Many People Buy Used Smartphones from EBay, Craigslist, and So

question 22

Essay

Many people buy used smartphones from eBay, Craigslist, and so on. Some of these phones are good quality, but many others are not, and customers often have a difficult time distinguishing between the two types. Good smartphones are valued at $400 and poor ones at $100. The supply of good smartphones is given by Q_H = 2P_H - 300; that of poor smartphones is given by Q_L = 4P_L - 100. If consumers believe that 40% of used smartphones are good quality, then the expected price of a used smartphone is _____. At that price, _____ good smartphones and _____ poor ones will be sold, making the actual likelihood of buying a good phone equal to _____.

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Definitions:

Type II Error

The error made by failing to reject a false null hypothesis, also known as a "false negative."

Type I Error

The mistaken dismissal of an accurate null hypothesis, frequently referred to as a false positive.

Effect Size

A quantitative measure of the strength of a phenomenon, used to indicate the magnitude of a difference or relationship within the context of a statistical analysis.

T-Tests

Statistical tests used to compare the means of two groups to see if there is a significant difference between them.