Suppose we want to estimate the proportion of college studen…

Suppose we want to estimate the proportion of college students who will travel overseas this summer. We randomly sample 40 college students. Assume the true proportion of all college students who will travel overseas is p=0.3p = 0.3. Based on this information, what can we say about the shape of the distribution of sample proportions?

Questions 12a, 12b, & 12c ask about different components of…

Questions 12a, 12b, & 12c ask about different components of a confidence interval from the same research study, presented below.  Researchers used a sample of n = 140 households in the US with cats to estimate that 35% of household cats in the US hunt outdoors.  Source:  “Domestic cats kill many more wild birds in the United States than scientists thought,” Milius, S.  Science News, Feb 2013. What is the z* (z-critical value) for a 99% confidence interval? You may want to use StatKey to determine this value.

A teacher is testing whether a new teaching method improves…

A teacher is testing whether a new teaching method improves student performance on a standardized math exam. The null hypothesis (H₀) is that the new teaching method has no effect on student performance, while the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is that the new method does improve performance.  Choose the answer below that best describes what it means to make a type II error in this situation.