Circle the most accurate answer for each of the following:

1) A survey of 30 emergency room patients found that the average waiting time
for treatment was 174.3 minutes.Assuming that the populatuion variance is
2162.25 (minutes )², the 95% confidence interval of the population mean is
A 152.4    196.2 B 157.4    190.9 C  599.45    948.05
D 171.26    177.34 E Others specify---------
2) A set of data has a mean that is much larger than the median. Which of the
following statements is most consistent with this information?
A) The data set probably has a few low outliers.
B) A histogram of the data is skewed to right.
C) A histogram of the data is skewed to left.
D) A histogram of the data is symmetric.
E) Not mentioned
3) In general, which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) The sample mean is more sensitive to extreme values than the median.
B) The sample range is more sensitive to extreme values than the standard
deviation.
C) The sample standard deviation is a measure of spread around the
sample mean.
D) The sample standard deviation is a measure of central tendency around
the median.
E) If a distribution is symmetric, then the mean will be equal to the median.
4) In an aquaculture study, the following variables were measured on each fish:
initial weight(I) , Sex(0=female,1= male), weight gain(w), body temperature (C).
The scale of these four variables (in order) are:
A) Ordinal, interval, ratio, nominal
B) Ratio, ordinal, ratio, Interval
C) Ratio, nominal, ratio, Nominal
D) Ratio, nominal, ratio, interval
E) Not mentioned
5) The scores that have the greatest effect on the value of the variance are
those
A) Close to center
B) Just below the center.
C) Just above to the center.
D) Farthest from the center
E) Not mentioned
6) Under which of the following conditions would the standard deviation
assume of negative value
A When all the data B When more than half C The standard
values were negative of the data values deviation cannot be
were negative negative
D When the mean very large E Others specify---------
7) The coefficient of skewness is a measure:
A Of the relationship of B Based on the middle 50 C Based on the
the mode and median percent of the observations mean deviation
D Of the symmetry of a distribution E Others specify---------
8) A variable measuring the number of people in a group
A Can only be B Cannot be analyzed C Can only be
analyzed as a as either continuous analyzed as a
discrete variable or discrete continuous variable
D Could be analyzed as either continuous or E Others specify-----
discrete depending on the whether there are a ---
large or small number of people in the group
9) The events A and B are said to be independent if:
A P( A  B)  P( A) * P( B) B P( A  B)  P( A)  P( B) C P( A  B)  P( A) * P( A B)
D P( A  B)  P( A) * P( B) E Others specify--------
10) If the probability of an event is 0.3, that means
A The event has a B The event has a C The complement of the
70% chance of not 30% chance of not event has a 70%
occurring. occurring chance of not occurring
D The complement of the event has a 30% chance E Others specify--------
of occurring
If A and B are two events such that P(A)=0.7, P(B)=0.4 and p( A  B )  0.4
c
11)
P( B c A) 
then
A) (0.3). B) (0.1) C) (0.75) D) (0.57). E) Not mentioned
12) A computer store has 50 printers of which 35 are laser printers and 15 are ink jet
printers. If a group of 10 printers is chosen at random from the store, find the
mean and variance of the number of ink jet printers.
A Mean =3, Variance =4 B Mean = 2, Variance = 0.6 C Mean = 3, Variance= 2.1
D Mean = 3, Variance = 0.6 E Others specify---------
13) From a lot ( 10 ) TV sets are selected at random. If the probability of a TV
set to be a defective is ( 0.1 ). Then probability the sample contains at
least one defective TV set.
A) (0.4096) B) (1.144) C) (0.6513) D) (0.3487). E) Not mentioned
14) Which of the following is not a requirement of a binomial distribution?
A) A constant probability of success
B) Only two possible outcomes
C) A fixed number of trails
D) Equally likely outcomes
E) Not mentioned
15) To construct a binomial probability distribution, we need to know
A) Only the mean
B) The size of the sample
C) The mean and standard deviation
D) The number of trials and probability of success
E) Not mentioned
16) The standard normal distribution
A It takes Negative and B Is a special case of the C Answers (D) and (B)
Positive values normal distribution? are correct
D Has a mean equal to 0 and a standard deviation E Others specify------
equal to 1
17) The weights of the male and female students in a class are summarized in the
following box-plots:

Which of the following is NOT correct?

A About 50% of the male B About 25% of female C The median weight of
students have weights students have male students is about
between 150 and 185 weights less than 162 lbs.
lbs. 130 lbs.
D The mean weight of female students is about 120 E Others specify---
because of symmetry ----
18) A Highway Patrol reports the mean speed of those traveling along certen
highway is 102 kms per hour. Assume the distribution of speeds follows the
normal distribution and the standard is 7.5 kms per hour. Find the probability
a randomly selected vehicle is traveling at least 115 kms per hour?
A (0.1949) B (0.6949) C (0.8600) D (0.9149). E Not mentioned
the formula 
xP (x)
19) is used to calculate
A The median B The Mean C The Standard Deviation
D the variance E Others specify---------
20) An insurance company has estimated the following cost probabilities for
the next year on a particular model of car:
Cost $0 $500 $1000 $2000
Probability 0.60 0.05 0.13 ?

The expected cost to the insurance company is (approximately):

A $595 B $875 C $495

D $645 E Others specify---------
21) a class containing 15 girls and 10 boys, 2 students are selected at random
to give out the math papers. What is the probability that both selected
students will be female students?
A 3/20 B (1/2) C (1/4) D (7/20). E Others specify--------
22) The analysis of the data collected in the survey found that the correlation
between the size of the farm and the corn yield was r = 0.82. This means that

A larger farms tend to have Blarger farms tend to C The average farm
higher yields of corn have lower yields of plants corn on
corn 82% of its acres
D there is little or no connection between farm size and E Others specify-----
the yield per acre of corn on that farm ----
23) The difference between a permutation and a combination is:
A In a permutation, order is B In a permutation, order is C (A) and (B)
important and in a not important and in a are true
combination, is not combination, is important
D (A) and (B) are not true E Others specify----
24) ______________ Sampling is used when the population is large or when it
involves subjects residing in a large geographic area
A Random B Systematic C Stratified
D Cluster E Others specify---------
25) The correlation coefficient provides
A a measure of the B a measure of the C a measure of the
extent to which strength of the strength of the linear
changes in one association (not association between
variable cause necessarily linear) two quantitative
changes in between two variables
another variable qualitative variables
D a measure of the strength of the linear E Others specify---------
association between two qualitative variables
26) If the median for the given set of six ordered data ( 7 11 17 -?- 41 50) is
23.5. What is the missing
value? A 23 B 30 C 41
D 26.5 E Others specify--
27) The two appropriate measures to represent data if the distribution of the
data is extremely skewed to right
A Mean & Variance B Mean & Range C Median& Range
D Median & Interquartile Range E Others specify---------
28) We want to test H0 : μ = 1.5 vs. H1 : μ  1.5 at α= .05 . A 95% confidence
interval for μ calculated from a given random sample is (1.4, 3.6). Based on
this finding we:
A Cannot make any B Cannot make any C Cannot make any
decision at all decision at all because decision at all because
because the value the distribution of the (1.4, 3.6) is only a 95%
of the test statistic is population is unknown confidence interval for μ
not available.
D Fail to reject H0. E Reject H0 .
29) The average time it takes for a person to experience pain relief from aspirin
is 25 minutes. A new ingredient is added to help speed up relief. Let μ
denote the average time to obtain pain relief with the new product. An
experiment is conducted to verify if the new product is better. What are the
null and alternative hypotheses?
A H0 : μ = 25 vs B H0 : μ = 25 vs C H0 : μ < 25 vs
H1 : μ  25 H1: μ < 25 H1 : μ = 25
D H0 : μ < 25 vs E H0 : μ = 25 vs
H1 : μ > 25 H1: μ > 25
 Sample data shown for car rental companies in a certain country for a
recent year.
Cars (in ten thousands) x 63 29 20.8 6.2 13.4 8.5 19.1
Revenue (in billions $) y 7 3.9 2.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 2.8

And the following results calculated for the above data

Y  20 ,  X 160 ,  XY  690.83 , Y 2
82.36 , X 2
 5897.7

30) Then the coefficient of correlation is :-

A 1.106 B -0.983 C -8.983
D 0.983 E Others specify-------
For the variable Y which represents total revenue find
A 4.2029 B 2.0501 C 1.898
31) The standard deviation is:-
D 3.6024 E Others specify----

32) The coefficient of variation A 147.11% B 126.09% C 66.43% is:-

D 71.75% E Others specify---------
A 0.29 B -0.87 C 0.87
33) The coefficient of D 1.11 E Others specify------
skewness

34) The distribution of the data is:-

A Skewed to left B Skewed to right C Symmetric
D Cannot tell from given information E Others specify------

For the variable X which represents number of cars. Find

A 4 B 20.5 C 5.25
35) The inter-Quartile Range is:-
D 3.5 E Others specify---
36) Outliers are:-
A 6.2 B 63 C 29
D Data has no extreme values E Others specify-----
37) If most of the measurements in a large data set are of approximately the
same magnitude except for a few measurements that are quite a bit larger,
how would the mean and median of the data set compare and what shape
would a histogram of the data set have?
A The mean would be B The mean would be C The mean would be
smaller than the larger than the median larger than the median
median and the and the histogram and the histogram
histogram would be would be skewed with would be skewed with
skewed with a long left a long right tail a long left tail
tail.
D The mean would be smaller than the median and the E Others specify---------
histogram would be skewed with a long right tail
38) Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the sampling
distribution of the sample mean:
A The standard error B The standard error of C The sample mean
of the sample mean the sample mean is a is unbiased for
will decrease as the measure of the the true
sample size variability of the sample (unknown)
increases. mean among repeated population
samples. mean.
D The sampling distribution shows how E The sampling distribution shows
the sample mean will vary among how the sample was distributed
repeated samples. around the sample mean.
39) The average monthly mortgage payment for recent home buyers in
Winnipeg is μ = $732, with standard deviation equal to $421 A random
sample of 125 recent home buyers is selected. The approximate probability
that their average monthly mortgage payment will be more than $782 is:
A 0.9082 B 0.4522 C 0.4082
D 0.0478 E Others specify--
40) You have measured the systolic blood pressure of a random sample of 25
employees of a company. A 95% confidence interval for the mean systolic
blood pressure for the employees is computed to be (122,138). Which of
the following statements gives a valid interpretation of this interval?
A. About 95% of the sample of employees have a systolic blood pressure
between 122 and 138.
B. About 95% of the employees in the company have a systolic blood pressure
between 122 and 138.
C. The probability that the sample mean falls between 122 and 138 is equal to
0.95.
D. If the sampling procedure were repeated many times, then approximately
95% of the resulting confidence intervals would contain the mean systolic
blood pressure for employees in the company.
E. If the sampling procedure were repeated many times, then approximately
95% of the sample means would be between 122 and 138.

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