Questions:
1. True or False. Justify for full credit.
(a) The volume of milk in a jug of milk is 128 oz. The value 128 is from a
discrete data set.
(b) If the variance from a data set is zero, then all the observations in this data set must
be zero.
(c) P(AANDA ) 0, whereA is the complement of A. c c
(d) The mean and median for a normal distribution are always the same.
(e) In a hypothesis testing, if the p-value is less than the significance level α, we do not
have sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis.
Refer to the following frequency distribution for Questions 2, 3, 4, and 5. Show all work. Just the
answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit.
A random sample of 25 customers was chosen in UMUC MiniMart between 3:00 and 4:00
PM on a Friday afternoon. The frequency distribution below shows the distribution for
checkout time (in minutes).
Checkout Time (in minutes) Frequency Relative Frequency
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Checkout Time (in minutes)
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Frequency
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Relative Frequency
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1.0 - 1.9
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6
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2.0 - 2.9
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8
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3.0 - 3.9
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4.0 - 5.9
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5
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Total
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25
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2. Complete the frequency table with frequency and relative frequency. (5 pts)
3. What percentage of the checkout times was less than 3 minutes? (5 pts)
4. In what class interval must the median lie? Explain your answer. (5 pts)
5. Assume that the largest observation in this dataset is 5.8. Suppose this observation were
incorrectly recorded as 8.5 instead of 5.8. Will the mean increase, decrease, or remain
the same? Will the median increase, decrease or remain the same? Why? (5 pts)
Refer to the following information for Questions 6, 7, and 8. Show all work. Just the answer,
without supporting work, will receive no credit.
A 6-faced die is rolled two times. Let A be the event that the outcome of the first roll is an even
number, and B be the event that the outcome of second roll is greater than 4.
6. How many outcomes are there in the sample space? (5 pts)
7. What is the probability that the outcome of the second roll is greater than 4, given that the
8. Are A and B independent? Why or why not? (5 pts)
Refer to the following situation for Questions 9, 10, and 11.
The five-number summary below shows the grade distribution of two STAT 200 quizzes.
Minimum
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Minimum
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Q1
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Median
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Q3
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Maximum
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Quiz 1
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12
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40
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60
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95
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100
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Quiz 2
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20
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35
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50
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90
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100
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For each question, give your answer as one of the following: (a) Quiz 1; (b) Quiz 2; (c) Both quizzes have the same value requested; (d) It is impossible to tell using only the given information. Then explain your answer in each case. (5 pts each)
9. Which quiz has less interquartile range in grade distribution?
10. Which quiz has the greater percentage of students with grades 90 and over?
11. Which quiz has a greater percentage of students with grades less than 60?
Refer to the following information for Questions 12 and 13. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit.
There are 1000 juniors in a college. Among the 1000 juniors, 200 students are taking STAT200, and 100 students are taking PSYC300. There are 50 students taking both courses.
12. What is the probability that a randomly selected junior is taking at least one of these two courses? (10 pts)
13. What is the probability that a randomly selected junior is taking PSYC300, given that he/she is taking STAT200? (10 pts)
14. UMUC Stat Club is sending a delegate of 2 members to attend the 2015 Joint Statistical Meeting in Seattle. There are 10 qualified candidates. How many different ways can the delegate be selected? (5 pts)
15. Imagine you are in a game show. There are 4 prizes hidden on a game board with 10 spaces. One prize is worth $100, another is worth $50, and two are worth $10. You have to pay $20 to the host if your choice is not correct. Let the random variable x be the winning. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit.
What is your expected winning in this game? (5 pts)
Determine the standard deviation of x. (Round the answer to two decimal places) (10 pts)
16. Mimi just started her tennis class three weeks ago. On average, she is able to return 20%
of her opponent's serves. Assume her opponent serves 8 times. Show all work. Just the answer,
without supporting work, will receive no credit.
(a) Let X be the number of returns that Mimi gets. As we know, the distribution of X is a binomial probability distribution. What is the number of trials (n), 8
Find the probability that that she returns at least 1 of the 8 serves from her opponent. (10 pts)
How many serves can she expect to return? (5 pts)
Refer to the following information for Questions 17, 18, and 19. Show all work. Just the answer,
without supporting work, will receive no credit.
The heights of pecan trees are normally distributed with a mean of 10 feet and a standard deviation of 2
feet.
17. What is the probability that a randomly selected pecan tree is between 10 and 12 feet tall?
18. Find the 3rd quartile of the pecan tree height distribution. (5 pts)
19. If a random sample of 100 pecan trees is selected, what is the standard deviation of the sample mean? (5 pts)
20. A random sample of 225 SAT scores has a sample mean of 1500. Assume that SAT scores have a population standard deviation of 300. Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate
of the mean SAT scores. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive
no credit.
21. Consider the hypothesis test given by
(a) Determine the test statistic. Show all work; writing the correct test statistic, without
supporting work, will receive no credit.
(b) Determine the p-value for this test. Show all work; writing the correct P-value,
without supporting work, will receive no credit.
(c) Is there sufficient evidence to justify the rejection of 0 H at the 0.01 level?
Explain. (15 pts)
22. Consumption of a large amount of alcohol is known to increase reaction time. To
investigate the effects of small amounts of alcohol, reaction time was recorded for five
individuals before and after 2 ounces of alcohol was consumed by each. Does the data
below suggest that the consumption of 2 ounces of alcohol increases mean reaction time?
Reaction Time (seconds)
Subject Before After
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Reaction Time (Seconds)
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Subject
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Before
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After
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1
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6
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7
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2
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8
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8
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3
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4
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6
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4
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7
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8
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5
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9
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8
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Assume we want to use a 0.01 significance level to test the claim.
Identify the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis.
(b) Determine the test statistic. Show all work; writing the correct test statistic, without
supporting work, will receive no credit.
(c) Determine the p-value. Show all work; writing the correct critical value, without
supporting work, will receive no credit.
(d) Is there sufficient evidence to support the claim that the consumption of 2 ounces of
alcohol increases mean reaction time? Justify your conclusion.
(20 pts)
23. A STAT 230 instructor is interested in whether there is any variation in the final exam grades
between her two classes Data collected from the two classes are as follows:
(a) Determine the test statistic. Show all work; writing the correct test statistic, without
supporting work, will receive no credit.
(b) Determine the p-value for this test. Show all work; writing the correct P-value,
without supporting work, will receive no credit.
(c) Is there sufficient evidence to justify the rejection of 0 H at the 0.01 level?
Explain. (10 pts)
24. A random sample of 4 professional athletes produced the following data where x is the number of endorsements the player has and y is the amount of money made (in millions of dollars).
Find an equation of the least squares regression line. Show all work; writing the correct equation, without supporting work, will receive no credit. (15 pts)
Based on the equation from part (a), what is the predicted value of y if x = 4? Show all work and justify your answer. (5 pts)
25. The UMUC Daily News reported that the color distribution for plain M&M's was: 40% brown, 20% yellow, 20% orange, 10% green, and 10% tan. Each piece of candy in a random sample of 100 plain M&M's was classified according to color, and the results are listed below. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the published color distribution is correct. Show all work and justify your answer.
Identify the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis.
Determine the test statistic. Show all work; writing the correct test statistic, without supporting work, will receive no credit
(c) Determine the p-value. Show all work; writing the correct critical value, without supporting work, will receive no credit.
Is there sufficient evidence to support the claim that the published color distribution is correct? Justify your answer.