Quantitative Approach to Business Decisions – Master CopyQuestion 1
- If an economist wishes to determine whether there is evidence that average family income in a community this year is different from that of last year
- either a one-tailed or two-tailed test could be used with equivalent results.
- a one tailed test should be utilized.
- a two-tailed test should be utilized.
- none of the above.
7 points
Question 2
- The power of a statistical test is
- the probability of not rejecting Ho when it is false.
- the probability of rejecting Ho when it is true.
- the probability of not rejecting Ho when it is true.
- the probability of rejecting Ho when it is false.
7 points
Question 3
- If we are testing for the difference between the means of 2 related populations with samples of n1 = 30 and n2 = 30, the number of degrees of freedom is equal to
- 58
- 60
- 30
- 29
7 points
Question 4
- When we say a statistical test procedure is not robust, that means
- it requires a sophisticated level of measurement.
- it requires a semi-circular shaped population.
- it is sensitive to slight violations in its assumptions.
- it is insensitive to slight violations in its assumptions.
7 points
Question 5
- What is the null hypothesis of ANOVA:
- all group means are equal
- at least one pair of groups have different means
- all group variances are equal
- none of the above
7 points
Question 6
- The following data represent the response (Y for yes and N for no) from a sample of 40 college students to the question “Do you currently own shares in any stocks?” (8 points) N N Y N N Y N Y N Y N N Y N Y Y N N N Y N Y N N N N Y N N Y Y N N N Y N N Y N N The standard error of the sample proportion of students who own stocks is:
- 0.0754
- 0.2384
- 0.4769
- 2.4630
9 points
Question 7
- H0: sample mean =1.5 is not an appropriate null hypothesis
- True
- False
7 points
Question 8
- The t distribution has more area in the tails and less in the center than does the standard normal distribution
- True
- False
7 points
Question 9
- Wilcoxon rank sum test is a nonparametric analysis of three or more populations
- True
- False
7 points
Question 10
- The degree of freedom for the Chi-square statistic for a 7 x 8 table is 56.
- True
- False
7 points
Question 11
- The Chi-square test for r x c contingency table is for testing the null hypothesis that the two categorical variables A and B are statistically independent.
- True
- False
7 points
Question 12
- When testing for independence in a contingency table with 4 rows and 6 columns, there are ______ degrees of freedom.
- 5
- 10
- 15
- 24
7 points
Question 13
- The procedure for the Wilcoxon signed test requires that we rank each grouped separately rather than together.
- True
- False
7 points
Question 14
- The null hypothesis of the Kruskal-Wallis rank test is that all the independent groups have equal means.
- True
- False





