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Homework Problems –6.2<br />

1. In a sample of 55 students from Arizona State University tak<strong>in</strong>g a political science class,<br />

30 say they would be <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> tak<strong>in</strong>g another political science class. The university is<br />

<strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> determ<strong>in</strong>e the proportion of all its students that are <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> tak<strong>in</strong>g<br />

another political science class.<br />

a. What is the population of <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> this study<br />

b. Construct a 90% bootstrap confidence <strong>in</strong>terval <strong>for</strong>, , the true proportion.<br />

c. Interpret the real-world mean<strong>in</strong>g of your confidence <strong>in</strong>terval.<br />

2. A software company takes a random sample of recent orders and f<strong>in</strong>ds that, of the 250<br />

sampled, 42 resulted <strong>in</strong> the return of a piece of purchased software.<br />

a. What is the population of <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> this study<br />

b. Construct a 99% bootstrap confidence <strong>in</strong>terval <strong>for</strong>, , the true proportion.<br />

c. Interpret the real-world mean<strong>in</strong>g of your confidence <strong>in</strong>terval.<br />

3. A batch of apples was <strong>in</strong>spected prior to shipment <strong>for</strong> any defects. Each apple was<br />

marked as either pass (P), re-<strong>in</strong>spect (R) or fail (F). The follow<strong>in</strong>g results were reported.<br />

F P P P P P P P R R<br />

P P R P R R P R P P<br />

P R P R P F R R P P<br />

P P P P P P P R P P<br />

P P P F P R P P P R<br />

a. What is the population of <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> this study<br />

b. Construct a 95% bootstrap confidence <strong>in</strong>terval <strong>for</strong>, , the true proportion of<br />

pass<strong>in</strong>g apples.<br />

c. Interpret the real-world mean<strong>in</strong>g of your confidence <strong>in</strong>terval.<br />

d. Us<strong>in</strong>g the CLT <strong>for</strong> ̂‟s, construct a 95% confidence <strong>in</strong>terval (see blue box <strong>in</strong> this<br />

section). How does it compare to the bootstrap confidence <strong>in</strong>terval<br />

Chapter 7<br />

Hypothesis Test<strong>in</strong>g<br />

We are often faced with uncerta<strong>in</strong>ty. Specifically, we often want to know whether one product is<br />

better than the other, whether one group outper<strong>for</strong>ms another <strong>in</strong> some type of task, or how one<br />

manufactur<strong>in</strong>g process compares to another, among many other th<strong>in</strong>gs. How can we ever know<br />

The first step would be to conduct a study and collect data. The data must then be compared.<br />

<strong>Statistics</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Decision</strong>-<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess © Milos Podmanik Page 207

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