Question 37)
The 95% chance that the propotion of athletes who graduage
within six years in this university is lies between 0.66 and 0.78
i.e. 66% to 78%
Use this information to answer the next four questions The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) requires...
QUESTION 39 {Narrative: Graduate) The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) requires colleges to report the graduation rates of their athletes. Here are data from a Big Ten university's report: 45 of the 74 athletes admitted in a specific year graduated within 6 years. Does the proportion of athletes who graduate di ffer significantly from the all-university proportion, which is .70 ? What is the sample size O45 0 74 O 119 O 0.029 QUESTION 40 {Narrative: Graduate) The National Collegiate...
QUESTION 35 What is the relationship between the power of a test and the types of errors you can make? The power of a test is equal to 1 minus the probability of a Type II error. The power of a test is equal to the sum of the probabilities of a Type I and Type II error. The power of a test is equal to 1 minus the probability of a Type I error. There is no relationship between...
5) According to the 2001 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) survey, which is self-reported and asked of a stratified random selection of teams from each of the three NCAA divisions, steroid use among the top 5 male college sports was as follows: Sport Steroids Used Steroids Did Not Use Steroids Total Baseball 26 1088 1114 Basketball 13 881 894 Football Tennis 59 2 1897335 1956 337 Track/Field 6 486 492 Total 106 4687 4792 Table 2: NCAA reported steroid use...
Summary statistics for the first-round games in the five National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournaments between 2004 and 2008 are displayed as follows: Margin of Victory (Points)* Mean 23.7 16.4 11.9 Matchup 1 vs. 16 2 vs. 15 3 vs. 1 4 vs. 13 5 vs. 12 6 vs. 11 7 vs. 10 8 vs. 9 Number of Games 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Variance 114.8 90.8 62.1 149.3 159.1 146.5 83.7 100.5 5.9 5.6 -0.7...
Use this information to answer the next four questions. Some educators claim that the average young person can't even calculate a 15% tip. The National Assessment Adult Literacy (NAAL) survey indicates that a score of 290 or higher on its quantitative test reflect skills that include those needed to calculate a tip. The NAAL administered the test to a random sample of 324 young adults (aged 19 to 24). The survey data yielded a mean of 276 and standard deviation...
Women athletes at the a certain university have a long-term graduation rate of 67%. Over the past several years, a random sample of 37 women athletes at the school showed that 23 eventually graduated. Does this indicate that the population proportion of women athletes who graduate from the university is now less than 67%? Use a 10% level of significance. (a) What is the level of significance? State the null and alternate hypotheses. H0: p = 0.67; H1: p >...
Women athletes at the a certain university have a long-term graduation rate of 67%. Over the past several years, a random sample of 36 women athletes at the school showed that 22 eventually graduated. Does this indicate that the population proportion of women athletes who graduate from the university is now less than 67%? Use a 5% level of significance. (a) What is the level of significance? State the null and alternate hypotheses. H0: p = 0.67; H1: p <...
11. Athletes at a local college have a long-term graduation rate of 65%. Over the past several years, a random sample of 38 athletes at the school showed that 17 eventually graduated. We would like to determine whether this indicates that the population proportion of athletes who graduate from this college is now less than 65%. Use a 5% level of significance. a) State the null and alternate hypotheses. b) What sampling distribution will you use? c) Compute the value...
Question Part Points Submissions Used 1.Recall that Benford's Law claims that numbers chosen from very large data files tend to have "1" as the first nonzero digit disproportionately often. In fact, research has shown that if you randomly draw a number from a very large data file, the probability of getting a number with "1" as the leading digit is about 0.301. Now suppose you are an auditor for a very large corporation. The revenue report involves millions of numbers...
The method of tree ring dating gave the following years A.D for an archaeological excavation site. Assume that the population of x values has an approxmately normal dis rbdg 1313 1250 1264 1313 1268 1316 1275 1317 127S and sample standard deviation s. (Round your answers to the nearest whole number) (a) Use a calculator with mean and standard deviation keys to find the sample mean year A.D. x1288 javescript yr hole number b) Find a 90% confidence interval for...