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 1 If a court acquits every defendant, they will never commit a Type I error.
 
 A)
 True
 
 B)
 False
 2 The probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis increases as the sample size increases.
 
 A)
 True
 
 B)
 False
 
 
 
 3 For a given level of significance, the critical value of Student's t increases as n increases.
 
 A)
 True
 
 B)
 False
 
 
 
 4 In a two-tailed hypothesis test with α = .05, a test statistic of t = 1.813 with d.f. = 15 leads one to reject the null hypothesis of a statistical test.
 
 A)
 True
 
 B)
 False
 
 5 The power of a test is the probability that the test will reject a false null hypothesis.
 
 A)
 True
 
 B)
 False
 
 6 The height of the power curve shows the probability of accepting a true null hypothesis
 
 A)
 True
 
 B)
 False
 
 7 Which is not true of p-values?
 
 A)
 When they are small, we want to reject Ho.
 
 B)
 They must be specified before the sample is taken.
 
 C)
 They show the chance of Type I error if we reject Ho.
 
 D)
 They do not require α to be specified a priori.
 
 Use the following scenario to answer questions 8 to 10.
 Dullco Manufacturing claims that its alkaline batteries last forty hours on average in a certain type of portable CD player. Tests on a random sample of 18 batteries showed a mean battery life of 37.8 hours with a standard deviation of 5.4 hours.
 
 8 The test statistic is
 
 A)
 -1.980
 
 B)
 -1.728
 
 C)
 -2.101
 
 D)
 -1.960
 
 9 In determining the p-value for reporting the study's findings, which of the following is true?
 
 A)
 The p-value is less than .05.
 
 B)
 The p-value is equal to .05.
 
 C)
 The p-value is greater than .05.
 
 D)
 The p-value cannot be determined without specifying α.
 
 10 In a left-tailed test at α = .05 we would
 
 A)
 comfortably reject the claim.
 
 B)
 comfortably accept the claim.
 
 C)
 feel uncomfortable with either decision (too close).
 
 D)
 switch to alpha of 0.01 for a more powerful test.
 This question is from textbook
 
 Answer by stanbon(75887)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1 If a court acquits every defendant, they will never commit a Type I error. Type I is the probability you reject Ho when it is true.
 Ho for court proceedings is "the defendent is innocent"
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 Acquittal means the court accepts Ho.  So the answer is True
 A)
 True
 B)
 False
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 2 The probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis increases as the sample size increases.
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 As n increases the test statistic value [z*(s/sqrt(n)] will decrease
 increasing the p-value and decreasing the chance of rejecting Ho.
 Ans: False
 A)
 True
 B)
 False
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 3 For a given level of significance, the critical value of Student's t increases as n increases.
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 The critical value does not depend on the size of "n".
 Ans: False
 A)
 True
 B)
 False
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 4 In a two-tailed hypothesis test with α = .05, a test statistic of t = 1.813 with d.f. = 15 leads one to reject the null hypothesis of a statistical test.
 Ans: False
 A)
 True
 B)
 False
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 5 The power of a test is the probability that the test will reject a false null hypothesis.
 Ans: True
 A)
 True
 B)
 False
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 6 The height of the power curve shows the probability of accepting a true null hypothesis
 Ans: False
 A)
 True
 B)
 False
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 7 Which is not true of p-values?
 A)
 When they are small, we want to reject Ho.
 True
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 B)
 They must be specified before the sample is taken.
 False
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 C)
 They show the chance of Type I error if we reject Ho.
 False
 
 D)
 They do not require α to be specified a priori.
 True
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 Use the following scenario to answer questions 8 to 10.
 Dullco Manufacturing claims that its alkaline batteries last forty hours on average in a certain type of portable CD player. Tests on a random sample of 18 batteries showed a mean battery life of 37.8 hours with a standard deviation of 5.4 hours.
 8 The test statistic is
 t(37.8) = (37.8-40)/[5.4/sqrt(18)] = -1.7285
 A)
 -1.980
 B)
 -1.728
 C)
 -2.101
 D)
 -1.960
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 9 In determining the p-value for reporting the study's findings, which of the following is true?
 Ans: The p-value cannot be determined unless you know whether the
 test is two-tail, left, or right.  Similarly the rest of the questions
 under 9 cannot be answered.
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 A)
 The p-value is less than .05.
 B)
 The p-value is equal to .05.
 C)
 The p-value is greater than .05.
 D)
 The p-value cannot be determined without specifying α.
 10 In a left-tailed test at α = .05 we would
 A)
 comfortably reject the claim.
 B)
 comfortably accept the claim.
 C)
 feel uncomfortable with either decision (too close).
 D)
 switch to alpha of 0.01 for a more powerful test.
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 Cheers,
 Stan H.
 
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