Review

Question 1

TRUE OR FALSE
If the value of the range is zero, then the standard deviation is equal to zero.

Question 2

If you are told a population has a mean of 25 and a variance of 0, what must you conclude?

A B C
D E

Someone has made a mistake. There is only one element in the population. There are no elements in the population. All the elements in the population are 25.
None of the above

Question 3

TRUE OR FALSE
If the variance is equal to zero, then the Pearsons First Coefficient is zero.

Question 4

TRUE OR FALSE
If D4 is equal to 4 and D5 is equal to 4 then P45 is equal to 4.

Question 5

If a constant were to be added to a set of scores, the standard deviation would

A B C D E

remain the same. increase by the square root of that constant. increase by the square of that constant. increase by the value of that constant. None of the above

Question 6

The following set of scores is obtained on a test, X: 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16, 24, 24, 24, 26. The teacher computes all of the descriptive indices of central tendency and variability on these data, then discovers that an error was made, and one of the 24's is actually a 17. Which of the following indices will be changed from the original computation?

A B C D E

Median Mode Range

Standard Deviation None of the Above

Question 7

Each year, during a period of seven years, Mrs. Smith gave birth to a child. The std. deviation of the ages (in years) of the 7 children of the family Smith is equal to

A B C
D

2 3

4 7
Cannot be determined

Question 8

On the same test, Toms score is the 87th percentile and Bills is the 73rd. This means

Tom is 14% better than Bill.

B C D E

Tom scored 14 more points than Bill.

14% of those taking the test got scores ranging between Tom's and Bill's.

there were only 13 people smarter than Tom

None of the above

Question 9

A
Given ten scores, 78, 91, 81, 84, 74, 33, 63, 22, 78, 78 , the skewness of the population is

positive. negative. zero.

B
C

D E

cannot be determined. normal.

Question 10

The average weight of a group of 30 friends increases by 1 kg when the weight of their football coach was added. If average weight of the group after including the weight of the football coach is 31kgs, what is the weight of their football coach in kilograms?

Question 11

The following are the number of minutes spent by 13 students on solving a 12 x 12 extremely difficult Sudoku puzzle: 144, 132, 116, 163, 118, 123, 124, 156, 124, 121, 179, 124, and 133. What is the value of the median?

Question 12

The number of photos uploaded per month by Facebook User X were 85, 42, 98, 47, 23, 66, 53, 31, 29, 74, 49 and 60. The value of the standard deviation is

Question 13

A civic group received 10 envelopes containing donations to the Payatas tragedy victims, 5 of which contain P100,000 each, 3 contain P200,000 each and 2 contain P50,000 each. What is the mean donation?

Question 14

TRUE OR FALSE
If the coefficient of variation is equal to zero, then the Pearsons Second Coefficient is zero.

Question 15

A distribution of 6 scores has a median of 21. If the highest score increases 3 points, the median will become _________.

21 21.5 24
Cannot be determined None of the above

B C
D E

Question 16

If the mean, median and mode of a distribution are 5, 6, 7 respectively, then the distribution is

A B C
D E

skewed negatively skewed positively symmetrical bimodal

None of the above

Question 17

Define a new statistic as the distance b/w 70th sample percentile and 30th sample percentile. This new statistic would give us information concerning

A B
C

central tendency. variability. position.

D E

skewness. symmetry.

Question 18

TRUE OR FALSE
If 5 is added to all observations, then the amount of skewness will increase by [3*(5)/sd] using the 2nd formula for skewness, where sd denotes the standard deviation.

Question 19

TRUE OR FALSE
If 5 is added to all observations, then the coefficient of variation of the new observations will increase by 5.

Question 20

A jar contains 3 chocolate chip cookies and x oatmeal cookies. Two cookies are pulled from the jar without replacement. An expression that represents the probability one cookie is chocolate chip and the next cookie is oatmeal is

Question 21

In a playoff series, the probability that Team A wins over Team B is 3/5 and the probability that Team C wins over Team D is 4/7. If the probabilities are independent, the probability that Team A wins and Team C loses is

Question 22

If a fair six-sided die is tossed twice, the probability that the first toss will be a number less than 4 and the second toss will be a number greater than 4 is

Question 23

A survey determines that in a particular town, 33% of the residents jog, 42% bike, and 12% do both activities. The probability that a randomly selected person does neither activity is

Question 24

There are 12 runners in a marathon. A person may bet on the race by correctly selecting the top three runners and the order they finish in. All the runners have an equal chance of winning. The probability a single bet will win is

Question 25

Three cards were drawn from a deck. One of these is a queen, an ace and one king. One and only one of the following statements is true: I. Card 2 is not a queen II. Card 3 is a queen III. Card 1 is not an ace

Problem 13
Which of the following is true? A. Card 1 is a queen B. Card 1 is an ace C. Card 3 is an ace D. Card 2 is a king E. Card 3 is a queen

Question 26

Suppose there are 15 kids in a nursery class. The teacher arranges the kids in a line in random order. What is the probability that the 2 noisiest kids will be next to each other in the line?

Question 27

On a study on the effect of intrahypothalamic implantation of cholesterol on the weight of reproductive organs in rats, 12 rats were implanted with cholesterol and 12 rats were implanted with cyproterone.

A group of 7 rats were selected at random. Find the probability that the group chosen will have 3 rats with cholesterol implant.

Question 28

The probability that Edmond will correctly answer the toughest question in an exam is . The probability that Abbe will correctly answer the same question is 4/5.

Find the probability that both will answer the question correctly, assuming that they do not copy from each other.

Question 29

A survey was conducted on 100 diabetic and heart disease patients in a hospital. It has been determined that 50% of diabetic patients have heart disease.

If there are 60 patients with heart disease, in how many ways can you select four patients with diabetes?

Question 30

A bowl contains 20 marbles that are identical except for color: 12 are red and 8 are green. You blindly pick 6 marbles from the bowl, returning each after its color has been observed.

What is the probability of picking exactly 4 red balls in 6 trials?