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NAME___________________________ STUDENT NUMBER______________

STA220H5 F L0101
TEST ONE
Duration - 50 minutes
Aids Permitted: Calculators and one 8.5 by 11" aid sheet (one side).
The marks on this test add up to 45 October 7, 2009
[10 marks]
1. If the statement is true under all conditions circle T otherwise circle F.
A. An inference is made about a sample based on a population. T F
B. The number of winners in a lottery is a continuous random variable. T F
C. Chebyshevs theorem holds true for mound shaped distributions. T F
D. There can only be one mode in a set of data. T F
E. The mean, median and mode are equal in a mound shaped population. T F
F. Approximately 68% of measurements have a z-score between -1 and +1. T F
G. The median is the 50 percentile. T F
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H. Independent events are mutually exclusive. T F
I. For two events A and B, (A c B) $ (A 1 B) T F
J. If A and B are dependent events then P(A 1 B) = P(A)P(B). T F
[15 marks]
2. The following 24 values are the dollar amounts spent on supplies by 24 different students:
9.95 16.95 6.95 6.95 8.60 8.60 33.50 17.95 12.95 9.95 8.15 6.95
25.35 2.50 7.95 4.95 5.55 9.95 13.45 12.95 3.50 6.00 7.95 2.95
A. Give the stem and leaf display.
B. Find the mode.
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A partial Minitab output of the data above follows. Use it to answer parts C, D, E, F,G, H.
Variable N Mean Median StDev Minimum Maximum Q1 Q3
$ 24 10.44 8.38 7.15 2.50 33.50 6.95 12.95
C. Compute the interquartile range.
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D. Compute the values of the upper and lower inner fences.
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E. Give the boxplot of the data using information in the output and identify in the plot
any outliers in the data set.
F. Find the z-score for the value $5.00
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G. Compute 0 1s
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H. What proportion of the data in this set are within 1 standard deviation of the mean?
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[10 marks]
3. A. A portion of a random numbers table follows:
39817 09763 83473 73577 12908 30883 18317 28290 35797 05998 41688 34952
03547 25976 57948 29488 88604 67917 48708 18912 82271 65424 69774 33611
i. Starting with the first number in the table above and reading across select a sample
of 5 from a population of 6875 numbered people.
ii. Starting with the first number on the second line and reading across select a sample
of 5 from a population 75 people.
B. The random variable x has the following probability distribution.
x P(x)
2 .6
4 .1
6 .3
A. Calculate the mean.
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B. Calculate the standard deviation.

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C. P(x = 2) =
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D. Find the probability that x is at most 5.
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[10 marks]
4. A. For two events A and B, P(A) = 0.4 and P(B) = 0.2
i. If A and B are independent P(A 1 B) = ______
ii. If A and B are mutually exclusive P(A 1 B) = _______
iii. If P(A 1 B) = 0.1 find P(A 1 B ) _______
c
iv. If P(A 1 B) = 0.1 find P(A c B ) _______
c c
v. If P(A 1 B) = 0.1 find P(B * A ) _______
c
B. 20% of children with neuroblastoma undergo surgery. The surgery is successful in
curing the disease 95% of the time. For a child with neuroblastoma what is the
probability that the child has surgery and is cured?
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