Introductory Statistics 10th Edition Weiss Test Bank

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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Provide an appropriate response. Assume that the variable under consideration has a density curve.
1) The percentage of all possible observations of the variable that lie between 6 and 12 equals the area 1)
under its density curve between and , expressed as a percentage.
A) 0.06, 0.12 B) 6, 12 C) 3, 6 D) 7, 13
2) The area under the density curve that lies to the right of 15 is 0.545. What percentage of all possible 2)
observations of the variable are at most 15?
A) 79.5% B) 20.5% C) 45.5% D) 54.5%
3) The area under the density curve that lies between 29 and 46 is 0.456. What percentage of all 3)
possible observations of the variable are either less than 29 or greater than 46?
A) 45.6% B) 70.6% C) 54.4% D) 29.4%
4) Given that 33.6% of all possible observations of the variable are less than 10, determine the area 4)
under the density curve that lies to the right of 10.
A) 0.664 B) 0.414 C) 0.336 D) 0.164
Solve the problem.

5) A northeastern college has an enrollment of 2835 female students. Records show that the mean 5)
height of these students is 65.2 inches and that the standard deviation is 2.8 inches. The table
shows frequency and relative-frequency data for these heights. If you assume that the distribution
of heights is approximately normal, then you can use the table to estimate areas under the
associated normal curve (that is, under the normal curve that has parameters μ = 65.2 and σ = 2.8).
Making this assumption, estimate the area under the associated normal curve between 65 and 70.
Height Freq. Relative

(inches) freq.
57-under 58 16 0.0056
58-under 59 25 0.0088
59-under 60 56 0.0198
60-under 61 96 0.0339
61-under 62 178 0.0628
62-under 63 263 0.0928
63-under 64 322 0.1136
64-under 65 388 0.1369
65-under 66 406 0.1432
66-under 67 361 0.1273
67-under 68 292 0.1030
68-under 69 201 0.0709
69-under 70 113 0.0399
70-under 71 75 0.0265
71-under 72 25 0.0088
72-under 73 16 0.0056
73-under 74 2 0.0007
A) 0.1831 B) 0.6212 C) 0.4843 D) 0.5108
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6) A southeastern college has an enrollment of 2951 female students. Records show that the mean 6)
Making this assumption, estimate the area under the associated normal curve to the left of 61.

(inches) freq.
56-under 57 2 0.0007
57-under 58 7 0.0024
58-under 59 14 0.0047
59-under 60 31 0.0105
60-under 61 101 0.0342
61-under 62 194 0.0657
62-under 63 311 0.1054
63-under 64 410 0.1389
64-under 65 526 0.1782
65-under 66 482 0.1633
66-under 67 397 0.1345
67-under 68 254 0.0861
68-under 69 150 0.0508
69-under 70 49 0.0166
70-under 71 17 0.0058
71-under 72 5 0.0017
72-under 73 1 0.0003
A) 0.0342 B) 0.0999 C) 0.9473 D) 0.0525
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7) A southeastern college has an enrollment of 2951 female students. Records show that the mean 7)
Making this assumption, estimate the area under the associated normal curve to the right of 63.

(inches) freq.
56-under 57 2 0.0007
57-under 58 7 0.0024
58-under 59 14 0.0047
59-under 60 31 0.0105
60-under 61 101 0.0342
61-under 62 194 0.0657
62-under 63 311 0.1054
63-under 64 410 0.1389
64-under 65 526 0.1782
65-under 66 482 0.1633
66-under 67 397 0.1345
67-under 68 254 0.0861
68-under 69 150 0.0508
69-under 70 49 0.0166
70-under 71 17 0.0058
71-under 72 5 0.0017
72-under 73 1 0.0003
A) 0.7762 B) 0.2443 C) 0.2236 D) 0.1054
Fill in the blanks by standardizing the normally distributed variable.

8) Dave drives to work each morning at about the same time. His commute time is normally 8)
distributed with a mean of 54 minutes and a standard deviation of 7 minutes. The percentage of
time that his commute time lies between 40 and 75 minutes is equal to the area under the standard
normal curve between ___ and ___.
A) -1.5, 3.5 B) -2, 3 C) 0, 1 D) -2.5, 2.5
time that his commute time exceeds 55 minutes is equal to the area under the standard normal
curve that lies to the ___ of ___.
A) right, 2 B) left, 1.1 C) left, 2 D) right, 10
time that his commute time is less than 49 minutes is equal to the area under the standard normal
curve that lies to the ___ of __.
A) left, -0.8 B) right, 1 C) right, 0.8 D) left, 0.8
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11) The amount of time that customers wait in line during peak hours at one bank is normally 11)
time that the waiting time lies between 11 and 13 minutes is equal to the area under the standard
normal curve between ___ and ___.
A) 0.69, 0.85 B) -1, 0 C) 0, 1 D) -2, 0
time that the waiting time exceeds 10 minutes is equal to the area under the standard normal curve
that lies to the ___ of ___.
A) right, -1 B) right, 1 C) left, -1 D) left, 0.54
time that the waiting time is less than 13 minutes is equal to the area under the standard normal
curve that lies to the ___ of ___.
A) right, 0.5 B) right, 0.92 C) left, -0.5 D) left, 0.5
Solve the problem.

14) Frequency data were reported for the ages of women who became mothers during one year in a 14)
selected U.S. city. The age distribution is given in the table. Obtain a relative-frequency histogram
of these data and determine whether the ages are approximately normally distributed.
Age Frequency
(yrs)
10-under 15 16
15-under 20 134
20-under 25 534
25-under 30 1043
30-under 35 982
35-under 40 399
40-under 45 94
45-under 50 7
A) No. The distribution is right-skewed. B) No. The distribution is J-shaped.
C) Yes. The distribution is bell-shaped. D) No. The distribution is left-skewed.
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Age Frequency
(yrs)
15-under 20 101
20-under 25 270
25-under 30 285
30-under 35 479
35-under 40 867
40-under 45 1021
45-under 50 225
50-under 55 56
A) Yes. The distribution is bell-shaped. B) No. The distribution is left-skewed.
C) No. The distribution is J-shaped. D) No. The distribution is right-skewed.
Age Frequency
(yrs)
10-under 15 10
15-under 20 87
20-under 25 888
25-under 30 679
30-under 35 245
35-under 40 227
40-under 45 123
45-under 50 79
A) Yes. The distribution is bell-shaped. B) No. The distribution is right-skewed.
C) No. The distribution is left-skewed. D) No. The distribution is uniform.
17) Frequency data were reported for the ages of full-time employees at a company. The age 17)
distribution is given in the table. Obtain a relative-frequency histogram of these data and
determine whether the ages are approximately normally distributed.
Age Frequency
(yrs)
20-under 25 14
25-under 30 39
30-under 35 99
35-under 40 300
40-under 45 385
45-under 50 240
50-under 55 87
55-under 60 24
60-under 65 15
A) No. The distribution is uniform. B) Yes. The distribution is bell-shaped.
C) No. The distribution is right-skewed. D) No. The distribution is left-skewed.
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Age Frequency
(yrs)
25-under 30 20
30-under 35 65
35-under 40 60
40-under 45 112
45-under 50 266
50-under 55 300
55-under 60 385
60-under 65 200
65-under 70 36
A) No. The distribution is right-skewed. B) Yes. The distribution is bell-shaped.
C) No. The distribution is uniform. D) No. The distribution is left-skewed.
Age Frequency
(yrs)
20-under 25 5
25-under 30 60
30-under 35 443
35-under 40 340
40-under 45 231
45-under 50 75
50-under 55 87
55-under 60 35
60-under 65 15
A) No. The distribution is right-skewed. B) No. The distribution is uniform.
C) No. The distribution is left-skewed. D) Yes. The distribution is bell-shaped.
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Age Frequency
(yrs)
25-under 30 23
30-under 35 25
35-under 40 24
40-under 45 30
45-under 50 26
50-under 55 22
55-under 60 27
60-under 65 30
65-under 70 19
A) No. The distribution is left-skewed. B) No. The distribution is right-skewed.
C) No. The distribution is uniform. D) Yes. The distribution is bell-shaped.
21) Data were reported for household size (number of people in household) in a small community. 21)
The size distribution is given in the table. Obtain a relative-frequency histogram for these data and
determine whether the household sizes are approximately normally distributed.
Size Frequency
(# of people)
1-under 2 2
2-under 3 11
3-under 4 35
4-under 5 41
5-under 6 7
6-under 7 3
A) No. The distribution is uniform. B) No. The distribution is right-skewed.
C) Yes. The distribution is bell-shaped. D) No. The distribution is left-skewed.
Size Frequency
(# of people)
1-under 2 4
2-under 3 33
3-under 4 30
4-under 5 12
5-under 6 6
6-under 7 3
A) No. The distribution is right-skewed. B) No. The distribution is left-skewed.
C) Yes. The distribution is bell-shaped. D) No. The distribution has outliers.
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Size Frequency
(# of people)
1-under 2 4
2-under 3 0
3-under 4 2
4-under 5 10
5-under 6 32
6-under 7 28
7-under 8 8
8-under 9 4
A) No. The distribution is right-skewed. B) No. The distribution has outliers.
C) No. The distribution is left-skewed. D) Yes. The distribution is bell-shaped.
SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
Provide an appropriate response.

24) For a variable with a density curve, what is the relationship between the percentage of all 24)
possible observations of the variable that lie within any specified range and the
corresponding area under its density curve?
25) A curve has area 0.276 to the left of 5 and area 0.627 to the right of 5. Could this curve be a 25)
density curve for some variable? Explain your answer.
26) Two random variables are normally distributed with the same mean. One has a standard 26)
deviation of 10 while the other has a standard deviation of 15. How will the graphs of the
two variables differ and how will they be alike?
27) On the same axes sketch normal distributions with 27)

a. μ = 6, σ = 4
b. μ = 6, σ = 2
c. μ = -6, σ = 2.
28) Which of the variables below do you think will be roughly normally distributed? 28)
a. Weights of 10 year old boys

b. Incomes of 40 year old adults
c. The numbers that show up when you roll a balanced die
d. The amount of coffee which a filling machine puts into "4 ounce jars"
A) a only B) a and d C) a, b, c, d D) a, b, d
29) How does the standard normal distribution differ from a nonstandard normal 29)
distribution? Why is it necessary to standardize in order to find percentages for
nonstandard normal variables?
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30) A variable is normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 10. 30)
Which is larger, the percentage of observations between 80 and 90 or the percentage of
observations between 120 and 130? Explain your reasoning.
31) Which is larger, the area under the standard normal curve between -1 and 1, or the area 31)
under the standard normal curve between 0 and 2? Explain your reasoning.
32) A variable is normally distributed. 42% of the possible observations of the variable lie 32)
between 20 and 28. What information does this give you about the graph of the normal
curve for this variable?
33) The area under the standard normal curve between 1 and 2 is equal to 0.1359. Scores on a 33)
particular aptitude test are normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of
10. Which of the following are equal to 13.59%?
a. The percentage of scores between 120 and 130

b. The percentage of scores between 110 and 120
c. The percentage of scores between 80 and 90
d. The percentage of scores between 90 and 120
e. The percentage of scores between 90 and 110
A) b B) e C) a, b D) b, c
34) A variable is normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 10. A 34)
student wanted to find the percentage of observations of the variable lying between 106
and 110. What is wrong with his solution?
Student's solution:
106-100 110-100
z-scores: = 0.6 = 1.0
10 10
Percentage of scores lying between 106 and 110

= difference between z-scores
= 1.0 - 0.6 = 0.4 = 40%
Use a table of areas to find the specified area under the standard normal curve.
35) The area that lies between 0 and 3.01 35)
A) 0.4987 B) 0.9987 C) 0.5013 D) 0.1217
36) The area that lies to the left of 1.13 36)

A) 0.1292 B) 0.8907 C) 0.8708 D) 0.8485
37) The area that lies between -1.10 and -0.36 37)
A) 0.2237 B) 0.2239 C) -0.2237 D) 0.4951
38) The area that lies to the right of -1.82 38)

A) 0.9656 B) -0.0344 C) 0.0344 D) 0.4656
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39) The area that lies to the right of 0.59 39)
A) 0.7224 B) 0.2776 C) 0.2224 D) 0.2190
40) The area that lies between -0.73 and 2.27 40)
A) 0.2211 B) 0.7557 C) 0.4884 D) 1.54
41) The area that lies either to the left of -2.61 or to the right of 0.66 41)
A) 0.7499 B) 0.7409 C) 1.2501 D) 0.2591
42) The area that lies either to the left of 1.56 or to the right of 2.30 42)
A) 0.0701 B) 0.0487 C) 0.9513 D) 0.9299
Use a table of areas to obtain the shaded area under the standard normal curve.
43) 43)
-1.84 -0.92 0.92 1.84 z

A) 0.1788 B) 0.8212 C) 0.3576 D) 0.6424
44) 44)
-2.16 -1.08 1.08 2.16 z

A) 0.1401 B) 0.7198 C) 0.8599 D) 0.2802
45) 45)
-2.34 -1.17 1.17 2.34 z

A) 0.2420 B) 0.8790 C) 0.1210 D) 0.7580
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46) 46)
-1.56 1.56 z
A) 0.8812 B) 0.1188 C) 0.0594 D) 0.9406
47) 47)
-1.88 1.88 z
A) 0.0602 B) 0.0301 C) 0.9699 D) 0.9398
48) 48)
-2.31 2.31 z
A) 0.9792 B) 0.0208 C) 0.9896 D) 0.0104
49) 49)
-2.23 2.23 z
A) 0.9871 B) 0.0258 C) 0.0129 D) 0.9742
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50) 50)
-2.09 2.09 z
A) 0.9817 B) 0.9634 C) 0.0366 D) 0.0183
51) 51)
-2.54 -1.27 1.27 2.54 z
A) 0.2040 B) 0.8980 C) 0.7960 D) 0.1020
52) 52)
-1.76 -0.88 0.88 1.76 z
A) 0.6212 B) 0.8106 C) 0.1894 D) 0.3788
Use a table of areas for the standard normal curve to find the required z-score.
53) Find the z-score for which the area under the standard normal curve to its left is 0.96 53)
A) 1.82 B) 1.03 C) 1.75 D) -1.38
A) 0.25 B) -0.57 C) 0.57 D) -0.25
55) Find the z-score having area 0.09 to its left under the standard normal curve. 55)
A) -1.26 B) -1.34 C) -1.45 D) -1.39
A) -1.75 B) -1.63 C) -1.48 D) -1.89
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57) Find the z-score for having area 0.07 to its right under the standard normal curve, that is, find 57)
z .
0.07
A) 1.26 B) 1.39 C) 1.45 D) 1.48
58) Find the z-score for having area 0.09 to its right under the standard normal curve, that is, find 58)
z
0.09
A) 1.45 B) 1.39 C) 1.34 D) 1.26
59) Find the z-score having area 0.86 to its right under the standard normal curve; that is, find z . 59)
0.86
A) 0.8051 B) 1.08 C) -1.08 D) 0.5557
60) Find z . 60)

0.45
A) 0.13 B) -0.13 C) 0.3264 D) 0.6736
61) Determine the two z-scores that divide the area under the standard normal curve into a middle 61)
0.874 area and two outside 0.063 areas.
A) -1.46, 1.46 B) -1.39, 1.39 C) -1.53, 1.53 D) -1.45, 1.45
62) Determine the two z-scores that divide the area under the standard normal curve into a middle 62)
0.96 area and two outside 0.02 areas.
A) -2.33 and 2.33 B) 0 and 2.05 C) -2.05 and 2.05 D) -1.75 and 1.75

63) Sketch a standard normal curve and shade the area between the z-scores -2.5 and -1. 63)
64) Sketch a standard normal curve and shade the area to the right of the z-score 1.6. 64)
65) Suppose that you know the area under the standard normal curve to the right of -2. How 65)
could you use this to find the area under the standard normal curve to the left of 2?
Explain your reasoning.
66) Suppose that you know the area under the standard normal curve to the right of -1.7. 66)
How could you use this to find the area under the standard normal curve to the right of
1.7? Explain your reasoning.
67) Suppose that you know the area under the standard normal curve to the right of 2 and the 67)
area under the standard normal curve to the right of 1. Without further consulting a table
of areas, how could you find the area under the standard normal curve between 1 and 2?
68) Suppose that you know the area under the standard normal curve between 1 and 3 and 68)
the area under the standard normal curve to the left of 3. Without further consulting a
table of areas, how could you find the area under the standard normal curve to the left of
1? Explain your reasoning by using a sketch of the standard normal curve.
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69) The area under the standard normal curve to the right of a z-score is 0.56. Explain how 69)
you could use a table of areas to find the z-score.
70) A student wished to use a table of areas for the standard normal curve to find the z-score 70)
having an area to its right of 0.52. The student started by looking for the closest area to
0.52 in the body of the table and reading off the corresponding z-score which was 0.05.
She then subtracted this z-score from 1 to get 0.95. Was her reasoning correct? If not,
where did she go wrong and how would you have solved the problem?
71) Which of the following statements concerning the standard normal curve is/are true (if any)? 71)
a. The area under the standard normal curve to the left of -3 is zero.
b. The area under the standard normal curve between any two z-scores is greater than zero.
c. The area under the standard normal curve between two z-scores will be negative if both z-scores
are negative.
d. The area under the standard normal curve to the left of any z-score is less than 1.
A) a, b B) a, c C) a D) b, d
72) Which of the following statements concerning areas under the standard normal curve is/are true? 72)
a. If a z-score is negative, the area to its right is greater than 0.5

b. If the area to the right of a z-score is less than 0.5, the z-score is negative.
c. If a z-score is positive, the area to its left is less than 0.5
A) a B) a, b C) a, c D) b, c
Find the indicated probability or percentage for the normally distributed variable.
73) The variable X is normally distributed. The mean is μ = 60.0 and the standard deviation is σ = 4.0. 73)
Find P(X < 53.0).
A) 0.9599 B) 0.0401 C) 0.0802 D) 0.5589
74) The variable X is normally distributed. The mean is μ = 15.2 and the standard deviation is σ = 0.9. 74)
Find P(X > 16.1).
A) 0.1357 B) 0.8413 C) 0.1550 D) 0.1587
75) The variable X is normally distributed.The mean is μ = 22.0 and the standard deviation is σ = 2.4. 75)
Find P(19.7 < X < 25.3).
A) 0.4107 B) 0.7477 C) 0.3370 D) 1.0847
76) The diameters of bolts produced by a certain machine are normally distributed with a mean of 76)
0.30 inches and a standard deviation of 0.01 inches. What percentage of bolts will have a diameter
greater than 0.32 inches?
A) 37.45% B) 97.72% C) 2.28% D) 47.72%
77) The incomes of trainees at a local mill are normally distributed with a mean of $1,100 and a 77)
standard deviation $150. What percentage of trainees earn less than $900 a month?
A) 90.82% B) 40.82% C) 35.31% D) 9.18%
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78) The volumes of soda in quart soda bottles are normally distributed with a mean of 32.3 oz and a 78)
standard deviation of 1.2 oz. What is the probability that the volume of soda in a randomly
selected bottle will be less than 32 oz?
A) 0.4013 B) 0.3821 C) 0.5987 D) 0.0987
79) A bank's loan officer rates applicants for credit. The ratings are normally distributed with a mean 79)
of 200 and a standard deviation of 50. If an applicant is randomly selected, find the probability of a
rating that is between 200 and 275.
A) 0.4332 B) 0.0668 C) 0.5 D) 0.9332
of 200 and a standard deviation of 50. If an applicant is randomly selected, find the probability of a
rating that is between 170 and 220.
A) 0.0703 B) 0.3811 C) 0.2257 D) 0.1554
81) The lengths of human pregnancies are normally distributed with a mean of 268 days and a 81)
standard deviation of 15 days. What is the probability that a pregnancy lasts at least 300 days?
A) 0.0166 B) 0.4834 C) 0.0179 D) 0.9834
82) Assume that the weights of quarters are normally distributed with a mean of 5.67 g and a standard 82)
deviation 0.070 g. A vending machine will only accept coins weighing between 5.48 g and 5.82 g.
What percentage of legal quarters will be rejected?
A) 1.62% B) 1.96% C) 0.0196% D) 2.48%
Find the specified percentile, quartile, or decile.

83) The lifetimes of lightbulbs of a particular type are normally distributed with a mean of 201 hours 83)
and a standard deviation of 11 hours. Find the first quartile, Q .
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A) 193.63 B) 198.25 C) 208.37 D) 203.75
84) At one college, GPAs are normally distributed with a mean of 2.6 and a standard deviation of 0.6. 84)
Find the third quartile, Q .
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A) 3.05 B) 3.002 C) 2.9 D) 2.198
85) The amount of Jen's monthly phone bill is normally distributed with a mean of $70 and a standard 85)
deviation of $11. Find the first quartile, Q .
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A) $72.75 B) $64.5 C) $62.63 D) $77.37
86) The annual precipitation for one city is normally distributed with a mean of 33.4 inches and a 86)
standard deviation of 3.5 inches. Find the 2nd decile.
A) 36.34 inches B) 40.575 inches C) 26.225 inches D) 30.46 inches
87) Assume that women have heights that are normally distributed with a mean of 63.6 inches and a 87)
standard deviation of 2.5 inches. Find the value of the third quartile.
A) 67.8 inches B) 64.3 inches C) 66.1 inches D) 65.3 inches
of 200 and a standard deviation of 50. Find the 6th decile.
A) 211.3 B) 212.5 C) 207.8 D) 187.5
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89) Scores on an English test are normally distributed with a mean of 33.1 and a standard deviation of 89)
7. Find the 41st percentile.
A) 31.5 B) 34.7 C) 37.2 D) 29.0
90) Suppose that replacement times for washing machines are normally distributed with a mean of 8.8 90)
years and a standard deviation of 2 years. Find the 82nd percentile.
A) 10.6 years B) 9.2 years C) 7.0 years D) 10.1 years
91) The weights of certain machine components are normally distributed with a mean of 8.53 g and a 91)
standard deviation of 0.1 g. Find the 97th percentile.
A) 8.80 g B) 8.58 g C) 8.55 g D) 8.72 g
92) The serum cholesterol levels for men in one age group are normally distributed with a mean of 92)
178.1 and a standard deviation of 40.5. All units are in mg/100 mL. Find the 9th percentile.
A) 107.6 mg/100mL B) 165.1 mg/100mL
C) 123.8 mg/100mL D) 161.5 mg/100mL
Use the empirical rule to solve the problem.

and a standard deviation of 10 hours. What percentage of the bulbs have lifetimes that lie within 1
standard deviation to either side of the mean?
A) 31.74% B) 84.13% C) 95.44% D) 68.26%
and a standard deviation of 10 hours. What percentage of the bulbs have lifetimes that lie within 2
standard deviations to either side of the mean?
A) 97.72% B) 68.26% C) 99.74% D) 95.44%
95) The systolic blood pressure of 18-year-old women is normally distributed with a mean of 120 95)
mmHg and a standard deviation of 12 mmHg. What percentage of 18-year-old women have a
systolic blood pressure that lies within 3 standard deviations to either side of the mean?
A) 99.74% B) 68.26% C) 95.44% D) 99.99%
96) The systolic blood pressure of 18-year-old women is normally distributed with a mean of 120 96)
mmHg and a standard deviation of 12 mmHg. What percentage of 18-year-old women have a
systolic blood pressure between 96 mmHg and 144 mmHg?
A) 99.99% B) 68.26% C) 95.44% D) 99.74%
97) At one college, GPAs are normally distributed with a mean of 3 and a standard deviation of 0.4. 97)
What percentage of students at the college have a GPA between 2.6 and 3.4?
A) 99.74% B) 68.26% C) 95.44% D) 84.13%
deviation of $11. What percentage of her phone bills are between $40 and $106?
A) 99.99% B) 99.74% C) 95.44% D) 68.26%
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deviation of $8. Fill in the blanks.
68.26% of her phone bills are between $___ and $___.

A) 66, 74 B) 58, 74 C) 50, 66 D) 50, 82
100) The annual precipitation for one city is normally distributed with a mean of 347 inches and a 100)
standard deviation of 3.3 inches. Fill in the blanks.
In 95.44% of the years, the precipitation in this city is between ___ and ___ inches.
A) 337.1, 347 B) 347, 353.6 C) 337.1, 356.9 D) 340.4, 353.6
101) The annual precipitation for one city is normally distributed with a mean of 25.9 inches and a 101)
standard deviation of 3.5 inches. Fill in the blanks.
In 99.74% of the years, the precipitation in this city is between ___ and ___ inches.
A) 18.9, 32.9 B) 15.4, 36.4 C) 25.9, 36.4 D) 18.9, 25.9

102) Scores on an aptitude test are normally distributed with a mean of 400 and a standard 102)
deviation of 60. Explain how you would find any given percentile.
103) Use a sketch of the standard normal curve to explain the difference between z-scores and 103)
areas under the standard normal curve. What are the possible values for an area and
what are the possible values for a z-score?
104) True or false, the mean of a normally distributed variable can be any real number. 104)
A) True B) False
105) True or false, the standard deviation of a normally distributed variable can be any real number. 105)
A) True B) False
106) True or false, areas under the standard normal curve cannot be negative, whereas z-scores can be 106)
positive or negative.
A) True B) False
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107) Most problems involving normally distributed variables are one of two types. 107)
Type A: Find a probability or percentage, e.g. find the probability that X lies in a specified range.
Type B: Find the observation corresponding to a given probability or percentage.
Suppose that scores on a test are normally distributed with a mean of 80 and a standard deviation
of 8. Which of the following questions below are of type B?
a. Find the 80th percentile.

b. Find the cutoff for the A grade if the top 10% get an A.
c. Find the percentage scoring more than 90.
d. Find the score that separates the bottom 30% from the top 70%.
e. Find the probability that a randomly selected student will score more than 80.
A) a, b, d B) c, e C) a, b, c, d D) b, d
108) Suppose that scores on a test are normally distributed with a mean of 80 and a standard 108)
deviation of 8. Read the two questions below.
A. What is the 90th percentile?

B. What percentage of students score less than 90?
Explain the difference between the two questions. Describe how the method for solving A
would differ from the the method for solving B. Be sure to include in your explanation a
description of how the table of areas would be used in each case.
109) Suppose that scores on a test are normally distributed with a mean of 80 and a standard 109)
deviation of 8. You have been asked to find the 70th percentile. After sketching a standard
normal curve and shading the area of interest, the next step in solving this problem is to
use the table of areas. Would you look for 0.7 in the body of the table or in the left-hand
column? Explain your reasoning.
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Construct a normal probability plot of the given data.
110) The systolic blood pressure (in mmHg) is given below for a sample of 12 men aged 110)
between 60 and 65.
127 135 118 164
143 130 125 153
120 173 140 180
111) The weekly incomes (in dollars) of a sample of 12 nurses working at a Los Angeles hospital 111)
are given below.
500 750 630 480

550 650 720 780
820 960 1200 770
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112) The final exam scores for 15 students in a statistics course are given below. 112)
95 70 60 82 40
62 97 57 32 75
78 85 68 54 88
113) The resting heart rates from a group of 9 men before starting a workout program are given 113)
below.
58 70 63
48 60 55
45 51 69
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114) The prices per gallon (in dollars) of regular unleaded gasoline at twelve service stations are 114)
given below.
1.79 2.09 1.89 1.99

1.75 1.81 1.93 2.19
2.01 2.15 1.95 1.85

115) A normal probability plot is given below for a sample of scores on an aptitude test. Use the 115)
plot to assess the normality of scores on this test. Explain your reasoning.
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116) A normal probability plot is given below for the lifetimes (in hours) of a sample of batteries 116)
of a particular brand. Use the plot to assess the normality of the lifetimes of these batteries.
plot to assess the normality of scores on this test. Explain your reasoning.
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118) A normal probability plot is given below for the weekly incomes (in dollars) of a sample of 118)
engineers in one town. Use the plot to assess the normality of the incomes of engineers in
this town. Explain your reasoning.
plot to identify outliers, if any. Explain your reasoning.
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120) A normal probability plot is given below for the lifetimes (in hours) of batteries of a 120)
particular type. Use the plot to identify outliers, if any. Explain your reasoning.
plot to identify outliers, if any. Explain your reasoning.
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122) A normal probability plot is given below for the weekly incomes (in dollars) of a sample of 122)
engineers in one town. Use the plot to identify outliers, if any. Explain your reasoning.
123) Generally, the normal probability plot for a data set must be roughly linear in order to 123)
assume that the variable is approximately normally distributed. Should this rule be
interpreted more strictly for small data sets or for large data sets? Explain.
124) In assessing the normality of a data set, why is it easier to interpret a normal probability 124)
plot than it is to interpret a histogram?
125) In assessing the normality of data, why is a normal probability plot especially 125)
advantageous for small samples?
126) When a normal probability plot is constructed, which axis is used for the normal scores 126)
(horizontal or vertical)?
127) Does the presence of an outlier in your data set necessarily mean that you cannot use the 127)
normal model to interpret the data? Explain.
Estimate the indicated probability by using the normal distribution as an approximation to the binomial distribution.
128) With n = 20 and p = 0.60, estimate P(less than or equal to 8). 128)
A) 0.4953 B) 0.0668 C) 0.0548 D) 0.4332
129) Estimate the probability of getting exactly 43 boys in 90 births. 129)

A) 0.0764 B) 0.0159 C) 0.0729 D) 0.1628
130) A multiple choice test consists of 60 questions. Each question has 4 possible answers of which one 130)
is correct. If all answers are random guesses, estimate the probability of getting at least 20% correct.
A) 0.0901 B) 0.1492 C) 0.3508 D) 0.8508
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131) A certain question on a test is answered correctly by 22% of the respondents. Estimate the 131)
probability that among the next 150 responses there will be at most 40 correct answers.
A) 0.0694 B) 0.9306 C) 0.1003 D) 0.8997
132) A product is manufactured in batches of 120 and the overall rate of defects is 5%. Estimate the 132)
probability that a randomly selected batch contains more than 6 defects.
A) 0.5871 B) 0.4641 C) 0.4168 D) 0.0832
133) In one county, the conviction rate for speeding is 85%. Estimate the probability that of the next 100 133)
speeding summonses issued, there will be at least 90 convictions.
A) 0.8962 B) 0.0420 C) 0.1038 D) 0.3962
134) The probability that a radish seed will germinate is 0.7. Estimate the probability that of 140 134)
randomly selected seeds, exactly 100 will germinate.
A) 0.0669 B) 0.0769 C) 0.0679 D) 0.9331
135) Two percent of hair dryers produced in a certain plant are defective. Estimate the probability that 135)
of 10,000 randomly selected hair dryers, exactly 225 are defective.
A) 0.0057 B) 0.0051 C) 0.0034 D) 0.0065
136) Two percent of hair dryers produced at a certain plant are defective. Estimate the probability that 136)
of 10,000 randomly selected hair dryers, the number of defectives is between 195 and 210
inclusive.
A) 0.4251 B) 0.3989 C) 0.4034 D) 0.4017
137) Estimate the probability that in 200 rolls of a balanced die, the number of sixes is between 36 and 137)
45 inclusive.
A) 0.3239 B) 0.2639 C) 0.3305 D) 0.2914

138) Under what conditions are you allowed to use the normal distribution to approximate the 138)
binomial distribution? Under what conditions might you want to use the normal
distribution to approximate the binomial as opposed to using the binomial probability
formula, a table of binomial probabilities, or a computer?
139) Explain why a continuity correction factor is necessary when approximating the binomial 139)
distribution by the normal distribution. Refer to the terms "discrete" and "continuous", and
draw a diagram to support your answer.
140) According to data from the American Medical Association, 10% of us are left-handed. 140)
Suppose a group of 500 people is randomly selected. You wish to find the probability that
at least 80 are left-handed. Describe the characteristics of this problem which help you to
recognize that the problem is about a binomial distribution that you are to solve by
estimating with the normal distribution. (Assume that you would not use a computer, a
table, or the binomial probability formula.)
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141) Fill in the blanks. 141)
A fair coin is flipped 280 times. You wish to find the probability that the number of tails is
greater than 160. This probability can be estimated by finding the area to the right of
_____ under the normal curve with μ = ____ and σ = ___.
A fair coin is flipped 360 times. You wish to find the probability that the number of tails is
less than 150. This probability can be estimated by finding the area that is to the left of
A balanced die is rolled 240 times. You wish to find the probability that the number of ones
is at most 50. This probability can be estimated by finding the area that is to the left of
A balanced die is rolled 210 times. You wish to find the probability that the number of fives
is between 30 and 38 inclusive. This probability can be estimated by finding the area
between _____ and ___ under the normal curve with μ = ____ and σ = ___.
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1) B
2) C
3) C
4) A
5) C
6) D
7) A
8) B
9) A
10) D
11) B
12) A
13) D
14) C
15) B
16) B
17) B
18) D
19) A
20) C
21) C
22) A
23) B
24) They are equal (at least approximately) when the area is expressed as a percentage.
25) No, because the total area under the curve is 0.903, not 1.
26) Both graphs will have the same shape (they will both be bell-shaped) and they will be centered at the same place (the
common mean). The graph of the variable with the smaller standard deviation will be narrower and taller than the
other graph.
27) Responses can vary, but a correct response should resemble the following:
where
Distribution a is represented by the solid-line curve,
Distribution b is represented by the dashed-line curve on the right, and
Distribution c is represented by the dashed-line curve on the left.
28) B
29) Answers will vary. Possible answer: The standard normal distribution has a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1
while a nonstandard normal distribution can have any mean and standard deviation. It is necessary to standardize
nonstandard normal distributions because a table of areas is available for the standard normal distribution but not for
other normal distributions.
30) Answers will vary. Possible answer: The percentage of observations between 80 and 90 is larger. Both intervals have
the same length, but the interval (80, 90) is closer to the mean than the interval (120, 130).
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31) Answers will vary. Possible answer: The area under the standard normal curve between -1 and 1 is larger. The area
under the curve between 0 and 1 is common to both areas. The area under the curve between -1 and 0 is larger than
the area under the curve between 1 and 2 because it is closer to the mean.
32) The area under the normal curve between 20 and 28 is 0.42.
33) D
34) Answers will vary. Possible answer: The last step is incorrect. The percentage of observations lying between 106 and
110 is not equal to the difference in the z-scores but to the area under the standard normal curve between 0.6 and 1.0.
To find this area, the student would need to use a table of areas for the standard normal curve.
35) A
36) C
37) A
38) A
39) B
40) B
41) D
42) C
43) D
44) B
45) D
46) A
47) D
48) B
49) B
50) C
51) A
52) D
53) C
54) D
55) B
56) A
57) D
58) C
59) C
60) A
61) C
62) C
63) A correct response should resemble the following:
-3 -2.5 -2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 z
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64) A correct response should resemble the following:
-3.2 -1.6 1.6 3.2 z
65) By symmetry, the area under the standard normal curve to the left of 2 is equal to the area under the standard normal
curve to the right of -2.
66) By symmetry, the area under the standard normal curve to the right of 1.7 is equal to the area under the standard
normal curve to the left of -1.7, which can be found by subtracting the given area from 1.
67) The area under the standard normal curve between 1 and 2 can be found by subtracting the area to the right of 2
from the area to the right of 1.
68) The area under the standard normal curve to the left of 1 can be found by subtracting the area between 1 and 3 from
the area to the left of 3.
69) Answers will vary. Possible answer: Find the area to the left of the z-score by subtracting 0.56 from 1 to get 0.44. Then
look for the area closest to 0.44 in the body of the table and read off the corresponding z-score. (This method assumes
that the students are using a table of areas that gives the area to the left of a given z-score).
70) Answers will vary. Possible answer: The student's reasoning was not correct. The original area should be subtracted
from 1 to find the area to the left of the z-score, which is 0.48. The student should then look for the closest area to 0.48
in the body of the table and read off the corresponding z-score, which is -0.05.
71) D
72) A
73) B
74) D
75) B
76) C
77) D
78) A
79) A
80) B
81) A
82) B
83) A
84) B
85) C
86) D
87) D
88) B
89) A
90) A
91) D
92) C
93) D
94) D
95) A
96) C
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97) B
98) B
99) B
100) D
101) B
102) Answers will vary. Possible answer: Sketch a normal curve and shade the area associated with the given percentage.
Use a table of areas for the standard normal curve to find the z-score delimiting the shaded area. Find the x-value
corresponding to the z-score by using x = μ + σz.
103) Answers will vary. Areas under the standard normal curve must lie between 0 and 1; z-scores can take any value,
positive or negative.
104) A
105) B
106) A
107) A
108) Answers will vary. Possible answer: In A, a percentage is given and the corresponding observation is required. The
table of areas would be used to find the z-score having an area of 0.9 to its left and the z-score would then be
converted to an x-value.
In B, the probability that X falls in a specified range is required. The x-value would be converted to a z-score and the
table of areas would be used to find the area corresponding to the z-score.
109) Answers will vary. Possible answer: You would look for 0.7 in the body of the table since it represents a percentage
(an area), not a z-score.
110)
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111)
112)
113)
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114)
115) Since the normal probability plot is roughly linear, it appears that scores on this test are approximately normally
distributed.
116) Since the normal probability plot displays curvature, it appears that lifetimes of these batteries are probably not
normally distributed.
117) Since the normal probability plot is roughly linear, it appears that scores on this test are approximately normally
distributed.
118) Since the normal probability plot displays curvature, it appears that incomes of engineers in this town are probably
not normally distributed.
119) Since there are no points that fall outside the overall pattern of the plot, there are no outliers.
120) Since there are no points that fall outside the overall pattern of the plot, there are no outliers.
121) The point (100, 1.5) appears to be an outlier since it falls outside the overall pattern of the plot.
122) The point (1350, 1.5) appears to be an outlier since it falls outside the overall pattern of the plot.
123) The rule should be interpreted more strictly for large data sets. A set of data for a normally distributed variable
becomes more clearly normal the larger the set. So, for large data sets, even a small deviation from normality indicates
that the variable is probably not normally distributed.
124) Because it is easier to recognize a straight line than it is to recognize the shape of a bell curve.
125) Because it is especially difficult to assess the shape of a histogram when the data set is small but it is relatively easy to
judge whether a string of data points forms a straight line regardless of how many points you have (as long as you
have at least three or so).
126) The convention of the text is to use the vertical axis for the normal scores, but some statistical software packages and
texts use the horizontal axis.
127) No. It might be that you can explain why the outlier is there, in which case you can interpret the rest of the data
separate from the outlier.
128) C
129) A
130) D
131) B
132) C
133) C
134) A
135) A
136) A
137) C
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138) One may use the normal distribution to approximate the binomial distribution, provided that both np and n(1-p) are
greater than or equal to 5. You would choose to approximate by the normal distribution if a computer and software
were not available, if the table did not contain the required values of n and p, or if the computations could not be
easily and expediently done with the binomial probability formula.
139) A continuity correction factor is needed because a discrete distribution is being approximated with a continuous
distribution. The binomial distribution is a discrete distribution with a probability histogram made up of bars. The
probability that X takes any given whole-number value is the area of the bar above the number. In the case of X = 6,
for example, the probability that X = 6 is the area of the bar above 6, which runs from 5.5 to 6.5. So the area under the
appropriate normal curve from 5.5 to 6.5 would approximate the area of the bar.
140) For each person, there are two possible outcomes, left-handed ("success") or right-handed ("failure"). The probability
of success is the same for each person (0.10), the number of trials is fixed (500), and the trials are independent of each
other. Thus the conditions for a binomial distribution are satisfied. Since the number of trials is large, it would take too
long to solve the problem by using the binomial formula. This suggests that a normal approximation should be used
141) 160.5, 140, 8.37
142) 149.5, 180, 9.49
143) 50.5, 40, 5.77
144) 29.5, 38.5, 35, 5.40
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Solve the problem.

Height Freq. Relative

Height Freq. Relative

Height Freq. Relative

Fill in the blanks by standardizing the normally distributed variable.

Solve the problem.

Provide an appropriate response.

27) On the same axes sketch normal distributions with 27)

a. Weights of 10 year old boys

a. The percentage of scores between 120 and 130

Percentage of scores lying between 106 and 110

36) The area that lies to the left of 1.13 36)

38) The area that lies to the right of -1.82 38)

-1.84 -0.92 0.92 1.84 z

-2.16 -1.08 1.08 2.16 z

-2.34 -1.17 1.17 2.34 z

A) 0.0602 B) 0.0301 C) 0.9699 D) 0.9398

A) 0.9792 B) 0.0208 C) 0.9896 D) 0.0104

A) 0.9871 B) 0.0258 C) 0.0129 D) 0.9742

A) 0.9817 B) 0.9634 C) 0.0366 D) 0.0183

-2.54 -1.27 1.27 2.54 z

A) 0.2040 B) 0.8980 C) 0.7960 D) 0.1020

-1.76 -0.88 0.88 1.76 z

A) 0.6212 B) 0.8106 C) 0.1894 D) 0.3788

60) Find z . 60)

Provide an appropriate response.

a. If a z-score is negative, the area to its right is greater than 0.5

Find the specified percentile, quartile, or decile.

Use the empirical rule to solve the problem.

68.26% of her phone bills are between $___ and $___.

Provide an appropriate response.

Type B: Find the observation corresponding to a given probability or percentage.

a. Find the 80th percentile.

A. What is the 90th percentile?

500 750 630 480

1.79 2.09 1.89 1.99

Provide an appropriate response.

129) Estimate the probability of getting exactly 43 boys in 90 births. 129)

Provide an appropriate response.

142) Fill in the blanks. 142)

143) Fill in the blanks. 143)

144) Fill in the blanks. 144)

-3 -2.5 -2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 z

64) A correct response should resemble the following:

-3.2 -1.6 1.6 3.2 z

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