# 9.4E: Distribution Needed for Hypothesis Testing (Exercises)


Exercise $$\PageIndex{1}$$

Which two distributions can you use for hypothesis testing for this chapter?

A normal distribution or a Student’s t-distribution

Exercise $$\PageIndex{2}$$

Which distribution do you use when you are testing a population mean and the standard deviation is known? Assume sample size is large.

Exercise $$\PageIndex{3}$$

Which distribution do you use when the standard deviation is not known and you are testing one population mean? Assume sample size is large.

Use a Student’s $$t$$-distribution

Exercise $$\PageIndex{4}$$

A population mean is 13. The sample mean is 12.8, and the sample standard deviation is two. The sample size is 20. What distribution should you use to perform a hypothesis test? Assume the underlying population is normal.

Exercise $$\PageIndex{5}$$

A population has a mean of 25 and a standard deviation of five. The sample mean is 24, and the sample size is 108. What distribution should you use to perform a hypothesis test?

a normal distribution for a single population mean

Exercise $$\PageIndex{6}$$

It is thought that 42% of respondents in a taste test would prefer Brand A. In a particular test of 100 people, 39% preferred Brand A. What distribution should you use to perform a hypothesis test?

Exercise $$\PageIndex{7}$$

You are performing a hypothesis test of a single population mean using a Student’s $$t$$-distribution. What must you assume about the distribution of the data?

It must be approximately normally distributed.

Exercise $$\PageIndex{8}$$

You are performing a hypothesis test of a single population mean using a Student’s $$t$$-distribution. The data are not from a simple random sample. Can you accurately perform the hypothesis test?

Exercise $$\PageIndex{9}$$

You are performing a hypothesis test of a single population proportion. What must be true about the quantities of $$np$$ and $$nq$$?

They must both be greater than five.

Exercise $$\PageIndex{10}$$

You are performing a hypothesis test of a single population proportion. You find out that $$np$$ is less than five. What must you do to be able to perform a valid hypothesis test?

Exercise $$\PageIndex{11}$$

You are performing a hypothesis test of a single population proportion. The data come from which distribution?