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15. A Pew Poll in 2010, found that 50% of adults aged 25-29 hadaccess to only a cell phone, while 40% had access to both acellphone and landline and 10% had access to only a landline. Wewish to conduct a Goodness of Fit Test to see if the results of apoll of a random sample of 130 adults aged 25-29 are significantlydifferent from the 2010 poll results.

The random sample of 130 adults found that 69 had access to onlya cell phone, 39 had access to only a landline, and 22 had accessto both types of phones.

Which of the following are the correct null and alternativehypothesis for this test?

A.

Ho: p = 0.50

Ha: p =/= 0.50

B.

Ho: The distribution is the same as in 2010.

Ha: The distribution is different than in 2010.

C.

Ho: The distribution is different than in 2010.

Ha: The distribution is the same as in 2010.

D.

Ho: pcell=0.33 , pboth=0.33,pland=0.33

Ha: pcell=0.50 , pboth=0.40,pland=0.10

16. A Pew Poll in 2010, found that 50% of adults aged 25-29 hadaccess to only a cell phone, while 40% had access to both acellphone and landline and 10% had access to only a landline. Wewish to conduct a Goodness of Fit Test to see if the results of apoll of a random sample of 130 adults aged 25-29 are significantlydifferent from the 2010 poll results. The table below presents theobserved results.

Cell onlyLandline OnlyBoth
Observed693922
Expected

Compute the expected count for the "BOTH" cell.

17. A Pew Poll in 2010, found that 50% of adults aged 25-29 hadaccess to only a cell phone, while 40% had access to both acellphone and landline and 10% had access to only a landline. Wewish to conduct a Goodness of Fit Test to see if the results of apoll of a random sample of 130 adults aged 25-29 are significantlydifferent from the 2010 poll results.

The random sample of 130 adults found that 69 had access to onlya cell phone, 39 had access to only a landline, and 22 had accessto both types of phones.

The chi-square statistic was calculated as 9.73 and has ap-value of 0.0077.Using ?=0.01 what can you conclude?

A.

There is enough evidence that the distribution is different thanin 2010.

B.

There is enough evidence that the distribution is the same as in2010.

C.

There is not enough evidence that the distribution is differentthan in 2010.

D.

There is not enough evidence the distribution is the same as in2010.

18. According to the CDC 2.8% of high school students currentlyuse electronic cigarettes. A high school counselor is concernedthat the use of e-cigs at her school is higher.

A test of the following hypothesis Ho: p = 0.028 Ha: p >0.028 is conducted using a random sample of 50 students at thisschool and the null hypothesis is rejected. What conclusion can thecounselor make?

A.

There is not enough evidence that the percent of students usinge-cigs is higher than2.8%.

B.

There is not enough evidence that the percent of students usinge-cigs is 2.8%.

C.

There is enough evidence that the percent of students usinge-cigs is higher than2.8%.

D.

There is enough evidence that the percent of students usinge-cigs is 2.8%.

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