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1. A study was conducted to estimate ?, the mean commute distance that all emplo

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1. A study was conducted to estimate ?, the mean commute distance that all employed U.S. adults travel to work. Suppose a random sample of 49 employed U.S. adults gives a mean commute distance of 22 miles and that from prior studies, the population standard deviation is assumed to be ? = 8.4 miles. How large a sample of U.S. adults is needed in order to estimate ? with a 95% confidence interval of length 2.4 miles?

196

49

111

784

2. The probability that z is less than 2 is

0.4772

0.0228

0

0.9772

3. A cry count of newborns and IQ at age three example, finds the following:

The correlation coefficient of our observed data is r = 0.4.

The p-value of the test:

Ho: There is no linear relationship between cry count and IQ.

Ha: There is a significant linear relationship between cry count and IQ.

is p=0.012.

Which of the following statements is true?

The data provide fairly strong evidence of a moderately weak linear relationship between cry count (a few days after birth) and IQ (at age 3) among infants.

The data provide moderately weak evidence of a fairly strong linear relationship between cry count (a few days after birth) and IQ (at age 3) among infants.

The data provide fairly strong evidence of a fairly strong linear relationship between cry count (a few days after birth) and IQ (at age 3) among infants.

The data provide moderately weak evidence of a moderately weak linear relationship between cry count (a few days after birth) and IQ (at age 3) among infants.

a.

196

b.

49

c.

111

d.

784

Explanation / Answer

(2) Probability that Z is less than 2 = P(Z < 2) = P(Z <= 2) = 0.9772.

(3) Since p-value is less than alpha = 0.05, the data provide fairly strong evidence of a moderately weak linear relationship between cry count (a few days after birth) and IQ (at age 3) among infants. (Option a)

(1) Sample size = ((1.96 * 8.4)/1.2)2 = 188.2384. Thus, Option a is correct.