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 |
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.
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 |
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 |
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 |