BUS 204 Week 10 Quiz | MiraCosta College

BUS 204 Week 10 Quiz  | MiraCosta College

Question 1

Which of the following statements applies to a point estimate?

  

The point estimate will tend to be accurate if the sample size exceeds 30 for non-normal populations.  

The point estimate is needed to determine the required sample size when estimating the population mean.  

The point estimate is a parameter.  

The point estimate is subject to sampling error and will almost always be different from the population value.

 

 

Question 2

The general format for a confidence interval is:

  

margin of error ± (confidence coefficient) (standard error).  

point estimate ± (critical value)(standard deviation)  

point estimate ± (critical value)(standard error).  

point estimate ± z (standard deviation).

 

 

Question 3

If a decision maker wishes to reduce the margin of error associated with a confidence interval estimate for a population mean, she can:

  

increase the sample size.  

use the t-distribution.  

decrease the sample size.  

increase the confidence level.

 

 

Question 4

A toy store wants to estimate the mean number of purchases online daily. The standard deviation is known. If they want to find a 99 percent confidence interval the critical value to use is:

  

2.33  

1.645  

1.98  

2.575

 

Question 5

When small samples are used to estimate a population mean, in cases where the population standard deviation is unknown:

  

the resulting margin of error for a confidence interval estimate will tend to be fairly small.  

the t-distribution must be used to obtain the critical value. 

there will be a large amount of sampling error.  

None of the above

 

 

Question 6

A Parks and Recreation official surveyed 200 people at random who have used one of the city's parks. The survey revealed that 26 resided outside the city limits. If she had to arrive at one single value to estimate the true proportion of park users who are residents of the city it would be 0.13.

  

True  

False

 

Question 7

When determining the sample size for a proportion, if you have no previous information available to estimate p, then the best value to use is π = 0.5. 

True  

False

 

Question 8

A 95 percent confidence interval for a mean can be interpreted that we are 95 percent sure that our answer is correct.

  

True  

False

 

 

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