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1. True or False. Justify for full credit. (a) A is an event, and Ac is the complement of A, then P(A AND Ac) =
1. True or False. Justify for full credit.
(a) A is an event, and Ac is the complement of A, then P(A AND Ac) = 0.
(b) If the variance of a data set is 0, then all the observations in this data set must be zero.
(c) If a 95% confidence interval for a population mean contains 1, then the 99% confidence
interval for the same parameter must contain 1
(d) When plotted on the same graph, a distribution with a mean of 60 and a standard deviation
of 5 will look more spread out than a distribution with a mean of 40 and standard deviation
of 8.
(e) In a two-tailed test, the value of a test statistic is 2. The test statistic follows a distribution
with the distribution curve shown below. If we know the shaded area is 0.03, then we have
sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance.
2. Choose the best answer. Justify for full credit.
(a) A study was conducted at a local college to analyze the average GPA of students graduated
from UMUC in 2015. 100 students graduated from UMUC in 2015 were randomly selected,
and the average GPA for the group is 3.5. The value 3.5 is a
(i) statistic
(ii) parameter
(iii) cannot be determined
(b) The hotel ratings are usually on a scale from 0 star to 5 stars. The level of this measurement is
(i) interval
(ii) nominal
(iii) ordinal
(iv) ratio
(c) A STAT 200 student is interested in the number of credit cards owned by college students. She surveyed all of her classmates to collect sample data. This type of sampling is called:
(i) simple random
(ii) convenience
(iii) systematic
(iv) stratified
3. Choose the best answer. Justify for full credit.
(a) A study of 10 different weight loss programs involved 500 subjects. Each of the 10 programs
had 50 subjects in it. The subjects were followed for 12 months. Weight change for each
subject was recorded. You want to test the claim that the mean weight loss is the same for the
10 programs. What statistical approach should be used?
(i) t-test
(ii) linear regression
(iii) ANOVA
(iv) confidence interval
(b) A STAT 200 instructor teaches two classes. She wants to test if the variances of the score
distribution for the two classes are different. What type of hypothesis test should she use?
(i) t-test for two independent samples
(ii) t-test for matched samples
(iii) z-test for two samples
(iv) F- test
4. The frequency distribution below shows the distribution for IQ scores for a random sample of
1000 adults. (Show all work.)
IQ Scores Frequency Relative Frequency
50 - 69 23
70 - 89 0.250
90 -109 448
110 - 129
130 - 149 25
Total 1000
(a) Complete the frequency table with frequency and relative frequency. Express the relative
frequency to three decimal places.
(b) What percentage of the adults in this sample has an IQ score of at least 90?
(c) Does this distribution have positive skew or negative skew? Why or why not?
6. Consider selecting one card at a time from a 52-card deck. What is the probability that the first card is from the suit of hearts and the second card is also from the suit of hearts? (Note: There are 13 cards from the suit of hearts in a deck of cards) (Show all work.)
(a) Assuming the card selection is without replacement.
(b) Assuming the card selection is with replacement.
7. There are 1000 students in a high school. Among the 1000 students, 250 students take AP
Statistics, and 100 students take AP French. 80 students take both AP courses. Let S be the
event that a randomly selected student takes AP Statistics, and F be the event that a randomly
selected student takes AP French. Show all work.
(a) Provide a written description of the complement event of (S OR F).
(b) What is the probability of complement event of (S OR F)?
8. Consider rolling a fair 6-faced die twice. Let A be the event that the sum of the two rolls is at
least 10, and B be the event that the first one is a multiple of 3.
(a) What is the probability that the sum of the two rolls is at least 10 given that the first one is a
multiple of 3? Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit.
(b) Are event A and event B independent? Explain.
9. There are 5 books in the Statistics is Fun series. (Show all work.
(a) How many different ways can Mimi arrange the 5 books in her book shelf?
(b) Mimi plans on bringing two of the five books with her in a road trip. How many different ways
can the two books be selected?
10. Assume random variable x follows a probability distribution shown in the table below.
Determine the mean and standard deviation of x. Show all work.
x -2 -1 0 1 2
P(x) 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3
11. Mimi joined UMUC basketball team since summer 2016. On average, she is able to score 30% of the field goals. Assume she tries 15 field goals in a game.
(a) Let X be the number of field goals that Mimi scores in the game. As we know, the distribution
of X is a binomial probability distribution. What is the number of trials (n), probability of
successes (p) and probability of failures (q), respectively?
(b) Find the probability that Mimi scores at least 2 of the 15 field goals. (round the answer to 3
decimal places) Show all work.
12. A research concludes that the number of hours of exercise per week for adults is normally
distributed with a mean of 3.5 hours and a standard deviation of 3 hours. Show all work.
(a) Find the 80th percentile for the distribution of exercise time per week. (round the answer to 2 decimal places)
(b) What is the probability that a randomly selected adult has more than 7 hours of exercise per week?
(round the answer to 4 decimal places)
13. Assume the SAT Mathematics Level 2 test scores are normally distributed with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100. Show all work.
(a) Consider all random samples of 64 test scores. What is the standard deviation of the sample
means?
(b) What is the probability that 64 randomly selected test scores will have a mean test score that is between 475 and 525?
14. An insurance company checks police records on 1200 randomly selected auto accidents and notes that teenagers were at the wheel in 180 of them. Construct a 90% confidence interval
estimate of the proportion of auto accidents that involve teenage drivers. Show all work.
15. A city built a new parking garage in a business district. For a random sample of 64 days, daily fees collected averaged $2,000, with a standard deviation of $400. Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the mean daily income this parking garage generates. Show all work.
16. ABC Company claims that the proportion of its employees investing in individual investment
accounts is higher than national proportion of 45%. A survey of 100 employees in ABC
Company indicated that 50 of them have invested in an individual investment account.
Assume Mimi wants to use a 0.10 significance level to test the claim.
(a) Identify the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis.
(b) Determine the test statistic. Show all work
(c) Determine the P-value for this test. Show all work
(d) Is there sufficient evidence to support ABC Companys claim that the proportion of its
employees investing in individual investment accounts is higher than 45%? Explain.
17. Mimi was curious if regular excise really helps weight loss, hence she decided to perform a
hypothesis test. A random sample of 5 UMUC students was chosen. The students took a 30-
minute exercise every day for 6 months. The weight was recorded for each individual before
and after the exercise regimen. Does the data below suggest that regular exercise helps weight
loss?
Weight (pounds)
Subject Before After
1 160 130
2 170 160
3 185 175
4 165 165
5 200 190
Assume we want to use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim.
(a) Identify the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis.
(b) Determine the test statistic. Show all work
(c) Determine the p-value. Show all work
(d) Is there sufficient evident to support the claim that regular exercise helps weight loss?
Justify your conclusion.
18. In a pulse rate research, a simple random sample of 50 men results in a mean of 80 beats per minute, and a standard deviation of 11.5 beats per minute. Based on the sample results, the
researcher concludes that the pulse rates of men have a standard deviation greater than 10 beats per minutes. Use a 0.10 significance level to test the researchers claim.
(a) Identify the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis.
(b) Determine the test statistic. Show all work
(c) Determine the P-value for this test. Show all work(d) Is there sufficient evidence to support the researchers claim? Explain.
19. The UMUC MiniMart sells five different types of Halloween candy bags. The manager reports
that the five types are equally popular. Suppose that a sample of 500 purchases yields observed
counts 120, 85, 110, 90, and 95 for types 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively. Use a 0.05 significance
level to test the claim that the five types are equally popular. Show all work and justify your
answer.
Type 1 2 3 4 5
Number of Bags 120 85 110 90 95
(a) Identify the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis.
(b) Determine the test statistic. Show all work
(c) Determine the P-value. Show all work
Is there sufficient evidence to support the managers claim that the five types of candy
bags are equally popular? Justify your answer.
20. A STAT 200 instructor believes that the average quiz score is a good predictor of final exam
score. A random sample of 10 students produced the following data where x is the average quiz
score and y is the final exam score.
x 80 50 60 100 70 85 40 65 75 90
y 72 75 65 90 60 85 50 60 75 95
(a) Find an equation of the least squares regression line. Show all work.
(b) Based on the equation from part (a), what is the predicted final exam score if the average quiz score is 82? Show all work and justify your answer.
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