The average life expectancy of tires produced by the Whitney Tire Company has been 40,000 miles. Management believes that due to a new production process, the life expectancy of its tires has increased. In order to test the validity of this belief, the correct set of hypotheses is ____________________________________________.

The function that defines the probability distribution of any continuous random variable is a ____________________________.

An example of statistical inference is _________________________________.

Z is a standard normal random variable. The P(1.20 ≤ z ≤ 1.85) equals ______________. z dsistribution table from 0.0 to 2.49.jpg

The z value for a 97.8% confidence interval estimation is __________. z dsistribution table from 0.0 to 2.49.jpg

When constructing a confidence or a prediction interval to quantify the relationship between two quantitative variables, what distribution do confidence and prediction intervals follow?

The tests of significance in regression analysis are based on assumptions about the error term ɛ. One such assumption is that the error term follows ɛ a(n) _____ distribution for all values of x.

A is a type of narrative poem that uses repeated words and phrases, including a refrain to tell a story. Initially intended to be performed(sung), it has roots in the oral tradition.

BONUS– 5 PTS. Give one example of foreshadowing that occurs in a “Good Man Is Hard to Find” OR discuss what the white elephant(symbol) stands for in the short story “Hills Like White Elephants”. 

   These two ballad quatrains from “The Ballad of Birmingham” (lines 1-4) and (lines 5-8) use two  because the voice switches from the child to the mother.