Question

Match each scenario with the statistical process what would best apply in that case.

a. You have a random sample of weights of sea lions captured off of the California coast and are interested in estimating the average weight of the sea lions living in that area.
b. You call a random sample of people in Eugene and ask them if they prefer Doritos to Lays Potato Chips. You want to test the claim that more than 6096 of Eugenians prefer
c. You want to know if a new drug decreases blood pressure. You have a random sample of people and for each one you collect their average blood pressure for a week before taking the drug, and their average blood pressure a week after taking the drug. You want to test the hypothesis that the drug lowers their blood pressure by at least 10.

Answer 1

a. Confidence Interval / Point Interval

b. population sampling

c. Hypothesis testing

Explanation:

Confidence interval is method to test large observed data. This is sampling method for a large population parameters. Hypothesis testing is a method to test observed data against an alternative hypothesis. This test uses p-value to determine whether the null hypothesis is valid against the alternative hypothesis.