FINALS REVIEWER

STATISTICS & PROBABILITY

What distribution pertains to the frequency distribution of the sample mean from all the
possible random samples of a particular sample size n taken from the given population?
sampling

What are the steps in creating sampling distribution of the sample mean? A population
consists of five (5) measurements 2, 3, 6, 5, and 7. Compute for the standard deviation and
variance of the samples.

How many different samples of size n=2 can be drawn from the population? A population
consists of five (5) measurements 2, 3, 6, 5, and 7. 10

What is the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means where n=2? A population
consists of five (5) measurements 2, 3, 6, 5, and 7. 4.16

What is the variance of the sampling distribution of the sample means with a sample size of
2? 1.29

What measures of dispersion is calculated using the relation X2⋅P(x) −μ2 ?Variance of

sampling distribution of the sample mean.

What distribution is used to estimate population parameters when the population variance is
unknown, and the sample size is less than 30.T distribution

What notation is used for the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample
mean?

What formula is used to determine the variance of the sampling distribution of the sample
mean?

What is a Central Limit Theorem?

Suppose that a random sample of size 64 is to be selected from a population with a mean 40
and standard deviation 5. What is the population mean? 40

Suppose that a random sample of size 64 is to be selected from a population with a mean 40
and standard deviation 5. What is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution? 0.625

Suppose that a random sample of size 64 is to be selected from a population with a mean 40
and standard deviation 5. What is the approximate probability that x ̅ will be within 0.5 of the
population mean μ?

In the absence of the population variance and/or if the sample size is small, what sampling
distribution is being used? T distribution

In Student’s t-distribution, if the sample size is 35, what is the degree of freedom? 24

Give example that illustrates confidence interval

Give example that illustrates confidence level.

In the estimation of a parameter using the t statistic why did we replace the population
standard deviation, σ by the sample standard deviation, s?

What is the symbol for the margin of error? E

For a 95% confidence level, the confidence coefficient is ± ____? 1.96

For a 99% confidence level, the confidence coefficient is ± ____?

What do you call the value resulting from adding the margin of error from the sample mean?
Upper limit

A survey of 200 Senior High School learners shows that they read on average 18.5 hours per
week with a margin of error of 2.2 hours at a 95% confidence level. What is the sample
mean? 18.5

A survey of 200 Senior High School learners shows that they read on average 18.5 hours per
week with a margin of error of 2.2 hours at a 95% confidence level. What is the value of
margin of error? 2.2

A survey of 200 Senior High School learners shows that they read on average 18.5 hours per
week with a margin of error of 2.2 hours at a 95% confidence level. What is its confidence
level? 1.96

A survey of 200 Senior High School learners shows that they read on average 18.5 hours per
week with a margin of error of 2.2 hours at a 95% confidence level. What is the upper limit of
the interval? 20.7

What is the lower limit of the interval?

Confidence interval is also known as ___? Interval estimate

When x =50 and n= 220, what is the value of p? 50/200

When X=120 and n = 300, what is the approximate value of q? -0.6

When x =30 and n= 210, what is the value of p? 30/210

When X=40 and n = 150, what is the approximate value of q? -0.73

How does the margin of error and sample size affect one another?
A. A smaller sample size reduces the margin of error.
B. A higher margin of error requires a larger sample.
C. A lower margin of error requires a larger sample size.
D. A small sample size results in a lower margin of error.
How does the level of confidence affect the sample size?
A. The higher the level of confidence, the smaller the sample size required.
B. The lower the level of confidence, the larger the sample size required.
C. The lower the level of confidence, the smaller the sample size required.
D. The sample size remains constant in every level of confidence.

Calculate the sample size of the given data: E = 5, σ= 20, with a 95% confidence level. 61

Calculate the sample size of the given data: E = 3, σ= 15, with a 95% confidence level.

Identify the type of hypothesis formulated.

A modern approach in advertisement will not increase the demand for a product.
Identify the type of hypothesis formulated. Alternative hypothesis

The social status of the students does not affect their academic performance.
Identify the type of hypothesis formulated. Alternative hypothesis/two tailed test

The proportion of Senior High Students in Odiongan National High School who enrolled in
the Academic Track is more than 50%.
Identify the type of error.

A true null hypothesis is rejected.

Identify the type of error.

The false null hypothesis is rejected.

Identify the type of error. No error

A false null hypothesis is accepted.

Which of the following statements is true?

A. If the rejection region lies entirely on the left tail of the sampling distribution, then the
test is a two-tailed test.
B. If the computed value falls outside the rejection region, then the null hypothesis is
rejected.
C. If the computed value is. 0.98 at 0.05 level of significant with the sample size of 40, the
null hypothesis will be rejected.
D. To compare the sample proportion and the population proportion, we use the z-test of
one-sample proportion.

Which of the following statements is false?

A. The probability of committing Type I error is called the level of significance
B. In a test of hypothesis, a test statistic is computed from the sample data
C. If we reject the null hypothesis at the α =0.01, then we would also have rejected it at
the α=0.05.
D. In a two-tailed test, the rejection region is split and placed in both tails of the sampling
distribution.
Which of the following illustrates random sampling method?
A. Convenience B. Non-probability C. Purposive D. Stratified