AP Stats Chapter 8 Review

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2000 children were surveyed and the report that followed said, "With 98% confidence, between 20% and 50% of all parents make their children eat breakfast." What does 98% confidence mean in this situation?

• We can be 98% confident that the method used to get the intervals always gives the correct answer

• 98% of all parents will make their kids eat breakfast

• When used repeatedly, the method used to find the interval produces intervals which include the true proportion about 98% of the time

• The kids were 98% confident that they ate breakfast that day.

Mr. Reinecke wants to estimate the proportion of seniors who will go to college next year with 96% confidence and a margin of error of no more than 5%. What size sample does he need to take?

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Mrs. Soto polled 1000 adults and estimated with 90% confidence that the proportion of adults who have dessert after dinner is .75. Ms. Libner thinks that 90% confidence isn't enough and wants to do a 95% confidence. How would a margin of error for 95% compare with a ME for 90% if the same sample size was used?

• It would be smaller because a higher confidence means a smaller MOE

• It would be larger because a higher confidence means a larger MOE

• It would be the same because the sample size is the same

• Won't be able to tell without knowing the true parameter

You want to calculate a 98% confidence interval for a population mean with a sample of n = 20. What is the appropriate t*?

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Mrs. Soto wants to find the sample size needed to find with 95% confidence the mean amount of time her stats students spent on homework during the snow days. The population is approximately normal and the known standard deviation is 6 minutes. How large should the sample size be if she wants a margin of error of +- .5 minutes?

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A survey of a random sample of 2500 adults who have a credit card found that 570 had a balance of $1000 or more on their credit card. What would NOT be an condition we need to verify before constructing the interval?

• np̂ ≥ 10 and n(1-p̂) ≥ 10

• n ≥ 30

• 10% condition

• random sample

A survey of a random sample of 2500 adults who have a credit card found that 570 had a balance of $1000 or more on their credit card.

What would be the margin of error if you had a 99% confidence?

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