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STAT2112 STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY Remedial Exam WEWO
STAT2112 STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY Remedial Exam WEWO
PROBABILITY
Remedial Exam
Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or
No.
Collects the number of students who rides on the train.
What is the probability of getting all head when a three coins are tossed?
The correct answer is: 1/8
True or False: The bigger the sample size, the more closely the samples will be
clustered around the true value.
This determines the degree to which values of a random variable differ from the
expected value.
Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or
No
The manager chooses 30 employees randomly from a department.
The correct answer is: Yes
The correct answer is: Sample (Answer) (Note: Specific Answer so look for the
exact answer)
Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or
No
Renmel closes his eyes, opens a book and randomly points to a word on the
page. She repeats the process for 30 times.
Given the following mean, compute for the Mean of Means. The answer must
have two decimal places.
4.5, 9.2, 9.1, 8.4
For a particular set of data, the mean is less than the median. Which of the
following statements is most consistent with this information?
The correct answer is: the distribution of the data is skewed to the left
True or False: Variance Error is the difference between a sample statistic used to
estimate a population parameter and the actual but unknown value of the
parameter
According to the Empirical Rule, ________ % of the sample estimates will fall
within one standard error above the population parameter.
The correct answer is: Mean, median and mode coincide at the center
Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or
No
Select all registered voters in a community whose family income is below 10,000
pesos.
Which research method can show a cause and effect relationship between the
explanatory and response variables?
The correct answer is: a comparative experiment where each single student is
randomly assigned to one or two treatments
Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or
No
Shake a bag of colored balls, reach in and select a marble with eyes closed.
This is states that the percentages of data in a normal distribution within 1,2 and
3 standard deviations.
After a Church game, Jeremiah scored 40 points. His coach, who is a Statistics
teacher, told him that the standardized score (z-score) for his points on the
game, is 2.5. What is the best interpretation of this standardized score?
The correct answer is: Jeremiah's scoring is 2.5 standard deviations above the
average scoring in the league.
The correct answer is: Standard deviation of the population divided by the
square root of the sample size
An example of a parameter.
Given the following mean, compute for the Mean of Means. The answer should
be rounded off to the nearest hundredths.
3.2 3.6 3.9 9.2
The distribution that describes the spread of the means of multiple samples
from the sample population
True or False: The larger the sample size the closer the sampling distribution was
to a normal distribution
The correct answer is: A discrete variable are countable number of possible
values
Given the following sample data, compute for the true mean. The answer must
have two decimal places.
1112345558888
1. Given the data set below, compute for the variance. (Round off your answer
to the nearest hundredths):
x 0 1 2 3 4 5
p(x) 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2
1. Given the data set, find the Mean Value or Expected value (round off your
answer to the nearest tenths):
x 0 1 2 3 4 5
p(x) 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2
Which of the following data sets has the largest standard deviation?
The correct answer is: 301, 304, 306, 308, 311
Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or
No.
Collects the election results in all areas in the Philippines during election
How many possible outcomes when you simultaneously toss three fair coins.
Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or
No
Selects all areas in the Philippines who are affected by typhoon and with 5th and
6th income class.
Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or
No
Women who volunteer to take a survey on human rights.
The correct answer is: No
The standard deviation of Stats221 Final scores for a sample of 200 students
was 10 points. An interpretation of this standard deviation is that the
The correct answer is: typical distance of the final scores from their mean was
about 10 points
What is the probability of getting the same numbers on 3 dice when they are
thrown simultaneously?
The correct answer is: 1
The correct answer is: Mean value of the variable subtracted from the observed
value divided by the standard deviation
Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or
No.
Each audience in a game show is assigned a number from 111 to 666 and roll
three standard dice to choose random contestants.
The correct answer is: Yes
is: σ2=Σ(x−μ)2/p(x)
What is the probability distribution of occurring the all heads in a toss of three
coins?
The correct answer is: Countable number of values are called discrete variables
Two dice is rolled and the sum of face up is being recorded and represented as
X. What is P(x <= 5)?