A Consulting Report That Was Recently Submitted to a Company

question 31

Multiple Choice

A consulting report that was recently submitted to a company indicated that a hypothesis test for a single population variance was conducted. The report indicated that the test statistic was 34.79, the hypothesized variance was 345 and the sample variance 600. However, the report did not indicate what the sample size was. What was it?

• A) n = 100
• B) Approximately n = 18
• C) Approximately 21
• D) Can't be determined without knowing what alpha is.

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Definitions:

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Marked with identifiers or tags for ease of identification or explanation.

Eukaryotic Transcription

The process by which genetic information from DNA is copied to messenger RNA in cells with a nucleus.

Upstream Promoter Elements

DNA sequences located before (upstream of) the coding sequence of a gene that help initiate transcription by binding specific proteins.

Enhancers

Regulatory DNA sequences that enhance gene transcription; can be located long distances away from the actual coding regions of a gene.