Practice Test

Statistics

1. States whether the z – score locates the raw score X within a sample or
within population.
a. X = 50, s = 5, x=40
b. X = 40, δ = 8, μ = 52
c. X = 36, s = 6, x=28
2. Determine each of the following areas and show these graphically.

a. Above z = 1.48
b. Below z =- 1.75
c. Between z = - 1.5 and z = 2.25

3. Supposed four coins are tossed. Let Y be the random variable

representing the number of tails that turn up. Find the probability of each of
the values of the random variable Y.

4. The number of inquiries received per day by the Office of Administrations

in a certain university below. Find the variance and standard deviation.

5. Find the mean and variance of the given probability distribution below.

X 0 2 4 6 8
P(X) 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5