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1. A certain television show has been on the edge of being cancelled for some time.
The cutoff rate for inclusion by the network in next season’s lineup is a 35%
approval rate by the audience overall. The producers feel that their approval
rating is 40%, but agree to prove it to the network execs through a focus group. If
the true rating of the show is actually 40%, what is the probability that out of a
focus group of 20 viewers, they’re going to achieve at least the minimum
acceptable approval rating?
a. .926
b. .750
c. .584
d. .250
e. .074
2. The average score of the first STAT 211 exam was 65, with a standard deviation
of 13. What are the upper and lower values in a range, centered around the mean,
that covers 95% of the scores on that test?
3. Given the following data, calculate the mean, variance and standard deviation?
n = 3,500
∑ x = 192,507
∑x− x = 0
∑ x 2 = 15,100,001
a. x = 4,314.286,σ 2 = 0,σ = 0
b. x = 7.84396,σ 2 = 15,100,001,σ = 192,507
c. x = 55.002,σ 2 = 1, 289.434,σ = 35.909
d. x = 4,314.286,σ 2 = 61.527,σ = 7.8439
e. x = 4,314.286,σ 2 = 1, 289.434,σ = 35.909
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4. What are the two branches of statistics and how are they used, in general?
5. At a recent PGA tour stop, the following descriptive statistics were developed;
In addition, those using Drivers hit the fairway 55% of the time, Taylor Made
Drivers hit the fairway 65% of the time and Titleist Drivers hit the fairway 57%
of the time.
From the data, assuming that a player did not play either Taylor Made or Titleist,
what is the probability that they hit the fairway on average?
a. 3.857%
b. 55.000%
c. 14.000%
d. 44.200%
e. 7.740%
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6. It’s time to renew the contract for Reggie Bush for the 2007 season for the New
Orleans Saints. The Saints offer him the following incentive package:
a. $0
b. $121,500
c. not enough data to calculate
d. $127,250
e. $6,200
8. The process used to account for the conversion from a discrete rv to a continuous
rv (ex. as used in the Normal approximation to the Binomial), is known as what?
a. Φ(Z )
b. Continuous correction
c. Weibul’s Gamma Beta
d. The Central Limit Theorem
e. Continuity correction
9. What is shown in the chart below and what conclusion can you draw from the
chart?
a. This boxplot indicates that there are both mild and extreme outliers in the
sample data.
b. The scatterplot indicates that there is a strong linear relationship, as
evidence by y=ax+b.
c. The probability plot indicates that the sample data is more “fat tailed” than
a Normal distribution.
d. The histogram indicates that a number of values are either at or below a
specified level of x in the sample data.
e. The probability plot indicates that the sample data is consistent with a
Normal distribution.
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10. Given the following production data for 150 data points, what type of figure is
shown and what is the percentage of total production greater than 1800 psi or less
than or equal to 800 psi? (Note that the labels under the categories represent the
upper bound of that category. For example, the category “8” is for 600<x<=800
psi).
20
Frequency
10
0
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
psi categories (upper bound listed)
12. The fact that all outcomes must be positive and that the area under the curve
equals one (valid pdf) are both key characteristics of what?
a. Exponential processes
b. Continuous random variables
c. Linear regression
d. Discrete random variables
e. Poisson processes
a. Z = x−µ
σ2
b. σ2 = 1 (∑ x 2 − (∑ x ) 2 / n)
n −1
c. Z =µ−x
σ
d. σ = ∑ x − (∑ x) 2 / n
2 2
e. Z = x−µ
σ
14. What is the effect of outliers on both the median and the mean?
a. Outliers are expressed as “*” or “o” on a boxplot, while the median and
mean are x%and x , respectively.
b. Outliners have an equally proportionate impact on both the median and the
mean.
c. The outliers effect on the median is offset by the mean of the dataset,
based on whether the dataset has an odd or even number of values.
d. Outliers have a greater impact on the mean than on the median.
e. They can best be expressed via probability plots.
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16. The process of subtracting the mean from every value in a distribution and then
dividing the result by the standard deviation results in what?
a. A hypergeometric distribution
b. Too many numbers
c. Percentiles
d. The standard normal distribution
e. A binomial random variable
17. Given a pdf for a continuous random variable x, what is the process for
identifying a specific percentile of the distribution?
18. You are a guest DJ on a classic rock station for every afternoon in the future, until
you complete a given project. The project consists of playing one song from each
album listed below, without repeats during a given day, until you’ve exhausted all
possibilities. How many afternoons are you going to be a DJ at the station, if you
accept the job?
Album 1 6 songs
Album 2 4 songs
Album 3 8 songs
Album 4 7 songs
Album 5 7 songs