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Q1. Variables that can be classified as discrete or
continuous

a) Categorical
b) Qualitative
c) Quantitative
d) Ratio

Ans: C
Q2. Variables that contain a finite number of categories or
distinct group

a) Categorical
b) Qualitative
c) Quantitative
d) Ratio

Ans: A
Q3. Variables that are numeric variables that have a
countable number of values between any two values

a) Discrete
b) Continuous
c) Nominal
d) Ordinal

Ans: B
Q4. It is defined as a scale used for labeling variables into
distinct classifications and doesn’t involve a quantitative
value or order

a) Qualitative
b) Interval
c) Ratio
d) Nominal

Ans: D
Q5. It is defined as a variable measurement scale that not only
produces the order of variables but also makes the difference
between variables known along with information on the value of
true zero.
a) Ratio
b) Interval
c) Quantitative
d) Ordinal

Ans: A
Q5. Is a numerical description of the value of an outcome of
an experiment

a) Probability distribution
b) Random variable
c) Random distribution
d) Probability Mass Function

Ans: B
Q6. Present the possible values of the random variables and
their corresponding probabilities.

a) Random Variable
b) Probability Distribution
c) Probability mass function
d) Random Distribution

Ans: B
Q7. A continuous random variable takes any real value or
infinite number possible values that cannot be counted.

i. True
ii. False

Ans: True
Q8. Discrete Random variable has a infinite number of
possible values that are exact and can be counted by using
nonnegative whole numbers or simply positive integers

i. True
ii. False

Ans: True
Q9.If the Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP)
among faculty members of the Nursing
Department is normally distributed with a
mean of 110mm Hg and a standard deviation
of 12mm Hg, what is the probability that a
sample of 40 faculty members will have a
mean SBP greater than 120mm Hg?

Ans: 5.27
Q10. The length of life of the battery of the 2D
Echo machine is approximately normally
distributed, with mean equal to 500 hours and
standard deviation of 20 hours. Find the
probability that a random sample of 10
batteries will have an average life of less than
483 hours.
Ans: -2.69
Q11. The mean and standard deviation for
grade-point-averages of the random sample of
36 SHS students are calculated to be 2.6 and
0.3, respectively. How large a sample is
required if we want to be 95% CI that our
estimate of mu is not off by more than 0.05?
Ans: n=139
Q12. A nutritionist wanted to monitor the
chemical contaminants in food, and thereby,
accumulate contaminants in human diets,
selected a random sample of 50 male adults.
He found out that the average daily intake of
dairy products was 800 grams per day with a
standard deviation of 23 grams per day. Use
the sample information to construct a 95%
confidence interval for the mean daily intake
of dairy products for men.
Ans: Hence, the 95% Cl iis from 739.62 to
806.38 grams per day.
Q13. Construct a 99% confidence interval for
the mean daily intake of dairy products for 50
HS students with mean of 756 grams and
standard deviation of 35 grams per day.
Ans: Hence, the 99% Cl is from 791.36 to
808.37 grams per day.
Q14. Given IQ scores are approximately normally
distributed with a mean of 100 and standard
deviation of 15, the proportion of people with IQs above
130 is:
a) 95%
b) 68%
c) 5%
d) 2.5%
Ans: d
Q15. Randomly assigning treatment to experimental units
allows:

a) population inference
b) causal inference
c) both types of inference
d) neither type of inference
Ans: b
Q16. Failing to reject the null hypothesis when it is false is:

a) Alpha
b) Type I error
c) Beta
d) Type II error
Ans: d
Q17. A parameter is:

a) a sample characteristic
b) a population characteristic
c) Unknown
d) normal normally distributed
Ans: b
Q18. A statistic is:

a) a sample characteristic
b) a population characteristic
c) Unknown
d) normally distributed
Ans: a
Q19. Observational studies allow:

a) population inference
b) causal inference
c) both types of inference
d) neither type of inference
Ans:d
Q20. A national random sample of 20 ACT scores from
2010 is listed below. Calculate the sample
mean and standard deviation.
29, 26, 13, 23, 23, 25, 17, 22, 17, 19, 12, 26, 30, 30, 18, 14,
12, 26, 17, 18
a) 20.50, 5.79
b) 20.50, 5.94
c) 20.85, 5.79
d) 20.85, 5.94
Ans: d
Q21. Provided that the ACT is reasonably normally
distributed with a mean of 18 and standard
deviation of 6, determine the proportion of students with a
33 or higher.
a) 0.0062
b) 0.0109
c) 0.0124
d) 0.0217
Ans: a
Q22. Using the data in question 7, calculate the 95%
confidence interval for the mean ACT score based
on the t-distribution.

a) -∞ to 23.05
b) -∞ to 23.15
c) 18.07 to 23.63
d) 18.22 to 23.48
Ans: c
Q23. Using the data in question 7, calculate number of
observations that are two or more sample
standard deviations from the sample mean.

a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
Ans: a
Q24. The sampling distribution of a stastic gives all the
values that the statistic can take and the probability that
each value under the assumption that it resulted from
chance alone.
I. True
II. False
Ans: true
Q25. Test statistic is a value calculated from sample
measurements and on which the statistical decision will not
be based.

I. True
II. False
Ans: false
Q26. Critical region or rejection region is the set of values
of the test statistic for which the null hypothesis will be
rejected and the acceptance region is the set of values of
the statistic for which the null hypothesis will be rejected.

i. True
ii. False
Ans: false
Q27. The non-parametic or distribution-free test evolved
and developed because of the rigidity of the assumptions of
parametric tests.

I. True
II. False
Ans: true
Q28. A confidence interval is a range of values computed in
such a way that it contains the estimated parameter a high
proportion of the time.

I. True
II. False
Ans: true
Q29. Which of the following yields correct decision?

a) Reject a true null hypothesis

b) Accept a false null hypothesis
c) Accept a true null hypothesis
Ans: c
Q30. What hypothesis states no equality or existence of
differences, relationship, or effect?

a) statistical hypothesis
b) alternative hypothesis
c) null hypothesis
Ans: b
Q31. If the test is two-tailed, the critical region, with an area
equal to a, will be the left side of the mean.

i. True
ii. False
Ans: false
Q32. What hypothesis states no equality or existence of
differences, relationship, or effect?

a) H0 : > 15
b) H1 : < 15
c) H0: < 15
d) H1: > 15
Ans: d
Q33. Type l is also called:

a) Alpha error
b) Critical Value Error
c) Beta Error
ans: a
Q34. Which hypothesis is generally formulated to look for
evidence to support a claim called a research hypothesis?

a) alternative hypothesis
b) statisical hypothesis
c) null hypothesis
Ans: a
Q35. What hypothesis states no equality or existence of
differences, relationship, or effect?

a) statistical hypothesis
b) alternative hypothesis
c) null hypothesis
Ans: b
Q36. Under what conditions is a t-distribution used rather
than a normal distribution?

■ Explain.
Q37. Under what conditions does the Central Limit
Theorem permits us to assume the sample means are
normally
■ Explain.
Q38. A random sample of n = 20 is taken, X and s
computed, followed by a t and then a P-value, and finally a
conclusion regarding H0 is made. Is there an assumption
that is necesary? If so, what is it?
■ Explain
■ Answer
 Q39. As part of an investigation determining the efficacy of
a drug treatment protocol, a researcher has determined the
mean of a particular random variable is 125. She
accumulates a sample of 15 subjects with a mean of 130
and a standard deviation of 12. What is the probability that
this mean is greater than the anticipated mean of 125?

■ Explain
■ solve
Q40. A previous problem in chapter 2 presented the scenario of a
service company using Maraschino Cherries. For a sample of 16
intervals the average and standard deviation of the times to exhaust a
container was: answer:X = 51.5 days and s = 13.07 days.

The owner wishes to reorder a new bulk container to ensure that no

more that 1% of the time she will run out.

Assuming that a very large sample would approximate a continuous

distribution, how soon after opening a container should she obtain a
replacement?

■ Solve
Q41. Confidence intervals are useful
when trying to estimate _______.
■ a. unknown parameters
■ b. known parameters
■ c. unknown statistics
■ d. known statistics
Q42. A random sample of 20 observations produced a
sample mean of 𝑥 ̅= 92.4 and s = 25.8.What is the value of
the standard error of 𝑥 ̅?

■ a. 4.6
■ b. 15.9
■ c. 1.3
■ d. 5.8
■ e. 2.6
Q43. The ____ the P-value, the stronger the evidence
against the null hypothesis provided by the data.

■ a. larger
■ b. smaller
Q44. The test statistic for a two-sided significance test for a
population mean is z = –2.12. What is the corresponding P-
value?

■ a. 0.017
■ b. 0.034
■ c. 0.483
■ d. 0.983
Q45. The one-sample z statistic is used instead of the one-
sample t statistic when ______.

■ a. μ is known
■ b. μ is unknown
■ c. σ is known
■ d. σ is unknown
Q46. The heights (in inches) of adult males in the United
States are believed to be Normally distributed with mean µ.
The average height of a random sample of 25 American
adult males is found to be 𝑥𝑥 ̅= 69.72 inches, and the
standard deviation of the 25 heights is found to be s = 4.15.
A 90% confidence interval for µ is

■ a. 69.72 ± 1.09
■ b. 69.72 ± 1.37
■ c. 69.72 ± 1.42
Q47. Suppose we were interested in determining if there
were differences in the average prices among two local
supermarkets. We randomly pick six items to compare at
both supermarkets. Which statistical procedure would be
best to use for this study?

■ a. Matched-pairs t procedure
■ b. One-sample t test
■ c. Two-sample t test
■ d. None of the above
Q48. Perform a one-sample t-test using the following
statistics: n = 5 𝑥 ̅= 3.871 s = 0.679 The null hypothesis is μ
= 5.0 is

■ a. accepted at the 5% level; accepted at the 1% level.

■ b. accepted at the 5% level; rejected at the 1% level.
■ c. rejected at the 5% level; accepted at the 1% level.
■ d. rejected at the 5% level; rejected at the 1% level.
Q49. You buy a package of 122 Smarties and 19 of them
are red. What is a 95% confidence interval for the true
proportion of red Smarties?

■ a. (0.092, 0.220)
■ b. (0.103, 0.230)
■ c. (0.085, 0.199)
Q50. It is thought that 12% of all students taking a
particular course received a grade of A. In a sample of 155
students, it is found that 21 made an A. What is the test
statistic for testing the true proportion is 12%?
■ a. 0.53
■ b. 0.01
■ c. 0.57
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