer preferences for a new wireless e-book reader. A sample of 160 people reveals that 120 would buy the new reader. What is the 99% confidence interval for the population proportion?

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Question 13

To compute a confidence interval for a population proportion, a __________ statistic is used.

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Question 14

For a given confidence level, the value of t ___________ as the sample size increases.

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Question 15

When the population standard deviation is known, a __________ statistic is used to compute a confidence interval.

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Question 16

A confidence interval becomes narrower when the sample size _________.

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Question 17

A local health care company wants to estimate the mean weekly elder day-care cost. A sample of 10 facilities shows a mean of $250 per week, with a standard deviation of $25. What is the 90% confidence interval for the population mean?

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Question 18

In relative terms, a _______ confidence level leads to a narrower confidence interval.

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Question 19

A company's headquarters is located in downtown Chicago. If they require their employees to start working at 6:00 a.m., the company is interested to know the mean driving time of its employees. Fifty employees are randomly sampled over four weeks and asked to record their driving times. The mean driving time is 35 minutes, with a standard deviation of 10 minutes. What is the 98% confidence interval for the population mean?

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Question 20

A local grocery store wants to estimate the mean daily number of gallons of milk sold to customers. Assume the number of gallons sold follows the normal distribution, with a population standard deviation of 5.10 gallons. A random sample of 60 days shows that the mean daily number of gallons sold is 10.00. What is the point estimate of the population mean?

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