AP STATISTICS| CUSHING ACADEMY | SHUBLEKA

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Problem 1

One hospital has 1000 live births during the summer, while a second hospital has
500 live births during the same time period.

a) Assuming there is a 50% chance for a live-born infant to be male, which

hospital is more likely to have less than 45% male births? Explain your
answer.
b) Suppose that the first hospital has 515 male births, while the second has only
240. Is the difference statistically significant? Show your work.
Problem 2

It is reported that the national average cost of an automobile tune-up is $74.35.

a) Suppose you interview a simple random sample of 40 people in your

community who recently have had a tune-up. The sample mean is $76.72
with a standard deviation of $5.22. Find a 95% confidence interval estimate
of the cost of a tune-up in your area. Show your work.
b) What conclusion would you come to after testing the hypothesis that a tune-
up costs more in your area than the national average? Explain your
conclusion using a P-value calculation in your answer.
Problem 3

Michael connected on 54% of his shots from beyond the three-point line as
freshman. In his sophomore year he connected on 73 of 120 three-point attempts.

a. Is there sufficient evidence that he is shooting better in his second year?

b. Suppose Michael tries 15 three-point shots in the next two games. Could the
outcome of these shots change your conclusion above?
c. Give a 95% confidence interval estimate for Michael’s second year three-
point shooting proportion.