SSC III - Diagnostic
SSC III - Diagnostic
SSC III - Diagnostic
Direction: Write the letter that best and adequately answers each item. 1. It is a device used to list all possibilities of a sequence of events in a systematic way. a. tree diagram b. Venn diagram c. paradigm
d. table
2. Supposed a girl has 5 pairs of pants, 3 skirts and 7 blouses. How many different outfits are possible? a. 15 b. 22 c. 105 d. 26 3. A group of 14 must select a president, vice president, a treasurer and a secretary. How many ways can this be done? a. 1 654 b. 3 890 c. 240 240 d. 120 120 4. How many 5-digit even numbers can be formed with the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 if repetitions are not allowed? a. 360 b. 720 c. 432 d. 265 5. A couple plans to have three children. Find the probability that they will have all girls. a. 1/4 b. 2/3 c. 1/8 d. 1/16 6. Two cards are selected at random from a standard deck. What is the probability that the first is an 8 and the second is a queen if the first card is not replaced before the second is selected? a. 1/ 221 b. 16/2 652 c. 1/561 d. 8/52 7. A type of error when one rejects the null hypothesis when it is true. a. Type III b. Type II c. Type I 8. It is an inference about a population parameter. a. parametric test b. statistical test 9. To test the hypothesis a. normal distribution c. t test
d. Type IV
d. t- test
d. three
10. The strength of the relationship between two variables is determined by the value of a. r b. a c. x d. 11. A university dean wishes to estimate the average number of hours his part-time instructors per week. The standard deviation from a previous study is 2.6 hours. How large a sample must be selected if he wants to be 99% confident of finding whether the true mean differs from the sample by 1 hour? a. 43 b. 44 c. 45 d. 46 12. The following are properties of good estimator except being a. relative efficient b. independent
c. consistent
d. unbiased
13. When a 95% confidence interval is calculated instead of 99% confidence interval with n being the sample, the maximum error of estimate will be a. smaller b. larger c. the same d. no effect 14. The values of the chi-square variable cannot be a. positive b. 0
c. negative
15. The null hypothesis in the ANOVA is that all of the means are ________________. a. equal b. unequal c. variable d. none of these
For numbers 16 20. A study is being conducted to determine whether there is a relationship between jogging and blood pressure. A random sample of 210 subjects is selected, and they are classified as shown in the table that follows. Use (Critical value is 5.991) Blood Pressure Jogging Low Moderate High Total Status O E O E O E Joggers 34 57 21 112 Nonjoggers Total 15 49 63 120 20 41 98 210
16. What is the null hypothesis in the problem? a. The blood pressure of a person does not depend on whether he jogs or not. b. The blood pressure of a person depends on whether he jogs or not. c. The blood pressure is relatively connected to jogging. d. The blood pressure of a person is not associated when he jogs or not. 17. What is the alternative hypothesis of the problem? a. The blood pressure of a person does not depend on whether he jogs or not. b. The blood pressure of a person depends on whether he jogs or not. c. The blood pressure is relatively connected to jogging. d. The blood pressure of a person is not associated when he jogs or not. 18. What is the degrees of freedom to be used? a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 19. What is the computed chi-square value? a. 6.79 b. 7.69 c. 7.80 20. What decision or conclusion can you make based on your computations? a. accept b. reject c.
For numbers 21 25. A clothing manufacturer wants to determine whether customers prefer any specific color over the other colors in shirts. He selects random sample of 102 shirts sold and notes the color. The table shows the results. At a = 0.10, is there a color preference? (Critical value = 9.236) Color White Blue Black Red Yellow Green 21. What is the null hypothesis? a. Customers show a color preference. b. Customers have no color preference. c. Customers are not aware of color preference. d. Customers are attracted by bright colors. 22. What is the alternative hypothesis? a. Customers show a color preference. b. Customers have no color preference. c. Customers are not aware of color preference. d. Customers are attracted by bright colors. 23. What degrees of freedom is to be used? a. 4 b. 5 24. What is the computed chi-square value? a. 45.567 b. 59. 7467 25. What is the decision are we to adapt? a. accept b. reject Number Sold 43 22 16 10 6 5
c. 6
d. 7
c. 78.9987
d.35.7793
c.
d. none