AP Statistics Name:____________________________________

Review for Test- Hypothesis Testing- MC

Date:_____________________________________

In the following multiple-choice questions, please circle the correct answer.

1. If a researcher takes a large enough sample, he/she will almost always obtain:
a. virtually significant results
b. practically significant results
c. consequentially significant results
d. statistically significant results

2. The null and alternative hypotheses divide all possibilities into:

a. two sets that overlap
b. two non-overlapping sets
c. two sets that may or may not overlap
d. as many sets as necessary to cover all possibilities

3. Which of the following is true of the null and alternative hypotheses?

a. Exactly one hypothesis must be true
b. both hypotheses must be true
c. It is possible for both hypotheses to be true
d. It is possible for neither hypothesis to be true

4. One-tailed alternatives are phrased in terms of:

a.
b. < or >
c. or =
d. or

5. A type II error occurs when:

a. the null hypothesis is incorrectly accepted when it is false
b. the null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected when it is true
c. the sample mean differs from the population mean
d. the test is biased

6. Of type I and type II error, which is traditionally regarded as more serious?

a. Type I
b. Type II
c. They are equally serious
d. Neither is serious

7. You conduct a hypothesis test and you observe values for the sample mean and sample standard
deviation when n = 25 that do not lead to the rejection of H 0 . You calculate a p-value of 0.0667. What
will happen to the p-value if you observe the same sample mean and standard deviation for a sample >
25?
a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Stay the same
d. May either increase or decrease
8. The form of the alternative hypothesis can be:
a. one-tailed
b. two-tailed
c. neither one nor two-tailed
d. one or two-tailed

9. A two-tailed test is one where:

a. results in only one direction can lead to rejection of the null hypothesis
b. negative sample means lead to rejection of the null hypothesis
c. results in either of two directions can lead to rejection of the null hypothesis
d. no results lead to the rejection of the null hypothesis

10. The value set for is known as:

a. the rejection level
b. the acceptance level
c. the significance level
d. the error in the hypothesis test

11. The null hypothesis usually represents:

a. the theory the researcher would like to prove.
b. the preconceived ideas of the researcher
c. the perceptions of the sample population
d. the status quo

12. In statistical analysis, the burden of proof lies traditionally with:

a. the alternative hypothesis
b. the null hypothesis
c. the analyst
d. the facts

13. When one refers to how significant the sample evidence is, he/she is referring to the:
a. value of
b. the importance of the sample
c. the p-value
d. the F-ratio

14. Which of the following values is not typically used for ?

a. 0.01
b. 0.05
c. 0.10
d. 0.25

15. Smaller p-values indicate more evidence in support of:

a. the null hypothesis
b. the alternative hypothesis
c. the quality of the researcher
d. further testing
16. The hypothesis that an analyst is trying to prove is called the:
a. elective hypothesis
b. alternative hypothesis
c. optional hypothesis
d. null hypothesis

17. A p-value is considered convincing if it is:

a. less than 0.01
b. between 0.01 and 0.05
c. 0.05 and 0.10
d. greater than 0.10

18. A null hypothesis can only be rejected at the 5% significance level if and only if:
a. a 95% confidence interval includes the hypothesized value of the parameter
b. a 95% confidence interval does not include the hypothesized value of the parameter
c. the null hypothesis is void
d. the null hypotheses includes sampling error

19. The alternative hypothesis is also known as the:

a. elective hypothesis
b. optional hypothesis
c. research hypothesis
d. null hypothesis

20. If a teacher is trying to prove that new method of teaching math is more effective than traditional one,
he/she will conduct a:
a. one-tailed test
b. two-tailed test
c. point estimate of the population parameter
d. confidence interval

21. A type I error occurs when:

a. the null hypothesis is incorrectly accepted when it is false
b. the null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected when it is true
c. the sample mean differs from the population mean
d. the test is biased

1. D 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. B
8. D 9. C 10. C 11. D 12. A 13. C 14. D
15. B 16. B 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. A 21. B