This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Economics > Agricultural Economics > Agricultural Statistics And Economics > Agricultural Statistics And Economics – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agricultural Statistics And Economics Quiz 11 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of the following statements is true about Student's t distribution? A) The density curve of the t distribution is symmetric and centered at the true mean of the population. B) The density curve of the t distribution has heavier "tails" than the density curve of the standard Normal distribution. C) The density curve of the t distribution more closely resembles the density curve of the standard Normal distribution when the number of degrees of freedom is small. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The density curve of the t distribution has heavier "tails" than the density curve of the standard Normal distribution. 2. What is the format for interpreting a confidence interval? A) The interval from to captures the true mean in context. B) C% of samples of the same size taken from the same population will capture the parameter in question. C) There is convincing evidence that C% gives the interval ( , ) capturing the parameter in question. D) We are C% confident that the interval from to captures the [parameter in context]. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We are C% confident that the interval from to captures the [parameter in context]. 3. To test a claim about a mean, when the population standard deviation is unknown we use: A) Z procedures. B) Pythagorean Theorem. C) T procedures. D) Np > 10 and n(1-p) > 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) T procedures. 4. A 90% confidence interval for a population mean is determined to be 800 to 900. If the confidence is increased to 95% confidence while the sample statistics and sample size remain the same, the confidence interval A) Becomes wider. B) Becomes narrower. C) Does not change. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Becomes wider. 5. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean mu. Assume the population has a normal distribution. A sample of 20 college students had mean annual earnings of $ 3120 with a standard deviation of $ 677. A) ($ 2803, $ 3437). B) ($ 2135, $ 2567). C) ($ 2657, $ 2891). D) ($ 1324, $ 1567). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ($ 2803, $ 3437). 6. Ms. Washington is investigating teachers' attitudes toward year-round schooling. She is particularly interested in describing the attitudes of teachersfrom small, medium, and large schools. Which sampling procedure should be used by Ms. Washington to ensure her sample is representative of these types of schools? A) Simple random sampling. B) Stratified random sampling. C) Systematic sampling. D) Convenience sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratified random sampling. 7. Which District has the highest total of rice crop entrepreneurs in 2021? A) Brunei & Muara District. B) Tutong District. C) Belait District. D) Temburong District. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brunei & Muara District. 8. It represents differences in quality, character, or kind but not in amount. A) Discrete variables. B) Continuous variable. C) Independent variable. D) Qualitative variables. E) Quantitative variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Qualitative variables. 9. Whatever probability we choose as the cutoff for what is small is what we call the ..... A) Importance level. B) Significance level. C) Meaningfulness level. D) Insightfulness level. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Significance level. 10. This part of survey is the list of question items which can be open-ended questions A) Heading. B) Introduction. C) Respondents. D) Questions to answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Questions to answer. 11. The amount added and subtracted to the statistic. A) Margin of Error. B) Point Estimator. C) Statistic. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Margin of Error. 12. A ..... gives an interval of plausible values for the ..... A) Confidence interval, statistic. B) Point estimate, parameter. C) Point estimate, statistic. D) Confidence interval, parameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Confidence interval, parameter. 13. A sample of 40 people owned an average of 1.35 apple products. It is known from a previous study that the population standard deviation of apple product ownership is 0.63 products. Construct a 95% confidence interval. A) (1.11, 1.58). B) (1.15, 1.55). C) (1.19, 1.51). D) (1.09, 1.61). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (1.15, 1.55). 14. A researcher finds that the correlation between the personality traits "greed" and "superciliousness" is-0.40. What percentage of the variation in greed can be explained by the relationship with superciliousness? A) 40%. B) 16%. C) 80%. D) Not enough information is given. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 16%. 15. What is the t value associated with 90% confidence and a sample size of 15? A) 1.341. B) 1.345. C) 1.761. D) 1.753. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1.761. 16. The 75th percentile is also know as the A) Median. B) Third quartile. C) 1st quartile'. D) Interquartile range. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third quartile. 17. A radio talk show host is interested in the proportion p of adults in his listening area who think that the drinking age should be lowered to 18. To find this proportion, he poses the following question to his listeners: "Do you think that the drinking age should be reduced to 18? " He asks listeners to phone in and vote "yes" or "no" depending upon their opinions. Of 200 people who phone in, 140 answer "yes." The standard error of the sample proportion of "yes" votes among those who phone in is A) .21. B) .032. C) .108. D) .00105. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) .032. 18. In order to test the effect of music on productivity, a group of assembly line workers are given music players to play whatever music they choose while working for one month. For another month, they work without music. The order of the two treatments for each worker is determined randomly. This is ..... A) A survey expirament. B) A randomized expirament. C) A matched pairs expirament. D) A factorial expirament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A matched pairs expirament. 19. ..... are those which are already in existence and which might be collected for some purpose other than the answering of the question in hand. A) Direct data. B) Basic data. C) Primary data. D) Secondary data. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secondary data. 20. Find the critical value tc necessary to form a 95% confidence interval with a sample size of 15. A) 1.960. B) 2.145. C) 2.131. D) 2.120. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2.145. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAgricultural Economics QuizzesEconomics QuizzesAgricultural Statistics And Economics Quiz 1Agricultural Statistics And Economics Quiz 2Agricultural Statistics And Economics Quiz 3Agricultural Statistics And Economics Quiz 4Agricultural Statistics And Economics Quiz 5Agricultural Statistics And Economics Quiz 6Agricultural Statistics And Economics Quiz 7Agricultural Statistics And Economics Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books