Math 1431 – Spring 2003 – Test #4 – Practice

You are allowed to use your calculator. Explain all answers – answers with no explanation will receive only partial credit. Use complete sentences. Show how you used the calculator to answer the questions below.


1. A poll was conducted to answer the question: Do you favor the President’s economic policy? Here are the results of the poll:

  Republicans Democrats
Number polled 400 500
Number who favor policy 275 225
  1. Is there a difference between the proportion of Republicans and the proportion of Democrats who favor the President’s policy?
  2. Find the 95% CI for the data.
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2. The president of ABC college claims that 75% of the students have GPAs greater than 2.5. In a random sample of 300 students, it was determined that 71% have GPAs greater than 2.5.

  1. Using α = 0.05 significance level, test the president’s hypothesis.
  2. Find the 95% CI for the data.
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3. Suppose the IQ scores of business and English majors are the same. Six business majors and seven English majors are chosen at random and their IQ scores are tested. Here are the results:

Business majors 112 108 131 111 115 107  
English majors 114 102 119 113 110 123 103
  1. Is there a difference in the IQs of business and English majors?
  2. Find the 95% CI for the data.
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4. Eight pairs of five-year-old identical twins are assigned at random, each twin of a pair going into one of two groups learning to read using two different methods (a matched pair design). The twins in Group S are taught by a standard method and those in Group N by a new method. After six months, the same test is given to all the twins. The results are given below.

Group S 57 72 68 64 49 62 54 71
Group N 59 75 67 70 51 67 62 71
  1. Is there evidence that there is a difference in the test results of the twins in the two different groups?
  2. Find the 95% CI for the data.
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5. Suppose three candidates are running for office. A number of registered voters (classified by their political affiliation) are asked for their preference. Is there a relationship between a voter’s political affiliation and their preference? (The expected counts are in parentheses.)

  Candidate
Political Affiliation A B C Totals
Republican 10 (21.67) 35 (20) 5 (8.33) 50
Democrat 50 (34.67) 20 (32) 10 (10.33) 80
Independent 5 (8.67) 5 (8) 10 (3.33) 20
Totals 65 60 25 150

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