Sophia Intro to Statistics Milestone 5, Latest Questions and Answers with Explanations, All Correct Study Guide, Download to Score A

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UNIT 5 — MILESTONE 5

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23 questions were answered correctly.

1 question was answered incorrectly.

1

A coin is tossed 50 times, and the number of times heads comes up is counted.

Which of the following statements about the distributions of counts and proportions is FALSE?

The distribution of the count of getting heads can be approximated with a normal distribution.

The count of getting heads is a binomial distribution.

The count of getting heads from a sample proportion of size 20 can be approximated with a normal

distribution.

The distribution of the count of getting tails can be approximated with a normal distribution.

RATIONALE

If we look at the counts from a large population of success and failures (2 outcomes), this is called a binomial

distribution, not a normal distribution.

CONCEPT

Distribution of Sample Proportions

2

Edwin conducted a survey to find the percentage of people in an area who smoked regularly. He defined the label

“smoking regularly” for males smoking 30 or more cigarettes in a day and for females smoking 20 or more. Out of

635 persons who took part in the survey, 71 are labeled as people who smoke regularly.

What is the standard error for the sample proportion? Answer choices are rounded to the thousandths

place.


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0.112

2.818

2.778

0.013

RATIONALE

We can note the SE of the proportion is

square root of fraction numerator p with hat on top q with hat on top over denominator n end fraction end root.

If we note that , which means .

So if we take all this information we can note SE = .

CONCEPT

Calculating Standard Error of a Sample Proportion

3

What do the symbols , , and represent?

Population parameters

Variables of interest

Sample statistics

Defined variables

RATIONALE

Recall that p

is the population proportion, sigma is the population standard deviation, and mu is the

population mean. Since all these values come from the population, they are parameters.


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CONCEPT

Sample Statistics and Population Parameters

4

Edwin conducted a survey to find the percentage of people in an area who smoked regularly. He defined the label

“smoking regularly” for males smoking 30 or more cigarettes in a day and for females smoking 20 or more. Out of

635 people who took part in the survey, 71 are labeled as people who smoke regularly.

Edwin wishes to construct a significance test for his data. He finds that the proportion of chain smokers nationally

is 14.1%.

What is the z-statistic for this data? Answer choices are rounded to the hundredths place.

-0.24

-0.03

-2.34

-2.11

RATIONALE

To make things a little easier, let's first note the denominator

We can now note that

Finally, subbing all in we find

*note that if you round, the values can be slightly different.

CONCEPT

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