Statistics · Guided Practice
Confidence Intervals and P Values
6 questions with answers. Try each one before revealing the answer.
1
Software gives a confidence interval for the mean weight of adult dolphins as kg.
Explain what this means.
Explain what this means.
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Answer
If the sampling were repeated times and a confidence interval calculated each time, about of those intervals would contain the true mean weight of the population.
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2
A confidence interval for a difference in means is .
State what the fact that the interval contains zero tells you.
State what the fact that the interval contains zero tells you.
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Answer
Zero is a plausible value for the difference, so there is no significant difference between the two means at the level.
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3
A test gives a p-value of and a confidence interval for the difference in means of .
State the conclusion, and explain how the two results agree.
State the conclusion, and explain how the two results agree.
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, so there is insufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis of no difference.
The confidence interval contains zero, which says the same thing: no difference is a plausible value.
The confidence interval contains zero, which says the same thing: no difference is a plausible value.
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4
A test gives a p-value of and a confidence interval for the difference in proportions of .
State the conclusion, and explain how the two results agree.
State the conclusion, and explain how the two results agree.
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, so reject the null hypothesis: there is a significant difference.
The confidence interval does not contain zero, so zero difference is not plausible — the same conclusion.
The confidence interval does not contain zero, so zero difference is not plausible — the same conclusion.
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5
State what a p-value measures.
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The probability of obtaining results at least as extreme as those observed, assuming the null hypothesis is true.
A small p-value means the observed data would be unlikely if the null hypothesis were true.
A small p-value means the observed data would be unlikely if the null hypothesis were true.
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6
Explain why a confidence interval is wider than a confidence interval for the same data.
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Answer
To be more confident of capturing the true value, the interval has to cover a wider range of possibilities.
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