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1
Which of the following variables is categorical?
The number of Facebook friends you have
None of them
The available food choices in the student cafeteria
The amount of time a student spends on the Internet in one day
2
In a probability model, all possible outcomes together must have a probability of 1.
True
False
3
Probability calculations from a binomial distribution can be found using a Normal approximation for large sample sizes
True
False
4
From central limit theorem,if we draw an SRS from any population sampling distribution of the sample mean will be normal
False
True
5
Margin of error for confidence interval for mean,based on specified sample size n,increase as confidence level decreases
True
False
6
A valid probability is any number between -1 to 1.
True
False
7
Which plot helps you visualize the value of the correlation, r?
Scatter plots
Density curves
Box plots
Histogram
8
A probability histogram describes the probability distribution of a discrete random variable.
True
False
9
The margin of error for a 95% confidence interval for the mean decreases as the population standard deviation decreases.
True
False
10
Which statement about standardized z-score of value of a variable X,that has mean of m & standard deviation of s,is true
All of the statements are true
Z-score tell how many stand-devia units from orig-obser fall away from mean
The z-score has a standard deviation equal to 1
The z-score has a mean equal to 0
11
When sampling data from a large population, the mean of the sampling distribution is_______.
Shifted by a factor of 10
None of them
Shifted by a factor of Routen ur n
Shifted by a factor of the sample size, n
12
Binomial distributions represent ___________ random variables.
None of them
Discrete
Continuous
13
When examining a distribution of a quantitative variable, which of the following features do we look for?
Symmetry or skewness The number of peaks or modes
Overall shape, center, and spread
Deviations from overall patterns such as outliers
All of them
14
A simple random sample should be used for the t procedure when the sample size is small
True
False
15
The marigin of error in a confidence interval captures errors that are present from random sampling only.
False
True
16
The larger the level of confidence, the _____ the confidence interval.
larger
none of them
smaller
17
The second letter of a word in a text message is independent of the first letter of that word.
False
True
18
The correlation coefficient must always lie between –1.0 and +1.0.
False
True
19
Outliers do not have a large effect on the formation of confidence intervals
True
False
20
In a test of statistical hypotheses, what does the P-value tell us?
If the alternative hypothesis is true
Largest level of significance at which the null hypothesis can be rejected
If the null hypothesis is true
Smallest level of significance at which the null hypothesis can be rejected
21
100 athletes is selected from a large high school.There are 15 football players. What´s the standard error of proportion
0.357
0.05
0.0357
0.00128
22
When using a histogram to display categorical values, you should make sure the categories are in alphabetical order.
True
False
23
The appearance of a histogram will change when you _______.
all of them
remove outliers
add more data
change the class size
24
Suppose that A and B are two independent events with P(A) = 0.3 and P(B) = 0.3. What is P(A and B)?
0.60
0.52
0.51
0.09
25
Which of the following are independent trials?
The results of a coin flip after rolling... & The first character of a...
The results of a coin flip after rolling two dice
The total of two dice after recording the value of the first die rolled
The first character of a license plate and the color of the car
26
Sample size required to obtain a confidenceinterval of specified margin of error m increase as confidence level increase
True
False
27
P-value obtain from two-sided significance test will be twice as large as the p-value that come from same onesidedtest
True
False
28
A valid probability is either 0 or 1
False
True
29
The Histogram shows data from 30 students who were asked "how much time do u spend on internet in minutes" what is shown
None of them
There is a potential outlier
Most values are around 800
The range of values are between 0 and 400
30
When the sample size is very large, the corresponding t distribution is very close to the normal distribution
False
True
31
A probability histogram describes the probability distribution of a discrete random variable
False
True
32
Outliers do not have a large effect on the formation of confidence intervals.
False
True
33
The _____ the P-value, the stronger the evidence against the null hypothesis provided by the data.
Larger
None of them
Smaller
34
The one-sample z statistic is used instead of the one-sample t-statistic when _____.
μ is known
σ is known
μ is unknown
σ is unknown
35
The probability of success for binomial distribution must remain the same for each observation.
True
False
36
A probability histogram can only be used for continuous random variables.
True
False
37
Large sample significance tests for a single proportion are based on the _____.
none of them
z statistic
binomial distribution
t test
38
Let random variable X be number of repair calls an appliance repairshop receive during 1h.Distribution of x given below
0.2
0.3
0.02
2
39
Probability calculations from t procedure are valid if theres outliers indata as long as sample size is large/datanormal
True
False
40
Two events are considered independent if the outcome of one does not influence the outcome of the other.
True
False
41
The purpose of forming confidence intervals is to find exact value of the true population mean based on random sample
False
True
42
Performing t procedure, its best to look at data first and then determine if you should do a one-sided or two-sided test
True
False
43
If a 95% and a 90% confidence interval were calculated,what would happen to the width of the 95% comparing to a 90%?
It would be wider
It would stay the same
It would be narrower.
This cannot be determined from the information given.
44
An approximate 99% confidence interval for an unknown proportion p is of the form ^p +- the margin of error.
True
False
45
The probability of an event is defined as the proportion of times an event occurs occasionally.
False
True