Chapter 10, Problem 10.8AC

The article “Well-Fed Crickets Bowl Maidens Over” (Nature Science Update, February 11, 1999) reported that female field crickets are attracted to males with high chirp rates and hypothesized that chirp rate is related to nutritional status. The usual chirp rate for male field crickets was reported to vary around a mean of 60 chirps per second. To investigate whether the chirp rate was related to nutritional status, investigators fed 27 male crickets a high protein diet for 8 days, after which chirp rate was measured. Let: The parameter μ be the mean chirp rateof male crickets on a high protein diet for 8 days.    Given: The mean chirp rate for the random sample of crickets on the high protein diet was reported to be 64 chirps per second with a standard deviation of 14. Research Question: Is there convincing evidence that the mean chirp rate for crickets on a high protein diet implies an advantage in attracting the ladies? It is known that the researchers did not want to risk a…

The National Cancer Institute conducted a 2-year study to determine whether cancer death rates for areas near nuclear power plants are higher than for areas without nuclear facilities. A spokesperson for the Cancer Institute said, "From the data at hand, there was no convincing evidence of any increased risk of death from any of the cancers surveyed due to living near nuclear facilities." Let p denote the proportion of the population in areas near nuclear power plants who die of cancer during a given year. The researchers at the Cancer Institute have considered the null and alternative hypotheses below: А. Họ: p = value for areas without nuclear facilities Hạ: p> value for areas without nuclear facilities According to the spokesperson's statement, what is the conclusion of the National Cancer Institute? Select one of the following: Reject Ho Fail to reject Ho Reject Ha Fail to reject Ha

People who were born between 1978 and 1983 are sometimes classified by demographers as "Generation Y". According to a Forrester Research survey published in American Demographics (Vol. 22(1), p. 12), of 850 Generation Y Web users, 459 reported using the Internet to download music. At the 5% significance level, does the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that a majority of Generation Y Web users use the Internet to download music? Use the One-Proportion z-test and interpret your result.

The article “Developing a Tool to Measure the Factors Influencing Nurses' Enjoyment of Nursing” (L. Wilkes, M. Doull, et al., Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2016:1854–1860) reports that in a sample of 124 nurses, 54 said that a busy workload had a positive effect on their enjoyment of their job. Can you conclude that less than 45% of nurses feel that a busy workload has a positive effect on their enjoyment of their job?

You’re interested in knowing if a walking plus strength training exercise program results in a significantly greater increase in maxVo2 as compared to a walking only or a strength training only exercise program. Participants are randomly selected and then randomly assigned to one of three groups— walking plus strength training, walking only, or strength training only. After 6-months of exercise the participants are assessed. Which statistical analyses was used?

A pathological video game user (PVGU) is a video game user that averages 31 or more hours a week of gameplay. According to the article “Pathological Video Game Use among Youths: A Two-Year Longitudinal Study” (Pediatrics, Vol. 127, No. 2, pp. 319–329) by D. Gentile et al., in 2011, about 9% of children in grades 3–8 were PVGUs. Suppose that, today, five youths in grades 3–8 are randomly selected. Let X represent the number of youths who are PVGUs. n =  p =  1 – p =  Prepare the probability distribution for the random variable X. Complete the following table. Round your answers to 4 decimal places e.g. 0.XXXX or .XXXX. X = x P(X=x) 0   1   2   3   4   5     ∑=1.0000∑=1.0000  Calculate the probability that EXACTLY three youths are PVGUs. Round your answers to 4 decimal places e.g. 0.XXXX or .XXXX. P(X = 3) =  Calculate the probability that AT LEAST two youths are PVGUs. Round your answers to 4 decimal places e.g. 0.XXXX or .XXXX. P(X ≥ 2) =  Calculate the…

One study of cell phones and the risk of brain cancer looked at a group of 469 people who have brain cancer. The investigators then asked about the use of cell phones. Result: “Our data suggest that the use of hand- held cellular phones is not associated with risk of brain cancer. B . Based on this study, can you determine that cellular use does not CAUSE brain cancer? Why or why not?