RES 710v4 Capella University Statistics Multiple Choice Questions Exam Practice

Question Description

Use the GSS 2014 data on education from Ch. 5 (The Normal Distribution), Exercise 5.
Estimation Practice data . Please see the attachment

Question 1

2 PointsWhat is the 95% confidence interval for the mean number of years of education for lower-class respondents?

11.60 to 12.62
23.20 to 25.24
5.80 to 6.31
13.60 to 14.62

Question 2

2 Points What is the 95% confidence interval for the mean number of years of education for and working-class respondents?

14.76 to 15.25
12.76 to 13.25
25.50 to 26.50
6.38 to 6.63

Question 3

2 Points What is the 99% confidence interval for the mean number of years of education for lower-class respondents?

11.44 to 12.78
5.72 to 6.39
13.55 to 14.89
22.88 to 25.56

Question 4

2 Points What is the 99% confidence interval for the mean number of years of education for and middle-class respondents?

18.65 to 19.33
4.65 to 5.33
7.33 to 7.67
14.65 to 15.33

Question 5

2 Points As our confidence in the result increases, how does the size of the confidence interval change?

The confidence interval gets wider, not narrower increasing confidence leading to less precise intervals.
The confidence interval gets narrower, but not wider decreasing confidence leading to more precise intervals.
As the result increases, the confidence level remains the same.
As the result increases, the confidence level is reduced.

Though 70% of women with children younger than 18 years participate in the labor force, society still upholds the stay-at-home mother as the traditional model. Some believe that employment distracts mothers from their parenting role, affecting the well-being of children. In the GSS 2014, respondents were asked to indicate their level of agreement to the statement, A working mother hurts children. Of the 435 male respondents who answered the question, 18% strongly agreed that a working mother does not hurt children.

Question 6

2 Points What is the 90% confidence interval for this statistic for males?

0.30 to 0.42
0.08 to 0.11
0.15 to 0.21
1.50 to 2.10

Question 7

2 Points Of the 566 female respondents who answered the question, 40% strongly agreed that a working mother does not hurt children. What is the 90% confidence interval for this statistic?

0.74 to 0.86
0.37 to 0.43
0.14 to 0.18
0.19 to 0.22

According to a report published by the Pew Research Center in February 2010, 61% of Millennials (Americans in their teens and 20s) think that their generation has a unique and distinctive identity (N = 527).

Question 8

2 Points What is the 95% confidence interval to estimate the percentage of Millennials who believe that their generation has a distinctive identity as compared with the other generations (Generation X, Baby Boomers, or the Silent Generation)?

CI = 6.84 to 5.16
CI = 50.88 to 60.76
CI = 102.84 to 112.16
CI = 56.84 to 65.16

Question 9

2 Points What is the 99% confidence interval?

CI = 55.53 to 66.47
CI = 111.06 to 132.94
CI = 27.77 to 33.24
CI = 57.55 to 68.49

Question 10

2 Points Are both these results compatible with the conclusion that the majority of Millennials believe that they have a unique identity that separates them from the previous generations?

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