06-85-222 Treatment of Experimental Data Midterm Test

Part A Multiple Choice Questions (1 mark each) 1. A store manager wants to display 5 different brands of toothpaste in a row. How many ways can this be done? A) 24 B) 5 C) 120 D) 20 Answer: 2. If the mean of a set of data is 19.00, and 11.20 has a z-score of 1.30, then the standard deviation must be: A) 18.00 B) 6.00 C) 36.00 D) 3.00

Answer: 3. Which of the following should not be done when constructing a frequency distribution? A) use a class width with an even number C) find the range B) use classes that are mutually exclusive D) select the number of classes desired

Answer: 4. Statistics is the science of conducting studies to A) monitor, study, and report on a subject. B) solve a system of equations. C) hypothesize, experiment, and form conclusions. D) collect, organize, summarize, analyze, and draw conclusions from data.

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Part B Question #1 Shown next are the sizes of the police forces in the 10 largest cities in the United States in 1993 (the numbers represent hundreds). Construct a boxplot for the data and comment on the shape of the distribution. 29.3, 7.6, 12.2, 1.9, 3.9, 2.8, 2.0, 1.7

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Question #2 A sample of the labour costs per hour to assemble a certain product has a mean of $2.60 and a standard deviation of $0.15. Using Chebyshevs theorem, find the range in which at least 88.89% of the data will lie.

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Question #3 A survey found that 77% of bike riders sometimes ride without a helmet. If 4 bike riders are randomly selected, find the probability that at least one of the riders does not wear a helmet all the time.

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Question #4 In a large vase, there are 8 roses, 5 daisies, 12 lilies, and 9 orchids. If 4
flowers are selected at random, find the probability that at least one of the flowers is a rose. (Consider that selection process is done without replacement) Would you consider this event likely to occur? Explain your answer.

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Question #5
In building new homes, a contractor finds that the probability of a home buyer selecting a two-car garage is 0.07 and of selecting a one-car garage is 0.2. Find the probability that the buyer will select no garage. The builder does not build houses with three-car or more garages.

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Question #6 If 2% of the batteries manufactured by a company are defective, find

the probability that in a case of 144 batteries, there are 3 defective ones.

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