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QATAR UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS & PHYSICS

STAT 101 - Statistics I / Spring 2014

Final Exam, Wednesday 11th, June 2014 / Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Name: _________________________________ Student ID: __________________________

Class time:______________________________ Instructor: __________________________
Instructors: Moh’d Alodat, Abdel-Salam Gomaa, Oyelola Adegboye and Wahiba Berkane.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1. This test has 5 pages including the cover page and 3 questions.
2. Do not separate the sheets (leave the staple in). Do all of the questions. Answer each question in the
space provided. Use the back of the sheet for extra calculations.
3. This is a closed book and closed notes exam. Only standard calculators are allowed. You must not
use a cell phone as a calculator. You may not share calculators.
4. Do not write on the provided Tables. If you write on your table there will be points taken of your
exam.
5. Use the following tables to answer questions 1 (Choose the correct answer):
Question one
Part # ANSWER
1 A B C D
2 A B C D
3 A B C D
4 A B C D
5 A B C D
6 A B C D
7 A B C D
8 A B C D
9 A B C D
10 A B C D
11 A B C D
12 A B C D
13 A B C D
14 A B C D
15 A B C D
16 A B C D
17 A B C D
18 A B C D
19 A B C D
20 A B C D

Don’t write anything on this sheet below this line

Question Maximum Mark Actual Mark

1 20

2 10

3 10

Total 40
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QUESTION 1 (20 marks): In the following multiple-choice questions, circle the correct answer:
(Use the table on the cover page to answer this question)
1. The number of customers entering a bank per minute is a Poisson random variable with a mean
of 4.5 customers per minute. What is the probability that no customers enter the bank in a
minute?
A. 0.030 B. 0.105 C. 0.011 D. 0.97

2. If the mean and the median of a distribution are 7 and 9 respectively, then the distribution is:

A. Right skewed B. Left Skewed C. Symmetric D. Not Skewed

3. The first quartile of the following data set: 0, 1, 5, 6, 8, 8, 9, 12 is

A. 2 B. 8.75 C. 6.75 D. 1

4. 1. If P(A) = 0.35, P(B) = 0.40, and P(A and B) = 0.35, then P(B|A) is:
A. 1 B. 0.875 C. 0.625 D. 0.35

5. The grades of a final exam have a mound-shaped distribution with mean 70 and a standard
deviation of 10. What is the proportion of students who have grades more than 80
A. 0.16 B. 0.025 C. 0.05 D. 0.32

6. A sample of size 9 lambs is selected from a production line. The sample mean was 25 hours and
the standard deviation was 5. We are interested in testing whether mean life of all lambs exceeds
20 hours. The value of the test statistic is
A. 5.01 B. 1.67 C. 3 D. -3

7. A sample of size 25 is selected from a population for testing vs. Ha : µ>10 using the
small sample t-test. Based on significance level of 0.05, what is the rejection region
A. Reject if B. Reject if

C. Reject if or D. Reject if

8. The probability that a certain machine will produce a defective item is 0.30. If a random sample
of 6 items is taken, what is the probability that exactly 4 items are defective?
A. 1.00 B. 0.0595 C. 0.0039 D. 0.0791

9. A fair coin is tossed 2 times. The probability of obtaining at least one heads equals:
A. 0.5 B. 0.75 C. 1.00 D. 0.375

10. If the average studying time (in minutes) for STAT 101 follows a normal distribution with a
standard deviation of 45 minutes. Assuming that the margin of error within 2 minutes. The
sample size needed to be 95% confident is:
A. 1945 B. 30 C. 1370 D. 685
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11. For non-normal populations, as the sample size ___________, the distribution of the sample
mean is approximately __________ distributed.
A. decreases, uniformly B. decreases, normally
C. increases, normal D. increases, uniformly
12. The z-score representing the 75th percentile of the standard normal distribution is:
A. 0.67 B. -0.67 C. 1.28 D. -1.28

13. Assume that X is normally distributed random variable with a mean of and a standard
deviation of 0.15. Given this information and that P(x > 2.10) = 0.025, what is the value of ?

A. 1.806 B. 2.096 C. 2.104 D. 1.235

14. Using the same sample data, an 99% confidence interval for population proportion compared to
a 90% confidence interval will be always
A. Wider B. shorter C. The same D. Need extra information to answer

15. If we reject the null hypothesis when, in fact, it is true, we have

A. Committed a Type I error B. a probability of being correct that is equal to the P-value
C. Committed a Type II error D. a probability of being correct that is equal to 1 – (P-value)

16. Given the following statistics: n = 50, = 7.21, and s = 2.48. The point estimate of the true
population mean is:
A. 1.96 B. 7.21 C. 5.21 D. 7.07

17. Consider testing the hypothesis: and n=70. If the value of the test
statistic is equal to 1.86, then the p-value is:

A. 0.0628 B. 0.1738 C 0.2066 D 0.8325

18. Based on a large sample from a population with mean , it is found that a 95% confidence interval for
is (10, 50). Find the sample mean

A. 20 B. 15 C 10 D 39.2

19. A statistician wishes to reduce the margin of error associated with a confidence interval estimate for a
population proportion (P). He needs to

A. Increase the confidence level 1 -  B. Increase the sample size n

C. Take another sample D. Increase the variability

20. The smoking status for 11 students is recorded as , where Xi =1 if the student is
smoker and 0 otherwise. If , then find the sample standard deviation:

A. 0.467 B. 0.27 C. 0.00 D. 0.30

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QUESTION 2. (10 marks): In a sample of 40 milk cartoons taken from a production line, it is found
that 16 are sour. Assume that we are interested in testing whether the proportion of all sour milk cartoons
less than 0.6. Assume that 1% significance level.
a. State the null and alternative hypotheses for the test.

b. Calculate the test statistic

c. Calculate the p-value

d. Make a decision and write your conclusion.

e. Construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the the proportion of all sour milk cartoons.
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QUESTION 3 (10 marks): The average television watching time for children is 4.5 hours per day. A
group of families from a certain community would like to believe that their children watch television
more than the national average. A random sample of 16 children from the community yielded a mean
of 4.1 hours per day with a standard deviation of 1.2. Test the appropriate hypotheses at the = 0.05
level.

a. State the null and alternative hypotheses for the test.

b. Calculate the test statistic

c. Find the rejection region

d. Make a decision and state your conclusion.

e. Construct and interpret a 99% confidence interval for the true average television watching time for
children.

Tables and Formula will be given to you separately……..

Best Wishes