1.

You can tell if a dataset is right-skewed by looking at

a) the sample variance
b) the scatterplot
c) the correlation coefficient
d) the boxplot

2. The event A and its complement A’ are

a) always independent
b) always mutually exclusive
c) equally likely
d) none of the above

3. Which of the following is not a statistic?

a) the sample size

b) the sample mean
c) the sample maximum
d) the sample variance

4. Suppose I randomly pick 12 persons from this class and ask them how many compact discs
each of them owns.

a) The mean number must be an integer since the measurements are all integers
b) The sample is normally distributed
c) The sample mode must be an integer since the measurements are all integers
d) The median number must be an integer since the measurements are all integers.

5. If P(A/B) is equal to P(A) then:

a) A and B are independent

b) A and B are mutually exclusive
c) A and B have the same probability
d) none of the above

6. The idea of statistical inference is to

a) find distribution(s) of statistics(s)

b) draw conclusions about population parameters(s) based on statistic(s)
calculated from samples
c) apply the Central Limit Theorem
d) find distribution of the data

7. Jane calculated the IQR of daily temperatures in the winter in Waterloo, ON and got -18 oF.
Then

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 a) the distribution of these temperatures is left-skewed
b) the median is smaller than the mean
c) there are lots of outliers
d) Jane made a mistake: IQR can not be negative
8. A normal probability plot is primarily used to

a) check if the distribution is normal

b) compare centers and spread of several samples
c) check if the distribution is symmetric
d) none of the above

9. The standard normal distribution has

a) mean 0 and variance 1

b) mean equal to the variance
c) mean 1 and variance 0
d) median 0 and IQR 1
10. If we have 10 observations and we add 5 only to the largest one, which of the following
statistics will change?

a) the mean
b) the median
c) the standard deviation
d) exactly two of the above
e) all of the above (except D)
11. Which of the following can indicate whether the distribution of a sample is skewed or not?

a) a histogram
b) a normal probability plot
c) a comparison of the mean and the median
d) all of the above
e) exactly two of the above(excluding D)
12. Suppose I chose 10 students at random from the class, ask their age and record this as an
integer (i.e., I just use years, not partial years). Which of the following must be true?

a) The mean must be an integer since I recorded the ages as integers

b) The median must be an integer since I recorded the ages as integers
c) The sample must be normal since I chose the students at random
d) All of the above would be true
e) None of the above have to be true
13. Classify each random variable as Discrete (D) or Continuous (C)

- The number of days it snows in Waterloo during February (D) (C)

- The length of a movie (in time) (D) (C)
- The surface area of a matchbook (D) (C)
- The birth years of currently enrolled UW students (D) (C)

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14. The shape of a histogram based on a sample of data will always be similar to the shape of the
population histogram

(A) True (B) False

15. If the sample size is 25, the median is the average of the 12th and 13th observations

(A) True (B) False

16. The Box-and-whiskers plot cannot be used to identify unusual observations

(A) True (B) False