STAT2112 STATISTICS AND

PROBABILITY
Remedial Exam
Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or No.
Collects the number of students who rides on the train.

The correct answer is: Yes

Which of the following describes a Normal Distribution Curve.

The correct answer is: All of the choices

What is the probability of getting all head when a three coins are tossed?
The correct answer is: 1/8

Identify if the random variable is a DISCRETE or CONTINUOUS.

Number of proposed thesis in a university

The correct answer is: DISCRETE

True or False: The bigger the sample size, the more closely the samples will be clustered
around the true value.

The correct answer is: TRUE

The range of probability is

The correct answer is: from zero to 1

This determines the degree to which values of a random variable differ from the expected
value.

The correct answer is: Variance

Identify if the random variable is a DISCRETE or CONTINUOUS.

Speed of a tropical storm in the Philippines

The correct answer is: CONTINUOUS

Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or No
The manager chooses 30 employees randomly from a department.
The correct answer is: Yes

It is a part of population intended to represent a population as a whole.

The correct answer is: Sample (Answer) (Note: Specific Answer so look for the exact answer)

Use to check the normality of a distribution

The correct answer is: Normal quantile plot

Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or No
Renmel closes his eyes, opens a book and randomly points to a word on the page.  She
repeats the process for 30 times.

The correct answer is: No

Given the following mean, compute for the Mean of Means. The answer must have two
decimal places.
4.5, 9.2, 9.1, 8.4

The correct answer is: 2.60

For a particular set of data, the mean is less than the median. Which of the following
statements is most consistent with this information?

The correct answer is: the distribution of  the data is skewed to the left

True or False: Variance Error is the difference between a sample statistic used to estimate a
population parameter and the actual but unknown value of the parameter

The correct answer is: FALSE

According to the Empirical Rule, ________ % of the sample estimates will fall within one
standard error above the population parameter.

The correct answer is: 34

In a normal distribution curve,

The correct answer is: Mean, median and mode coincide at the center

It is the difference between a sample statistic used to estimate a population parameter and

the actual but unknown value of the parameter

The correct answer is: Sampling Error

It is computed as the population standard deviation divided by the square root of the
sample size
The correct answer is: Standard deviation of the distribution of the sample means

Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or No
Select all registered voters in a community whose family income is below 10,000 pesos.

The correct answer is: Yes

This are numbers that summarizes data for an entire population

The correct answer is: Parameter

Which research method can show a cause and effect relationship between the explanatory
and response variables?
The correct answer is: a comparative experiment where each single student is randomly
assigned to one or two treatments

Appropriate graphical summary of the distribution of a categorical variable

The correct answer is: bar graph

In a normal curve, the mean is located at the

The correct answer is: highest point of the curve

It is measure of the number of standard deviations a particular data value

The correct answer is: Z score

The mean of the normal distribution is

The correct answer is: always equal to zero

Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or No
Shake a bag of colored balls, reach in and select a marble with eyes closed.

The correct answer is: Yes

This is states that the percentages of data in a normal distribution within 1,2 and 3 standard
deviations.

The correct answer is: Empirical Rule

After a Church game, Jeremiah scored 40 points. His coach, who is a Statistics teacher, told
him that the standardized score (z-score) for his points on the game, is 2.5. What is the best
interpretation of this standardized score?

The correct answer is: Jeremiah's scoring is 2.5 standard deviations above the average
scoring in the league.

Find the median of the following data set.

44, 46, 29, 39, 59, 59, 39

The correct answer is: 39

What is the formula to calculate the standard deviation of the sampling distribution?

The correct answer is: Standard deviation of the population divided by the square root of
the sample size

An example of a parameter.

The correct answer is: Population Mean

Given the following mean, compute for the Mean of Means. The answer should be rounded
off to the nearest hundredths.
3.2 3.6 3.9 9.2

The correct answer is: 1.65

The distribution that describes the spread of the means of multiple samples from the
sample population

The correct answer is: Sample Distribution of sample means

Following is a five-number summary of the number of dates, before getting married, of 100
BYU students. Min Q1 Median Q3 Max 10 40 80 100 500 about 25% of the students
participated in more than ______________________ dates before getting married.
The correct answer is: 100

The formula for the test statistics is:

The correct answer is: x¯±zα2(σn−−√)

A researcher wants to know the average dating expenses for BYU single students. The
researcher obtained a list of single students from the Records Office who live in the BYU
dorms. From this list , 50 students are randomly selected. The 50 students are contacted by
phone and the amount they spent on dates are recorded. The average dating expense of
the 50 students is $35 with a standard deviation of $8. What is the population of interest?
The correct answer is: all BYU single students

Given the following sample data, compute for the true mean. The answer should be
rounded off to one decimal place.
3 5 5 5 6 6 8 8 13 15 17 30

The correct answer is: 10.8

True or False: Random sample happened when data is collected in no certain order

The correct answer is: TRUE

True or False: The larger the sample size the closer the sampling distribution was to a
normal distribution

The correct answer is: TRUE

Which of the following statement is CORRECT?

The correct answer is: A discrete variable are countable number of possible values

Given the following sample data, compute for the true mean. The answer must have two
decimal places.
1112345558888

The correct answer is: 4.53

In a given experiment, the sum of all probabilities is

The correct answer is: One

The weighted average of the possible values of random variables.

The correct answer is: Mean

1.     Given the data set below, compute for the variance. (Round off your answer to the
nearest hundredths):
   x    0 1 2 3 4 5
   p(x)    0.1    0.2    0.3    0.4    0.3    0.2

The correct answer is: 5.98

1.    Given the data set, find the Mean Value or Expected value (round off your answer to the
nearest tenths):
    x    0 1 2 3 4 5
   p(x)    0.1    0.2    0.3    0.4    0.3    0.2

The correct answer is: 4.2

Which of the following data sets has the largest standard deviation?

The correct answer is: 301, 304, 306, 308, 311

Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or No.
Collects the election results in all areas in the Philippines during election

The correct answer is: No

It is the degree of error expected for a given sample design

The correct answer is: Sampling Error

Number of rooms & employees are examples of _________________.

The correct answer is: Discrete Random Variables

It is also called 68-95-99.7 Rule.

The correct answer is: Empirical Rule

Given the data set 10,11,11,12,12,12,13,13,13,13,24,24,14,15,15,16, find the upper quartile

The correct answer is: 14

The process of assigning a number to each member of the population

The correct answer is: Random Sample

How many possible outcomes when you simultaneously toss three fair coins.

The correct answer is: 8

Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or No
Selects all areas in the Philippines who are affected by typhoon and with 5th and 6th income
class.

The correct answer is: Yes

A researcher wanted to estimate the average amount of money spent per semester on
books by BYU students. A SRS of 100 BYU students were selected. They visited the
addresses during the Summer term and had those students who were at home fill out a
confidential questionnaire. This procedure is    
The correct answer is: likely to be biased because students are less likely to be enrolled
during the summer term

Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or No
Women who volunteer to take a survey on human rights.

The correct answer is: No

The standard deviation of Stats221 Final scores for a sample of 200 students was 10 points.
An interpretation of this standard deviation is that the
The correct answer is: typical distance of the final scores from their mean was about 10
points

Identify if the random variable is a DISCRETE or CONTINUOUS.

Internet speed in an office

The correct answer is: CONTINUOUS

The standard deviation of the normal distribution is

The correct answer is: always equal to one

True or False: Standard deviation of the distribution of the sample means is computed as

the population standard deviation multiplied by the square root of the sample size.

The correct answer is: FALSE

What is the probability of getting the same numbers on 3 dice when they are thrown
simultaneously?
The correct answer is: 1

This are numbers that summarizes data from a sample

The correct answer is: Statistics

What is the formula to calculate for the z-score?

The correct answer is: Mean value of the variable subtracted from the observed value
divided by the standard deviation

The formula to computer for the confidence interval is?

 The correct answer is:  x¯±zα2(σn−−√)
Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or No.
A teacher conducts examination to all his students.

The correct answer is: No

Identify whether each example describes a random sample. Answer with Yes or No.
Each audience in a game show is assigned a number from 111 to 666 and roll three
standard dice to choose random contestants.

The correct answer is: Yes

Formula to compute for the variance

The correct answer

σ =Σ(x−μ)2/p(x)
is:  2

What is the probability distribution of occurring the all heads in a toss of three coins?

The correct answer is: 0.1255

Which of the following statement is TRUE.

The correct answer is: Countable number of values

are called discrete variables

A representative subset of a population

The correct answer is: Sample (Note: Double Answers!

May chances na yung 2nd ‘Sample’ yung correct)

Assuming z-score is -1, which of the following

statement is TRUE.

The correct answer is: All values are less than the
mean.

The mean of sample should fall ________________ the

lower and upper values of the confidence interval.

The correct answer is: within

True or False: Sampling Error is the degree of error expected for a given sample design

The correct answer is: TRUE

Identify if the random variable is a DISCRETE or CONTINUOUS.

The brightness of an LED bulb

The correct answer is: CONTINUOUS

Given the data set 10,11,11,12,12,12,13,13,13,13,24,24,14,15,15,16, how many numbers are

in the lower quartile?

The correct answer is: 4

What does probability sampling allows us to do?

The correct answer is: make inferences about population parameters

In a normal curve, the bigger the values of standard deviation results to a

The correct answer is: wider curve

Two dice is rolled and the sum of face up is being recorded and represented as X.  What
is P(x <= 5)?

The correct answer is: 10

Which of the following is used to calculate population parameter?

The correct answer is: Point Estimate