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This document contains 20 multiple choice and short answer questions related to statistics and probability concepts including: calculating and interpreting z-scores; finding probabilities for normal distributions; describing joint and marginal probability distributions; conducting hypothesis tests; and performing linear regression analysis. The questions cover a wide range of foundational to more advanced statistical topics.

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This document contains 20 multiple choice and short answer questions related to statistics and probability concepts including: calculating and interpreting z-scores; finding probabilities for normal distributions; describing joint and marginal probability distributions; conducting hypothesis tests; and performing linear regression analysis. The questions cover a wide range of foundational to more advanced statistical topics.

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Q1: A survey of daily travel time had these results (in minutes):

26, 33, 65, 28, 34, 55, 25, 44, 50, 36, 26, 37, 43, 62, 35, 38, 45, 32, 28, 34
The Mean is 38.8 minutes, and the Standard Deviation is 11.4 minutes. Convert
the values to z-scores (“standard scores”).
Q2: A certain type of storage battery lasts, on average, 3.0 years with a standard
deviation of 0.5 year. Assuming that battery life is normally distributed, find the
probability that a given battery will last less than 2.3 years.
Q3: An electrical firm manufactures light bulbs that have a life, before burn-out,
that is normally distributed with mean equal to 800 hours and a standard deviation
of 40 hours. Find the probability that a bulb burns between 778 and 834 hours.
Q4: Given a normal distribution with µ = 40 and σ = 6, find the value of x that has
1. 45% of the area to the left
2. 14% of the area to the right.
Q5: Two ballpoint pens are selected at random from a box that contains 3 blue
pens, 2 red pens, and 3 green pens. If X is the number of blue pens selected and Y
is the number of red pens selected, find
(a) the joint probability function f (x, y),
(b) P[(X, Y ) ∈ A], where A is the region {(x, y)|x + y ≤ 1}.
Q6: A privately owned business operates both a drive-in facility and a walk-in
facility. On a randomly selected day, let X and Y, respectively, be the proportions
of the time that the drive-in and the walk-in facilities are in use, and suppose that
the joint density function of these random variables is

{
2
( 2 x +3 y ) ,0 ≤ x ≤ 1 ,0 ≤ y ≤1 ;
f (x, y) = 5
0 000000000000 , Otherwise

(a) Verify condition 2 of joint density function


1 1 1
(b) Find P[(X, Y ) ∈ A], where A = {(x, y)|0 ≤ x ≤ 2 , 4
≤ y ≤ 2
}
Q7: Two ballpoint pens are selected at random from a box that contains 3 blue
pens, 2 red pens, and 3 green pens. If X is the number of blue pens selected and Y
is the number of red pens selected, find the covariance of X and Y.
Q8: From a sack of fruit containing 3 oranges, 2 apples, and 3 bananas, a random
sample of 4 pieces of fruit is selected. If X is the number of oranges and Y is the
number of apples in the sample, find
(a) the joint probability distribution of X and Y
(b) P[(X, Y ) ∈ A], where A is the region that is given by {(x, y)|x + y ≤ 2}
Q9: Suppose that 3 balls are randomly selected from an urn containing 3 red, 4
white, and 5 blue balls. If we let X and Y denote, respectively, the number of red
and white balls chosen, then find the joint probability mass function of X and Y.
Q10: Find the critical value(s) for each situation and draw the appropriate figure,
showing the critical region.
1. A left-tailed test with α = 0.10.
2. A two-tailed test with α = 0.02.
3. A right-tailed test with α = 0.005.
Q11: A researcher reports that the average salary of assistant professors is more
than $42,000. A sample of 30 assistant professors has a mean salary of $43,260. At
a α = 0.05, test the claim that assistant professors earn more than $42,000 per year.
The standard deviation of the population is $5230.
Q12: The mean lifetime of 100 bulbs produced by is 1570 hours with a σ =120
hours. Test the claim of company that average life time of bulb is 1600 using a
level of significance of 0.05.
Q13: The mean lifetime of 100 bulbs produced by is 1570 hours with a σ =120
hours. Test the hypothesis µ = 1600 against the alternative hypothesis µ ≠ 1600,
using a level of significance of 0.001 and find the P value of the test.
Q14: It is claimed that automobiles are driven on average more than 20,000
kilometers per year. To test this claim, 100 randomly selected automobile owners
are asked to keep a record of the kilometers they travel. Would you agree with this
claim if the random sample showed an average of 23,500 kilometers and a standard
deviation of 3900 kilometers? Use a P-value in your conclusion.
Q15: To test the hypothesis that a coin is fair, using decision rules are adopted:
 Accept the hypothesis if the number of heads in a single sample of 100
tosses is between 40 and 60 inclusive,
 Reject the hypothesis otherwise.
(a) Find probability of rejecting the hypothesis when it is correct.
(b) Interpret graphically the decision rule and the result of part (a).
(c) Draw conclusions if 100 tosses yielded 53 heads? 60 heads?
Q16: A fabric manufacturer believes that the proportion of orders for raw material
arriving late is p =0 .6. If a random sample of 10 orders shows that 3 or fewer
arrived late, the hypothesis that p = 0.6 should be rejected in favor of the
alternative p < 0.6. Use the binomial distribution. (a) Find the probability of
committing a type I error if the true proportion is p = 0 .6. (b) Find the probability
of committing a type II error for the alternatives p = 0 .3, p = 0 .4, and p = 0 .5.
Q17: The average height of females in the freshman class of a certain college has
historically been 162.5 centimeters with a standard deviation of 6.9 centimeters. Is
there reason to believe that there has been a change in the average height if a
random sample of 50 females in the present freshman class has an average height
of 165.2 centimeters? Use a P-value in your conclusion. Assume the standard
deviation remains the same.
Q18: Find the equation of the regression line for following data.
Company A B C D E F
Cars 63 29 20.8 19.1 13.7 8.5
Revenue 7.0 3.9 2.1 2.8 1.4 1.5

Q19: Sam found how many hours of sunshine vs how many ice creams were sold
at the shop from Monday to Friday:
X 2 3 5 7 9
Y 4 5 7 10 15
Fit a simple linear regression; estimate a slope and intercept
Q20: Can you conclude a relationship between the class of vertebrate and whether
it is endangered or threatened? Use the 0.05 level of significance.
Mammal Bird Reptile Amphibian Fish
End 68 76 14 13 76
Thrd 13 15 23 10 61

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