THE 33"° ANNUAL STAT-IS-EEKS aninteruniversity quiz show for non-statistics majors 33RD STAT-IS-EEKS! OFFICIAL REVIEWER This reviewer comprises of questions taken from past Stat-Is-Eeks! Competitions. The questions for this year’s event may not necessarily follow the same format as this reviewer. Kindly refer to the Official Invitation for the exact coverage. For inquiries, contact Tania (0905 917 9998). PART I. IDENTIFICATION A. Fill in the blanks. 1, The sum S(X-C)?is minimum when the value of C is equal to ______. 2. Suppose your results gave you sufficient evidence to conclude that your crush likes you when in fact, your crush doesn't even like you, Given that you used the hypotheses below, you committed a ___ error, Ho: Your crush does not have a crush on you. Ha: Your crush has a crush on you. 3. Ms, Basinillo wants to determine the relationship between the mode of transportation used by hardware store employees and their salaries. A major hardware store chain has stores located in 10 cities: 20 stores in Makati City, 40 stores in Quezon City, 20 stores in the City of Manila, 15 stores in Pasig City, 10 stores in Marikina City, 15 stores in Davao City, 25 stores in Zamboanga City, 5 stores in Antipolo City, 10 stores in Tagaytay City, and 30 stores in Baguio City. She randomly _ selected 7 cities then randomly selected 11 employees from all the hardware stores in the selected cities. The probability sampling technique used in the study is __ 4, Accurve is said tobe __________ if it is more peaked but has a narrower hump than a normal curve. 5.\ The word RANDOMIZATION can be arranged in ______ distinct ways. 6. If the first lower class limit of a distribution is 20,0 and the class size of all the intervals is equal to 5, then the upper-class boundary of the next interval is equal to ______ 7. Poisson: Discrete Random Variable; Normal: _ is a single statistic whose realized value is used to estimate the true but unknown value of the population parameter. © upstatsoc.statiseeks@ gmail.com @ wwwiacedook comistatiseeksTHE 33"° ANNUAL STAT-IS-EEKS aninteruniversity quiz show for non-statistics majors For items 9-10. Consider the given sample data set: 23 12 13 16 18 23 20 14 19 15 9. The 67th percentile of the data set is ____. 10. If each observation is subtracted by 4, the value of the sample variance is _____ B. Identify the terms described by each statement. 1, It is a statistic whose value is calculated from sample data, which is used as a basis of whether to reject the null hypothesis or not. 2, It is the standard deviation of a statistic. 3. It is a method of data collection where the value of the variable is gathered by asking people questions 4, It is the midpoint of a class interval. 5. This theorem states that if a sample is sufficiently large regardless of its distribution, the normal distribution can be used to approximate the sampling distribution of the sample mean. 6. The hypothesis which a researcher doubts to be true. 7.. This is the proportion of variability in the observed values of the response variable that can be explained by the explanatory variable through their linear relationship. 8, The expected value of the sample mean. 9. The property where the probability of the union of n mutually exclusive events is equal to the sum of the n individual probabilities. 10. The curve of the distribution where it is less peaked and has a flatter hump compared to a normal curve. PART ll. TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is unconditionally true, otherwise, write FALSE. 1, Given the population {Almira, Bianca, Chloe, Doni, Eddie, Faye}, a sample selection procedure is used and the following are all the possible samples to be generated by the procedure: Sample A: {Bianca, Almira} Sample B: {Doni, Faye} Sample C: {Almira, Chloe, Bianca} The procedure used is a probability sampling method. 2. If a random variable Y follows the normal distribution, then P(Y = 0.35) = 0.35 © upstatsoc.statiseeks@ gmail.com @ wwwiacedook com/statiseeksTHE 33"° ANNUAL STAT-IS-EEKS aninteruniversity quiz show for non-statistics majors 3. If the population is arranged according to the magnitude of the variable of interest, then systemat- ic sampling will produce more reliable estimates than simple random sampling without replacement. 4. If P(A)=0.3, P(B)= 0.65, P(C)= 0.45 and P(ABC)= 0.08775, then A, B and C are independent events. 5. The t-distribution has a larger variance than the standard normal distribution. 6. If the unit of the stem-leaf display is 0.001, then 3 | 56 is equal to 0.00356. 7. If both events A and B have nonzero probabilities and are independent events, then the two are also mutually exclusive events, 8. In linear regression, the random error terms «i's must be independent and normally distributed. 9. The median is greatly affected by the skewness of the distribution. 10. Any distribution or dataset has 99 percentiles that equally divide the array. 11. If we set the level of significance at a, then the probability of committing a Type Il error can be reduced by increasing the sample size. 12, The chi-square test for independence is not sensitive to the sample size. 13. If the 33rd percentile is equal to 38 and it is one of the observations of the dataset, then 33% of the observations are less than 38. For items 14.and 15. Always, Sometimes, or Never. Write ALWAYS if the statement is always true, write SOMETIMES if the statement is not always true, and write NEVER if the statement is false. 14, If the sample space contains finite outcomes, then the classical/a priori approach can be used to assign probabilities, 15, The sampling frame is a list of all the elements in the population. PART Ill, MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter corresponding to the correct answer. 1, What proclamation was signed by President Corazon Aquino declaring the Month of October of every year as the National Statistics Month? ‘A. Proclamation No. 646 B, Proclamation No, 647 €. Proclamation No. 648 D. Proclamation No, 649 © upstatsoc.statiseeks@ gmail.com @ wwwiacedook com/statiseeksTHE 33"° ANNUAL STAT-IS-EEKS aninteruniversity quiz show for non-statistics majors 2. Transforming data is useful in linear regression when we must verify the assumption of normality, For instance, a log transformation is done by taking all original data and applying the log operation on the error terms to create a transformed data set. Which of the following does the log transformation do to the data to be more normally distributed? A. Reduces degree of Positive Skewness B, Reduces degree of Negative Skewness C. Changes a data’s kurtosis from leptokurtic to mesokurtic D. Changes a data’s kurtosis from platykurtic to mesokurtic 3. The National Statistics Month (NSM) was first observed in 1990 pursuant to Presidential Proclama- tion No. 647, declaring the month of October of every year as the National Statistics Month. The theme each year depends on certain advocacy. Last year’s theme was Sustainable Development: Making Statistics Count. This year will be the 28th National Statistics Month and the theme is ‘A. Figures for the Future: Realizing AmBisyon Natin 2030 Through Statistics B, Figures for the Future: Realizing AmBisyon Natin 2040 Through Statistics C. Sustainable Future: Realizing AmBisyon Natin 2030 Through Statistics, D. Sustainable Future: Realizing AmBisyon Natin 2040 Through Statistics 4, Which of the following is/are continuous random variable/s? A. Average weight (in pounds) of 10 randomly selected kids B. Frequency of rainfall for the past three weeks C. Number of defective products that will be produced in a toy factory D. The distance of Province A from Province B 5. The following statements about boxplots are always true, EXCEPT: ‘A. The range can be determined from the boxplot. B, Comparing two boxplots can determine which set of data have larger values over the other. C. A boxplot gives the idea of the shape of the distribution of data. D. Outliers are not included in the boxplot. 6, A developmental psychologist wants to determine whether infants systematically prefer any of the three primary colors red, green, and blue. He records looking times for each color of 60 infants and determines their preferred colors by picking the one that was looked at the longest. 10 infants preferred red, 25 preferred green, and 25 preferred blue. ‘A. One way - ANOVA B. Regression C. Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Test D.\Chi-Square Test for Independence 7. Which of the following statements is not always TRUE A. The binomial distribution is a skewed distribution, B, If X follows a binomial distribution, P(X=1) > 0, €. A binomial experiment has a fixed probability of success for all of its trials. D. A binomial experiment has independent trials. © upstatsoc.statiseeks@ gmail.com @ wwwiacedook comistatiseeksTHE 33"° ANNUAL STAT-IS-EEKS aninteruniversity quiz show for non-statistics majors 8, Which summary measure is best suited to compare the variation of two or more data sets with different units of measurement. ‘A. Range B. Coefficient of Variation C. Standard Deviation D. None of the above For items 9 and 10. Odd one out. Find the option that does not belong in the stated category: 9, Measurement error A. Frame error B, Processing error C. Instrument.error D. Response error 10, Properties of a probability function: A. P(A)c = 1- P(A) B. P(A-B) = P(A) - P(AB) C. P(AUB) = P(A) + P(B) - P(AB) D. P(AB) = P(A)P(B) 11. In the simple linear regression model Y, = B, + RX, + €, what does X, represent? ‘A. The slope of the regression line B. The Y-intercept of the regression line C. Value of the explanatory variable on the ith element D.. Value of the response variable on the ith element 12. Arvestimator for the parameter being estimated is said to be __. _ if the average of the estimates produced under repeated sampling from the same population is equal to the true value of the parameter being estimated. A. Unbiased B. Reliable C. Efficient D. Exact 13. Which of the following summary measures is not interpretable in the ordinal scale. ‘A. Median’ B. Mean €.\ Mode D. None of the above © upstatsoc.statiseeks@ gmail.com @ wwwiacedook com/statiseeksTHE 33"° ANNUAL STAT-IS-EEKS aninteruniversity quiz show for non-statistics majors 14, Anne wants to evaluate her academic performance in her past Statistics exam using standard scores, The mean score of the class is 70.2 and the standard deviation is 4.5. If she has a z-score of 1.2, what is her raw score? A. 73.8 B. 74.4 C. 75.0 D. 75.6 15. A statistic is said to be — ‘A. Reliable B, Residual C. Resistant D. Revealing _. if its value is not greatly affected by outliers. PART IV. PROBLEM SOLVING 1, At 8:35 AM, Paulo is waiting at a bus stop, without knowing when the last bus came. Assuming that the arrival time of the next bus within one hour is uniformly distributed from [0,1]. What is the probability that the bus will arrive before 9:00 AM? 2, If each element in the given sample data below is increased by 70, and then divided by 5, what is the mean and variance of the transformed data? 732 273 131 666 248 365 594 101 725 517 3. Cha and his team of researchers are developing a new type of insecticide at the lab called Brand Y, They want to see how it compares to the leading brand of insecticide, Brand Z. They set up two large rooms.of equal sizes, both containing 250 mosquitoes. They sprayed equal amounts of the two insecticides, Brand Y and Brand Z in each room. A total of 101 and 134 mosquitoes died to Brand Y and Z, respectively, Construct a 95% confidence interval for the difference in the mean kill rate between Brand Y and Brand Z. Round off your answer to four decimal places. 4, A soda dispenser is regulated so that the amount of soda dispensed has a standard deviation of 5 ml. Suppose a random sample of size n will be selected from a large population. How large a sample should be taken so that. a probability of 0.95 is attained that the sample mean will not deviate from the population mean by more than 3 mi, 5. \The cost of long term care in a nursing home varies considerably by region and may be as much as $50,000 per year. Two independent samples of nursing homes in Connecticut and in Colorado were obtained, and the cost-per-day for each was recorded. The data are given in'the following table: © upstatsoc.statiseeks@ gmail.com @ wwwiacedook com/statiseeksCOLORADO (1) CONNECTICUT(2) 270 294 174 180 314 274 160 210 255, 187 271 THE 33"° ANNUAL STAT-IS-EEKS aninteruniversity quiz show for non-statistics majors 161 150 164 109 168 172 133 148 120 AST 138 COLORADO (1) CONNECTICUT(2) 94 166 116 98 168 153 118 138 116 120 Perform the appropriate hypothesis test to determine whether there is any evidence that the population variance in cost-per-day is different in Connecticut and Colorado. Assume the cost-per-day underlying populations are normal. Use a=0.02 © upstatsoc.statiseeks@ gmail.com @ wwwiacedook com/statiseeks