MODERATE

MODERATE
Which of the following are the 95% confidence
When x = 50, and n = 215, what is the value of p̂? coefficients in two-tailed z statistics?
A. 0.23 A. ±1.65
B. 4.3 B. ±1.96
C. 50 C. ±2.33
D. 215 D. ±2.58

DIFFICULT
DIFFICULT
The mean water consumption of 25 households is 10 cu.
The mean gasoline consumption of 100 cars is 28 liters
meter with standard deviation of 1.5 cu. meter. Use
with a standard deviation of 1.6 liters. Using 95%
95% confidence level. What is the approximate upper
confidence level the lower limit is approximately:
limit?
Answer: 28
Answer: 10.6

DIFFICULT

DIFFICULT The average precipitation for the first 7 months of the

Given: n = 50, σ = 1.2 and 95% confidence level. The
maximum error E is approximately:
Answer: 0.33
year is 19.32 inches with a standard deviation of 2.4
inches. Assume that the average precipitation is
normally distributed. What is the probability that a
randomly selected year will have precipitation greater
than 18 inches for the first 7 months?
Answer: 0.7088

DIFFICULT
The average precipitation for the first 7 months of the
year is 19.32 inches with a standard deviation of 2.4
inches. Assume that the average precipitation is
normally distributed. What is the probability of 5
randomly selected years will have an average
precipitation greater than 18 inches for the first 7
months?
Answer: 0.8907
EASY EASY
Five persons were asked on the usual number of hours It is the level of measurement that deals with
they spent watching TV in a week. Their responses are: categorical variables wherein the values of the variables
5, 7, 3, 38 and 7 hours. What is the mean? could be ranked.
A. μ=3 A. interval
B. μ=5 B. nominal
C. μ=7 C. ordinal
D. μ = 12 D. ratio

EASY
EASY
It is the measure if dispersion that accounts for the
It is the level of measurement in which one unit differs
average squared deviation of each observation from the
by a certain amount of degree from another unit.
mean.
A. interval
A. deviance
B. nominal
B. frequency
C. ordinal
C. standard deviation
D. ratio
D. variance

EASY
MODERATE
Five persons were asked on the usual number of hours
they spent watching TV in a week. Their responses are: How many possible of size n = 3 can be drawn from a
5, 7, 3, 38 and 7 hours. What is the median? population of size 12?

A. Md = 3 A. 220
B. Md = 5 B. 36
C. Md = 7 C. 1728
D. Md = 38 D. 144

MODERATE
A certain population has a mean of 15.4 and a standard MODERATE
deviation of 5.6. If random size 5 is taken from this
The mean of 10 fulltime teachers is 35 years. Two new
population, which of the following statement is correct?
teachers, aged 28 and 30, are hired. Five years from
A. the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample
now, what would be the average age of these 12
mean is equal to 15.4.
teachers?
B. the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample
means is less than 15.4. A. 38
C. the standard deviation of the sampling distribution B. 39
of the sample means is 5.6. C. 40
D. the standard deviation of the sampling distribution D. 41
of the sample means 15.4.