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FINAL EXAMINATION
COURSE
COURSE CODE
EXAMINATION
TIME
EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS I
MAE403
OCTOBER 2010
3 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. This question paper consists of two (2) parts : PART A (20 Questions)
PART B (7 Questions)
2. Answer ALL questions from the two (2) parts:
i) Answer PART A in the Objective Answer Sheet.
ii) Answer PART B in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page.
3. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the
invigilator.
4. Scientific calculator is allowed in the examination room.
5. Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of:
i) the Question Paper
ii) an Objective Answer Sheet - provided by the Faculty
iii) an Answer Booklet - provided by the Faculty
iv) Statistical tables - provided by the Faculty
DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO
This examination paper consists of 10 printed pages
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PART A (20 MARKS)
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer ALL questions in the Objective Answer Sheet.
1. Which of the following statements about the median is NOT true?
a) It is more affected by extreme values than the mean.
b) It is a measure of central tendency.
c) It is equal to Second Quartile (Q
2
).
d) It is equal to the mode in bell-shaped distributions.
2. In a right-skewed distribution
a) the median equals the mean.
b) the mean is less than the median.
c) the mean is greater than the median.
d) the mean is less than the mode.
3. Ms. Samirah's Biology class had a standard deviation of 2.4 on a standardized test,
while Ms. Dewi's Biology class had a standard deviation of 1.2 on the same test. What
can be said about these two classes?
a) Ms. Samirah 's class is more homogeneous than Ms. Dewi 's.
b) Ms. Dewi's class is less heterogeneous than Ms. Samirah 's.
c) Ms. Dewi's class did less well on the test than Ms. Samirah 's.
d) Ms. Samirah 's class performed twice as well on the test as Ms. Dewi's.
4. A distribution of 6 scores has a median of 21 . If the highest score increases 3 points,
the median will become .
a) 21
b) 21.5
c) 24
d) Cannot be determined without additional information.
5. If you are told a population has a mean of 25 and a variance of 0, what must you
conclude?
a) Someone has made a mistake.
b) There is only one element in the population.
c) There are no elements in the population.
d) All the elements in the population are 25.
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6. A Math test with 50 possible points yields a bell-shaped distribution with scores
ranging from 5 to 48 on a large sample of third graders. If the same test were
administered to fifth graders, what would we expect the form of the frequency
distribution to be?
a) Negatively skewed (skewed to the left)
b) Symmetric and bell-shaped
c) Symmetric, but not bell-shaped
d) Positively skewed (skewed to the right)
7. Which of the following would fit the definition of "statistical independence" of events A
andB?
a) P(A | B) = P(A) + A(B)
b ) P ( A l B ) =
CAa n d B
I
'
v
' P(B)
c) P(A| B) = P(A)
d) P(A and B) = P(A)
8. If two events are mutually exclusive, the probability that both occur at the same time is
a) 0.00
b) 0.50
c) 1.00
d) Cannot be determined from the information given
9. What is Bayes's Theorem?
a) A procedure for revising probabilities based upon new information.
b) A theorem that is derived from the formula for conditional probability
_, . _, . . . P(A|B) P(B)
c) A theorem that can be summarized by the equation r ^t $| Aj = .
d) All the above.
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10. Which of the following best describes the expected value of a discrete random
variable?
a) It is the geometric average of all possible outcomes.
b) It is the weighted average over all possible outcomes.
c) It is the simple average of all possible outcomes.
d) None of the above
1 1 . Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the binomial probability
distribution?
a) Each outcome is independent of each other.
b) Each outcome can be classified as either success or failure.
c) The probability of success must be constant from trial to trial.
d) The random variable of interest is continuous.
12. Whenever p = 0.15 and n is below 10, the shape of a given binomial distribution will be
a) highly skewed to the right.
b) highly skewed to the left.
c) symmetric, but only if n is large.
d) symmetric.
13. If the outcomes of a discrete random variable follow a Poisson distribution, then their
a) mean equals the variance.
b) mean equals the standard deviation.
c) median equals the variance.
d) median equals the standard deviation.
14. The product of the value of X times its probability is referred to as its
a) expected value.
b) variance.
c) mean.
d) Both (a) and (c).
15. Which of the following is NOT a property of the normal distribution?
a) It is bell-shaped.
b) It is slightly skewed left.
c) Its measures of central tendency are all identical.
d) Its range is from negative infinity to positive infinity.
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16. Which of the following about the normal distribution is NOT true?
a) Theoretically, the mean, median, and mode are the same.
b) About two-thirds of the observations fall within 1 standard deviation from
the mean.
c) It is a discrete probability distribution.
d) Its parameters are the mean and standard deviation.
17. In its standardized form, the normal distribution
a) has a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.
b) has a mean of 1 and a variance of 0.
c) has a total area equal to 0.5.
d) cannot be used to approximate discrete binomial probability distributions.
18. The standard error of the mean is equal to
a) the population standard deviation divided by the square root of n.
b) the population variance divided by the square root of n.
c) the population standard deviation divided by the sample size n.
d) the population variance divided by the sample size n-1.
19. The normal distribution can be used to approximate the binomial distribution when
a) n is greater than 15.
b) np is at least 5.
c) n(1-p) is at least 5.
d) both (b) and (c).
20. According to the central limit theorem, the sampling distribution of the mean can
approximated by the normal distribution
a) as the number of samples gets "large enough."
b) as the sample size (number of observations) gets "large enough."
c) as the size of the population standard deviation increases.
d) as the size of the sample standard deviation decreases.
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PART B (80 MARKS)
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer ALL questions in the Answer Booklet.
QUESTION 1
The following table gives the frequency distribution of the number of hours spent per week in
playing computer games by all 25 students of a group of students at a school.
Table 1
Hours spent per week
4 - 9
1 0- 1 5
1 6- 21
22- 27
28- 33
Number of students
2
4
10
6
3
a) Reconstruct a frequency distribution table for the data in
b) Hence, calculate the
i) mean of the hours spent
ii) median of the hours spent
iii) mode of the hours spent
iv) standard deviation of the hours spent
v) coefficient of skewness for the data above.
Explain the results you obtained.
Tabl e!
(3 marks)
(2 marks)
(2 marks)
(2 marks)
(2 marks)
(3 marks)
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QUESTION 2
Suppose three computer parts are randomly selected from a box. They are inspected to
determine whether their condition is 'good' or 'defective'. Let
'G' denote the selection of a computer part in good condition, and
'D' denote the selection of a computer part in defective condition.
a) Write all the outcomes for this experiment.
(2 marks)
b) Draw the Venn diagram.
(2 marks)
c) Draw the tree diagram.
(3 marks)
QUESTION 3
One thousand seven hundred students were randomly selected. They were asked about
their views on a certain course. Table 2 gives the results of the survey.
Table 2
Gender
Male
female
Total
Favor
429
393
r
Against
390
319
s
Neutral
89
80
t
Total
P
q
u
a) Complete the above table by finding the values of p, q, r, s, t and u.
(2 marks)
b) If one student is selected at random from these students, find the probability that this
student is
i) neutral of the proposal
(1 mark)
ii) female
(1 mark)
iii) male given that he is in favor of the proposal
(2 marks)
iv) neutral given that she is a female
(2 marks)
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v) male or in favor of the proposal
(2 marks)
vi) female and against the proposal
(2 marks)
vii) female if she is in favor of the proposal
(2 marks)
c) Are the events "Male" and "Against" mutually exclusive?
(3 marks)
QUESTION 4
A mail-order computer business has six telephone lines. Let X denote the number of lines in
use at a specified time. Suppose the probability distribution of X is given as follows in
Table 3.
Table 3
X
P(X=x)
0
0.1
1
a
2
0.03
3
0.1
4
0.15
5
b
6
0.1
Calculate
a) the values of a and b given that the mean is 2.76,
(5 marks)
b) the probability that at most three lines are in use.
(2 marks)
QUESTION 5
a) Which of the following are binomial experiments? Explain why.
i) Rolling a die many times and observing the number of spots.
ii) Rolling a die many times and observing whether the number obtained is even
or odd.
(4 marks)
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b) Suppose that 5% of students in a school failed in a test. If a random sample of 20
students was selected,
i) what is the probability that two students failed?
(3 marks)
ii) what is the probability that at most two students failed?
(3 marks)
QUESTION 6
An auto mechanic repairs an average of three cars per day. Let X denote the number of
cars repaired by the mechanic on any day.
a) Find the mean and variance for the probability distribution of X.
(2 marks)
b) Find the probability that the mechanic repairs at least two cars in a day.
(3 marks)
c) Find the probability that the mechanic repair 20 cars in a week.
(3 marks)
QUESTION 7
a) A company produces paper. The population mean thickness for paper is 0.45 cm
with a population standard deviation of 0.03 cm. The measurements are assumed to
be normally distributed.
i) What is the probability that a randomly chosen paper has thickness less than
0.42 cm?
(5 marks)
ii) If 5 different papers are randomly chosen, state the sampling distribution of
the mean, hence calculate the probability that the mean thickness is more
than 0.46 cm.
(6 marks)
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b) If the random variable X has the following continuous cumulative distribution
function,
F(X) = {
( 0,
H i
9 '
1,
i) Find P(2 < X < 4).
ii) Find P(X = 1 ). Explain the result.
X < 0
0<A- <3
^ > 3
(4 marks)
(2 marks)
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