- When making a 95% confidence interval, which is bigger: a t-value or a z-value?
- 1.they are equal
- 2.z-value
- 3.t-value
- 4.can’t tell
2 points
QUESTION 6
- Suppose a researcher, interested in obtaining an estimate of the average length of some enzyme in a certain human population, takes a sample of 10 individuals, determines the level of the enzyme in each, and computes a sample mean of X = 22. Suppose further it is known that the variable of interest is approximately normally distributed with a population standard deviation of ? = 6.7. Find the LOWER confidence limit in the 99% confidence interval for ?.
- 1.28.89
- 2.16.54
- 3.15.11
- 4.27.46
2 points
QUESTION 7
- A physical therapist wished to estimate, with 90 percent confidence, the mean maximal strength of a particular muscle in a certain group of individuals. He is willing to assume that strength scores are approximately normally distributed with a population standard deviation of ? = 12. A sample of 15 subjects who participated in the experiment yielded a mean of 84.3. Find the LOWER confidence limit.
- 1.78.87
- 2.79.2
- 3.89.4
- 4.78.84
2 points
QUESTION 8
- Suppose you are making a 99% confidence interval for ? with the following information: X = 20, ? = 2, n = 30. What is the appropriate z-value?
- 1.2.325
- 2.2.575
- 3.2.75
- 4.2.7564
2 points
QUESTION 9
- Suppose that you took a sample and derived that ( 1.6, 2.0 ) is a 95% confidence interval for ?. Later, you learn that ? = 1.8. What is the probability that ? is in your confidence interval?
- 1..95
- 2..5
- 3.1
- 4.0
2 points
QUESTION 10
- Suppose n = 100. Which confidence interval for ? (? is unknown) uses a t distribution with more degrees of freedom: a 95% confidence interval or a 99% confidence interval?
- 1.both confidence intervals have the same degrees of freedom
- 2.can’t tell
- 3.the 95% confidence interval
- 4.the 99% confidence interval





