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QATAR UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS & PHYSICS

STAT 101 - L01 (30206, 30207, 30208 & 30209)

Statistics I / Summer 2012
Final Exam, Saturday 11 August 2012 / Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Name: ______________________________ Student ID: ________________ CLN: ________

Instructor: Dr. Mohanad AlKhasawneh & Dr. Mohamed Alodat

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. This test has 7 pages including the cover page and the formula sheet and 2 questions.
2. Do not separate the sheets (leave the staple in). Do all of the questions. Answer each question in the
space provided.. Use the back of the sheet for extra calculations.
3. Only standard calculators and Statistical tables are allowed. Some formulas are provided .
4. Use the following tables to answer questions 1 (Choose the correct answer):

Question one
Part # ANSWER
1 A B C D
2 A B C D
3 A B C D
4 A B C D
5 A B C D
6 A B C D
7 A B C D
8 A B C D
9 A B C D
10 A B C D
11 A B C D
12 A B C D
13 A B C D
14 A B C D
15 A B C D
16 A B C D
17 A B C D
18 A B C D
19 A B C D
20 A B C D
Don’t write anything on this sheet below this line
Question Maximum mark Actual mark
1 30
2 10
Total 40
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QUESTION 1. (30 marks): In the following multiple-choice questions, circle the correct answer:

(Use the table on the cover page to answer this question)

1. Given the following observations 5, 8, 4, 3, 3, 10, –10. The value of the mean
A. 3 B. 3.2857 C. 4 D. 0

2. In Box plot if Q1=5.5 , median = 14, and Q3 =23.5, then the distribution shape is
A. symmetric B. skewed right C. skewed left D. Cannot be determined

3. If X has a binomial distribution with n =20 and P = 0.3, The variance of X is

A. 2.49 B. 2.05 C. 4.2 D. 6

4. If Z has a standard normal distribution, then the value of c such that P(Z> c )= 0.4483 is
A. -1.3 B. - 0.13 C. 1.3 D. 0.13

5. If z is a standard normal random variable, the area between z = - 2 and z = - 1.25 compared to the
area between z = 1.25 and z = 2 will be
A. Larger B. smaller C. the same D. no enough information to answer

6. If X is normally distributed random variable with mean equal to 60 and standard deviation equal to
5. P(X > 50)=
A. 0.0228 B. 0.2280 C. 0.9772 D. 0

7. If z is a standard normal random variable, then P(Z < 2.10) =

A. 0.4821 B. 0.0179 C. 0.9821 D. None

8. A random sample of size n =25 is selected from a normal population with mean   10 and
standard deviation   3 . P( X > 10)=
A. 02967 B. 0.5 C. 0.3303 D. 0

9. A random sample of n = 25 observations has a mean X = 5 and a variance of 16. The margin of
error of estimation the mean is

A.  7.84 B.  1.96 C.  1.568 D.  0.20

10. A random sample of 60 people revealed it took an average of 55 minutes with a standard
deviation of 10 minutes for a person to complete a loan application at the bank. Construct a
90% confidence interval for , the true time it takes any person to complete the loan form.
A. (51.7, 58.3) B. (53.8, 56.1) C. (52.88, 57.12) D. None

11. A Type II error is committed when we:

A. rejecting a true null hypothesis B. rejecting a false null hypothesis
C. don’t reject a true null hypothesis D. don’t reject a false null hypothesis
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12. If P(A) = 0.30, P(B) = 0.40 and P(A B) = 0.20, then P(A / B) is:

A. 0.12 B. 0.08 C. 0.67 D. 0.5

13. In a two-tailed large sample test with calculates test statistics z= 1.68, the p-value is
A. 0.093 B. 0.04650 C. 0.9170 D. None

14. The percentage of points falling below the 75th percentile is

A. 25% B. 50% C. 75% D. can’t say

15. If the p-value is less than α , Then we

A. Reject H 0 B. Don’t reject H 0

C. Reject H 0 and H a D. Don’t reject H 0 and H a

16. Increasing the confidence level will ___________ the length of the confidence interval.
A. always increase B. always decrease C. A or B D. not change

17. Which of the following statements is true for a symmetric distribution?

A. The mean is greater than the median. B. The mean is less than the median.
C. The mean and median are equal. D. None of the above

18. The possible number of combinations of 3 out of 8 distinct items equals

A. 28 B. 56 C. 112 D. 224

19. If P(A) = 0.80, P(B) = 0.70 and P(A B) = 0.90, then P(A B) is:
A. 0.60 B. 0.56 C. 0.72 D. 0.63

20. The time it takes Maryam to drive to school is normally distributed with mean 10 minutes and
standard deviation of 3. Maryam has to be at school at 8:00 am. What time should she leave
her house so she will be late only 9% of the time?
A. 7:50 am B. 14 minutes before 8:00 am
C. 17 minutes before 8:00 am D. none of the above
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QUESTION 2. (10 marks): A new light bulb is being considered for use in an office with computers.
It is decided that the new bulb will only be used if it has a mean lifetime of more than 500 hours. A
random sample of 40 bulbs is selected and placed on life test. The mean and standard deviation are
found to be 505 hours and 18 hours, respectively.
a. State the null and alternative hypotheses for the test.

b. Calculate the test statistics

c. Locate the rejection region for the test using a 5% significance level OR Calculate the p-value

d. Write your conclusion.

e. Construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the mean lifetime of the light bulbs

Good Luck
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( xi ) 2
 xi 
2

s2  n P( A  B)  P( A)  P( B)  P( A  B)
n 1

P( A  B)
P( A | B)  if P( B)  0
 k e P( B)
P( x  k ) 
k!
Mean :    xp ( x) Mean :   np
Variance :  2  ( x   ) 2 p( x) Variance :  2  npq
Standard deviation :    2 Standard deviation :   npq

s n!
x  z / 2 P( x  k )  Ckn p k q n k 
k!(n  k )!
p k q n k for k  0,1,2,...n.

n
s s
x  t / 2 Margin of error (n  30) :  1.96
n
n

x z
x  0 x  0

t  / n s/ n
s/ n
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