# Decide which of the following statements are true. -Normal distributions are bell-shaped, but they do not have to be symmetric. -The line of symmetry for all normal distributions is x = 0. -On any normal distribution curve, you can find data values more than 5 standard deviations above the mean. -The x-axis is a horizontal asymptote for all normal distributions.

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Normal distributions
Decide which of the following statements are true.
-Normal distributions are bell-shaped, but they do not have to be symmetric.
-The line of symmetry for all normal distributions is x = 0.
-On any normal distribution curve, you can find data values more than 5 standard deviations above the mean.
-The x-axis is a horizontal asymptote for all normal distributions.

2020-12-16
Step 1
The normal curves approaches to or for x that is the x axis is the horizontal asymptote for the normal distribution.
Thus, the statement 'The x axis is the horizontal asymptote for all the normal distribution' is true.
Step 2
The x axis is the horizontal asymptote for all the normal distribution

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1. Find each of the requested values for a population with a mean of $$? = 40$$, and a standard deviation of $$? = 8$$ A. What is the z-score corresponding to $$X = 52?$$ B. What is the X value corresponding to $$z = - 0.50?$$ C. If all of the scores in the population are transformed into z-scores, what will be the values for the mean and standard deviation for the complete set of z-scores? D. What is the z-score corresponding to a sample mean of $$M=42$$ for a sample of $$n = 4$$ scores? E. What is the z-scores corresponding to a sample mean of $$M= 42$$ for a sample of $$n = 6$$ scores? 2. True or false: a. All normal distributions are symmetrical b. All normal distributions have a mean of 1.0 c. All normal distributions have a standard deviation of 1.0 d. The total area under the curve of all normal distributions is equal to 1 3. Interpret the location, direction, and distance (near or far) of the following zscores: $$a. -2.00 b. 1.25 c. 3.50 d. -0.34$$ 4. You are part of a trivia team and have tracked your team’s performance since you started playing, so you know that your scores are normally distributed with $$\mu = 78$$ and $$\sigma = 12$$. Recently, a new person joined the team, and you think the scores have gotten better. Use hypothesis testing to see if the average score has improved based on the following 8 weeks’ worth of score data: $$82, 74, 62, 68, 79, 94, 90, 81, 80$$. 5. You get hired as a server at a local restaurant, and the manager tells you that servers’ tips are $42 on average but vary about $$12 (\mu = 42, \sigma = 12)$$. You decide to track your tips to see if you make a different amount, but because this is your first job as a server, you don’t know if you will make more or less in tips. After working 16 shifts, you find that your average nightly amount is$44.50 from tips. Test for a difference between this value and the population mean at the $$\alpha = 0.05$$ level of significance.
When we want to test a claim about two population means, most of the time we do not know the population standard deviations, and we assume they are not equal. When this is the case, which of the following is/are not true?
-The samples are dependent
-The two populations have to have uniform distributions
-Both samples are simple random samples
-Either the two sample sizes are large or both samples come from populations having normal distributions or both of these conditions satisfied.
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Would you rather spend more federal taxes on art? Of a random sample of $$n_{1} = 86$$ politically conservative voters, $$r_{1} = 18$$ responded yes. Another random sample of $$n_{2} = 85$$ politically moderate voters showed that $$r_{2} = 21$$ responded yes. Does this information indicate that the population proportion of conservative voters inclined to spend more federal tax money on funding the arts is less than the proportion of moderate voters so inclined? Use $$\alpha = 0.05.$$ (a) State the null and alternate hypotheses. $$H_0:p_{1} = p_{2}, H_{1}:p_{1} > p_2$$
$$H_0:p_{1} = p_{2}, H_{1}:p_{1} < p_2$$
$$H_0:p_{1} = p_{2}, H_{1}:p_{1} \neq p_2$$
$$H_{0}:p_{1} < p_{2}, H_{1}:p_{1} = p_{2}$$ (b) What sampling distribution will you use? What assumptions are you making? The Student's t. The number of trials is sufficiently large. The standard normal. The number of trials is sufficiently large.The standard normal. We assume the population distributions are approximately normal. The Student's t. We assume the population distributions are approximately normal. (c)What is the value of the sample test statistic? (Test the difference $$p_{1} - p_{2}$$. Do not use rounded values. Round your final answer to two decimal places.) (d) Find (or estimate) the P-value. (Round your answer to four decimal places.) (e) Based on your answers in parts (a) to (c), will you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis? Are the data statistically significant at level alpha? At the $$\alpha = 0.05$$ level, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are statistically significant. At the $$\alpha = 0.05$$ level, we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are statistically significant. At the $$\alpha = 0.05$$ level, we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are not statistically significant. At the $$\alpha = 0.05$$ level, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are not statistically significant. (f) Interpret your conclusion in the context of the application. Reject the null hypothesis, there is sufficient evidence that the proportion of conservative voters favoring more tax dollars for the arts is less than the proportion of moderate voters. Fail to reject the null hypothesis, there is sufficient evidence that the proportion of conservative voters favoring more tax dollars for the arts is less than the proportion of moderate voters. Fail to reject the null hypothesis, there is insufficient evidence that the proportion of conservative voters favoring more tax dollars for the arts is less than the proportion of moderate voters. Reject the null hypothesis, there is insufficient evidence that the proportion of conservative voters favoring more tax dollars for the arts is less than the proportion of moderate voters.
True or false:
a. All normal distributions are symmetrical
b. All normal distributions have a mean of 1.0
c. All normal distributions have a standard deviation of 1.0
d. The total area under the curve of all normal distributions is equal to 1
Indicate true or false for the following statements. If false, specify what change will make the statement true.
a) In the two-sample t test, the number of degrees of freedom for the test statistic increases as sample sizes increase.
b) When the means of two independent samples are used to to compare two population means, we are dealing with dependent (paired) samples.
c) The $$\displaystyle{x}^{{{2}}}$$ distribution is used for making inferences about two population variances.
d) The standard normal (z) score may be used for inferences concerning population proportions.
e) The F distribution is symmetric and has a mean of 0.
f) The pooled variance estimate is used when comparing means of two populations using independent samples.
g) It is not necessary to have equal sample sizes for the paired t test.
A new thermostat has been engineered for the frozen food cases in large supermarkets. Both the old and new thermostats hold temperatures at an average of $$25^{\circ}F$$. However, it is hoped that the new thermostat might be more dependable in the sense that it will hold temperatures closer to $$25^{\circ}F$$. One frozen food case was equipped with the new thermostat, and a random sample of 21 temperature readings gave a sample variance of 5.1. Another similar frozen food case was equipped with the old thermostat, and a random sample of 19 temperature readings gave a sample variance of 12.8. Test the claim that the population variance of the old thermostat temperature readings is larger than that for the new thermostat. Use a $$5\%$$ level of significance. How could your test conclusion relate to the question regarding the dependability of the temperature readings? (Let population 1 refer to data from the old thermostat.)
(a) What is the level of significance?
State the null and alternate hypotheses.
$$H0:?_{1}^{2}=?_{2}^{2},H1:?_{1}^{2}>?_{2}^{2}H0:?_{1}^{2}=?_{2}^{2},H1:?_{1}^{2}\neq?_{2}^{2}H0:?_{1}^{2}=?_{2}^{2},H1:?_{1}^{2}?_{2}^{2},H1:?_{1}^{2}=?_{2}^{2}$$
(b) Find the value of the sample F statistic. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
What are the degrees of freedom?
$$df_{N} = ?$$
$$df_{D} = ?$$
What assumptions are you making about the original distribution?
The populations follow independent normal distributions. We have random samples from each population.The populations follow dependent normal distributions. We have random samples from each population.The populations follow independent normal distributions.The populations follow independent chi-square distributions. We have random samples from each population.
(c) Find or estimate the P-value of the sample test statistic. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
(d) Based on your answers in parts (a) to (c), will you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis?
At the ? = 0.05 level, we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are not statistically significant.At the ? = 0.05 level, we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are statistically significant. At the ? = 0.05 level, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are not statistically significant.At the ? = 0.05 level, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are statistically significant.
(e) Interpret your conclusion in the context of the application.
Reject the null hypothesis, there is sufficient evidence that the population variance is larger in the old thermostat temperature readings.Fail to reject the null hypothesis, there is sufficient evidence that the population variance is larger in the old thermostat temperature readings. Fail to reject the null hypothesis, there is insufficient evidence that the population variance is larger in the old thermostat temperature readings.Reject the null hypothesis, there is insufficient evidence that the population variance is larger in the old thermostat temperature readings.
Identify the null and alternative hypothesis in the following scenario.
To determine if battery 1 lasts longer than battery 2, the mean lasting times, of the two competing batteries are compared. Twenty batteries of each type are randomly sampled and tested. Both populations have normal distributions with unknown standard deviations.
Select the correct answer below: $$H_{0}:\mu_{1}\geq\mu_{2}, H_{a}:\mu_{1}<\mu_{2}$$
$$H_{0}:\mu_{1}\leq −\mu_{2}, H_{a}:\mu_{1}>−\mu_{2}$$
$$H_{0}:\mu_{1}\geq −\mu_{2}, H_{a}:\mu_{1}<−\mu_{2}$$
$$H_{0}:\mu_{1}=\mu_{2}, H_{a}:\mu_{1}\neq \mu_{2}$$
$$H_{0}:\mu_{1}\leq \mu_{2}, H_{a}:\mu_{1}>\mu_{2}$$
b) Find the probability $$\displaystyle{P}{\left({z}{<}-{0.51}\right)}$$ using the standard normal distribution.
c) Find the probability $$\displaystyle{P}{\left({z}{>}-{0.59}\right)}$$ using the standard normal distribution.