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Chapter 11
• Interval Estimation of a Population Variance
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where �! values are based on a chi-squared distribution with
(n-1) degrees of freedom.
• Hypothesis Testing about the Variances of Two Populations
Test Statistic
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The critical value �! is based on an F distribution with �! − 1
(numerator) and �! − 1
(denominator) degrees of freedom
Chapter 13
Test for the Equality of k Population Means
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The critical value �!is based on an F distribution with k-1
numerator degrees of freedom and n-k
denominator degrees of freedom.
Chapter 14 (Simple Linear Regression)
b 1 =
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!!! ! ²

b1: slope coefficient in a simple regression line
b0: intercept coefficient (coefficient of the constant) in a simple
regression line
�: estimated value of the dependent variable y
b0 = � − b!x
� = b0 + b 1 x (estimated equation)
2
�� = (�! − �)²
SST = SSR + SSE ⟹
(�! − �)² = SST = ( � −�)²+ (�! − �)²
��
= �� = ( � −�)²
total variation in Y = SST = (�! − �)²
R2 = !!"

!!"
=coefficient of determination,
sample correlation coefficient = �!,! = �² (carry the sign of
b1)
tstat = b1 / se(b1), se(b1):standard error of the slope
coefficient,
residual = error = Y-�
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Chapter 11
• Interval Estimation of a Population Variance
� − 1 �!
�!
!
! ≤ �
! ≤

� − 1 �!
�
!!!!
!
where �! values are based on a chi-squared distribution with
(n-1) degrees of freedom.
• Hypothesis Testing about the Variances of Two Populations
Test Statistic
� =
��
��
The critical value �! is based on an F distribution with �! − 1
(numerator) and �! − 1
(denominator) degrees of freedom
Chapter 13
Test for the Equality of k Population Means
�� =
��
��
�� =
��

��
� =
��
��
The critical value �!is based on an F distribution with k-1
numerator degrees of freedom and n-k
denominator degrees of freedom.
Chapter 14 (Simple Linear Regression)
b 1 =
!!! ! (!!! !)
!!! ! ²
b1: slope coefficient in a simple regression line
b0: intercept coefficient (coefficient of the constant) in a simple
regression line
�: estimated value of the dependent variable y
b0 = � − b!x
� = b0 + b 1 x (estimated equation)
2

�� = (�! − �)²
SST = SSR + SSE ⟹
(�! − �)² = SST = ( � −�)²+ (�! − �)²
��
= �� = ( � −�)²
total variation in Y = SST = (�! − �)²
R2 = !!"
!!"
=coefficient of determination,
sample correlation coefficient = �!,! = �² (carry the sign of
b1)
tstat = b1 / se(b1), se(b1):standard error of the slope
coefficient,
residual = error = Y-�

Practice Final Exam
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Questions 1-4 are based on the following information:
An insurance company analyst is interested in analyzing the
dollar value of damage in
automobile accidents. She collects data from 115 accidents, and
records the amount of
damage as well as the age of the driver. The results of her
regression analysis are listed
below.
1. The regression equation is:
A) �= 10725.802 + 69.964x
B) �= 114 + 113x
C) � = 1535.215 + 34.625x
D) � = 113 + 114x
2. How would you best explain the y-intercept in this situation?
A) For each additional 1-year increase in the age of the driver,
we would expect
damage to increase by $10,726.
B) For each additional 1-year increase in the age of the driver,
we would expect
damage to increase by $70.
C) It makes no sense to explain the intercept in this situation,
since we cannot

have a driver with an age of zero.
D) The average amount of damage was $10,726.
3. What would be the dollar value of an accident involving a 25-
year-old driver?
A) $11,836.56
B) $10,795.47
C) $13,372.58
D) $12,474.90
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4. Which of the following statements is the best explanation of
the R2?
A) 3.5% of the accident damage can be explained by the age of
the driver.
B) 3.5% of the variation in accident damage can be explained by
variation in the
age of the driver.
C) 3.5% of the coefficients, t-stat, and p-value can be explained
by the age of the
driver.
D) 3.5% of the total error can be explained by the SSE.

5. The residual is defined as the difference between the actual
value of:
A) y and the estimated value of y.
B) x and the estimated value of x.
C) y and the estimated value of x.
D) x and the estimated value of y.
A sales manager is interested in determining the relationship
between the amount spent
on advertising and total sales. The manager collects data for the
past 24 months and runs
a regression of sales on advertising expenditures. The results
are presented below but,
unfortunately, some values identified by asterisks are missing.
6. What are the degrees of freedom for residuals?
A) 21
B) 22
C) 23
D) 24
7. The value of mean square error (residual) is:
A) 1678.9
B) 1,554.25
C) 1,493.63
D) 1,407.35
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8. The total degrees of freedom is:
A) 21
B) 22
C) 23
D) 24
9. A regression analysis between sales (in $1000) and
advertising (in $100) resulted in
the following least squares line: �= 75 + 5x. This implies that
if advertising is $800,
then the predicted amount of sales (in dollars) is:
A) $4075
B) $115,000
C) $164,000
D) $179,000
10. In a regression problem, a coefficient of determination 0.90
indicates that:
A) 90% of the y values are positive.
B) 90% of the variation in y can be explained by the regression
line.
C) 90% of the x values are equal.
D) 90% of the variation in x can be explained by the regression
line.
11. If the least squares regression line �= -2.88 + 1.77x and the
coefficient of

determination is 0.81, the coefficient of correlation is:
A) -0.88
B) +0.88
C) +0.90
D) -0.90
12. In a simple regression analysis (where Y is a dependent and
X an independent
variable), if the Y intercept is positive, then
A) there is a positive correlation between X and Y
B) if X is increased, Y must also increase
C) if Y is increased, X must also increase
D) None of these alternatives is correct.
13. In regression analysis, the independent variable is
A. used to predict other independent variables
B. used to predict the dependent variable
C. called the intervening variable
D. the variable that is being predicted
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14. In a regression analysis if SSE = 200 and SSR = 300, then
the coefficient of
determination is
A. 0.6667
B. 0.6000
C. 0.4000
D. 1.5000
15. Regression analysis was applied between sales (in €1000)
and advertising (in €100)
and the following regression function was obtained.
�= 500 + 4 x
Based on the above estimated regression line if advertising is
€10,000, then the
point estimate for sales (in euros) is
A. €900
B. €900,000
C. €40,500
D. €505,000
16. A regression analysis between demand (Y in 1000 units) and
price (X in euros)
resulted in the following equation
�= 9 - 3 x

The above equation implies that if the price is increased by €1,
the demand is
expected to
A. increase by 6 units
B. decrease by 3 units
C. decrease by 6,000 units
D. decrease by 3,000 units
17. Regression analysis was applied between sales (Y in €1,000)
and advertising (X in
€100), and the following estimated regression equation was
obtained.
�= 80 + 6.2 x
Based on the above estimated regression line, if advertising is
€10,000, then the
point estimate for sales (in euros) is
A. €62,080
B. €142,000
C. €700
D. €700,000
Questions 18 and 19 are based on the following information:
A large milling machine produces steel rods to certain
specifications. The machine is
considered to be running normally if the standard deviation of
the diameter of the rods is
at most 0.15 millimeters. The line supervisor needs to test the

machine is for normal
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functionality. The quality inspector takes a sample of 25 rods
and finds that the sample
standard deviation is 0.19.
18. What are the null and alternative hypotheses for the test?
a. H0 : σ2 > 0.15 and H1 : σ2 ≤ 0.15
b. H0 : σ ≥ 0.15 and H1 : σ < 0.15
c. H0 : σ = 0.0225 and H1 : σ ≠ 0.0225
d. H0 : σ2 ≤ 0.0225 and H1 : σ2 > 0.0225
19. Which of the following statements is the most accurate?
a. Reject null hypothesis at α = 0.025
b. Fail to reject null hypothesis at α ≤ 0.10
c. Reject null hypothesis at α = 0.05
d. Reject null hypothesis at α = 0.01
20. Suppose you have the following null and alternative
hypotheses: H0 : σ2 = 34.5 and
H1 : σ2 > 34.5. If you take a random sample of 15 observations
from a normally
distributed population and find that s2 = 48.1, what is the most

accurate statement
that can be made about the p-value for this test?
a. 0.01 < p-value < 0.025
b. 0.025 < p-value < 0.05
c. p-value < 0.01
d. 0.05 < p-value < 0.10
21. A sample of 20 cans of tomato juice showed a standard
deviation of 10.0 grams. A
95% confidence interval estimate of the variance for the
population is
a. 144.6 to 533.3
b. 139.0 to 495.3
c. 55.6 to 198.1
d. 57.8 to 213.3
22. The producer of bottling equipment claims that the variance
of all their filled bottles
is 0.027 or less. A sample of 30 bottles showed a standard
deviation of 0.2. The p-
value for the test is
a. between 0.025 to 0.05
b. between 0.05 to 0.01
c. 0.05
d. 0.025
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23. The chi-squared value for a one-tailed (upper tail)
hypothesis test of the population
standard deviation at 95% confidence and a sample size of 25 is
a. 33.196
b. 36.415
c. 39.364
d. 37.652
24. We are interested in testing a claim that the standard
deviation of a population is no
more than 5.0. The null hypothesis for this test is
a. Ho: σ2 > 25.0
b. Ho: σ2 ≤ 25.0
c. Ho: σ2 ≤ 5.0
d. Ho: σ2 ≥ 5.0
25. The value of F0.025 with 15 numerator and 10 denominator
degrees of freedom is
a. 3.06
b. 2.54
c. 2.85
d. 3.52
Questions 26 and 27 are based on the following information:
The standard deviation of the ages of a sample of 16 executives

from large companies
was 8.2 years; while the standard deviation of the ages of a
sample of 26 executives from
small companies was 12.8 years.
26. What is the test statistic to test if there any difference in the
standard deviations of the
ages of all the large-company and small-company executives.
a. 2.32
b. 2.25
c. 2.21
d. 3.19
27. We would like to test to see if there is any difference in the
standard deviations of the
ages of all the large-company and small-company executives.
What is the critical
value of F at 10% significance level?
a. 2.12
b. 2.10
c. 2.21
d. 3.10
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Suppose two food preservatives are extensively tested and
determined safe for use in
meats. A processor wants to compare the preservatives for their
effects on retarding
spoilage. Suppose 16 cuts of fresh meat are treated with
preservative A and another 12
cuts of meat are treated with preservative B. The number of
hours until spoilage begins is
recorded for each of the 28 cuts of meat. The results are
summarized in the table below.
Preservatives A Preservatives B
Sample means 95.25 100.50
Sample standard deviation 13.45 10.55
28. The value of the test statistic for determining if there is a
difference in the population
variances for preservatives A and B is equal to:
e. 0.784
f. 1.625
g. 1.275
h. 1.129
29. The numerator and denominator degrees of freedom
associated with the test statistic
for determining if there is a difference in the population
variances for preservatives A
and B are, respectively:
i. 16 and 12
j. 12 and 16
k. 15 and 11
l. 11 and 15

30. The most accurate statement that can be made about the p-
value for testing whether
there is a difference in the population variances for
preservatives A and B is:
a. p-value > 0.05
b. p-value = 0.00
c. p-value < 0.01
d. 0.01 < p-value < 0.05
31. An ANOVA procedure is used for data that was obtained
from four sample groups
each comprised of five observations. The degrees of freedom for
the critical value of
F are
a. 3 and 20
b. 3 and 16
c. 4 and 17
d. 3 and 19
32. The analysis of variance is a procedure that allows
statisticians to compare three or
more population:
a. Means.
b. Proportions.
c. Variances.
d. Standard deviations.
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33. In analysis of variance, between-treatments variation is
measured by the:
a. SSE
b. SSTR
c. SST
d. All of the above
Consider the following ANOVA table:
Source of Variation SS df MS F
Treatments SSTR=4 2 ? ?
Error SSE= ? ? ?
Total SST=34 14
34. What are the degrees of freedom for the Errors?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 13
d. 12
35. What is the value of SSE?
a. 29
b. 20

c. 30
d. 33
36. What is the Mean-Square for Treatments?
a. 2
b. 1
c. 4
d. 0
37. What is Mean-Square Errors?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 3.5
d. 2.5
38. What is the value of the F-statistic?
a. 0.5
b. 0.8
c. 1.2
d. 1.6
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Answer Key
1 A
2 C
3 D
4 B
5 A
6 B
7 A
8 C
9 B
10 B
11 C
12 D
13 B
14 B
15 B
16 D
17 D
18 D
19 C
20 A
21 D
22 A
23 B
24 B
25 D
26 B
27 C
28 B
29 C
30 A
31 B
32 A
33 B
34 D

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