Republic of the Philippines

Department of Science and Technology

PHILIPPINE SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL
Cordillera Administrative Region Campus
Purok 12, Upper Irisan, Baguio City
Math 3B: Beginning Statistics

email: pshs_carc@yahoo.com.ph

Third Quarter Examination

January 23, 2014

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Read and follow the given instructions. Analyze the items before you answer
the questions. Write your name both on the questionnaire and answer sheet. Write ALL of your answers on
the answer sheet. In this test, you are allowed to use calculators, and the formulae and table provided with
this test questionnaire. You are NOT allowed to open your book, or your notes, or to consult your classmate
during the whole duration of the test. Write clearly and legibly. Use CAPITAL letters in answering Tests
I and III. For part III and IV, ou may use the statistics software that we used in the class. If you have any
questions and/or clarifications, feel free to approach your proctor. (Total: 125 points; Passing Score: 75
points)
I. ALTERNATE RESPONSE. What follows are statements regarding the normal curve and the t distributions. On your answer sheet, write TRUE if the statement is always correct; otherwise, write FALSE.
(1 point each; 10 points)
1. A normal distribution is a continuous distribution of a variable that is skewed to the left.
2. The standard normal distribution is a normal distribution with a mean of 0 and a standard
deviation of 1.
3. As the sample size n increases without limit, the shape of the distribution of the sample means
taken with replacement from a population with mean and standard deviation will approach
a normal distribution.
4. To get the 95% confidence interval for a population mean, you have to derive the z/2 for 0.05.
5. To get the t/2 for a sample with a size of 7, one must consider a degree of freedom of 7.
6. The mean of the sampling distribution of sample means is equal to the population mean.
7. When deciding about normality of data, graphical representations such as boxplot, histogram
and the normal-quantile plot give a better picture of normality than numerical indicators such as
Pearson Coefficient of Skewness.
8. The standard deviation of the sample means will be equal to the population standard deviations.
9. A Pearson Coeficient of Skewness value of 1.23 means that the sample data is skewed to the
right.
10. A confidence interval of a parameter is an interval estimate based on a given confidence level.
II. IDENTIFICATION. Identify the term being defined or described. Write your answer in the provided
answer sheet. Choose your answer from the given items in the box. (1 point each; Total: 10 points)
1. It is a distribution using the means computed from all possible random samples of a specific size
taken from a population.
2. It is the difference between the sample measure and the corresponding population measure due
to the fact that the sample is not a perfect representation of the population.
X
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3. It is defined as

4. It is a specific numerical value estimate of a parameter.

5. It is a range of values used to estimate the parameter.
6. The characteristic of the population being estimated in statistical estimation
7. Every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected for the sample.
8. A sample obtained by dividing the population into subgroups according to various homogeneous
characteristics and then selecting members from each group for the sample.
9. A sample obtained by selecting a pre-existing natural group and using the members of the group
for the sample.
10. A sample obtained by numbering each element in the population and then selecting every third
or fifth or tenth, etc., number from the population to be included in the sample. This is done after
the first number is selected at random.
cluster sample
random sampling
sampling error

interval estimate
parameter
sampling distribution of sample means
stratified sampling
systematic sampling

point estimate
z-score

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III. MATCHING TEST. This part of the test aims to assess how well you understand the concepts of areas
under the standard normal curve and the corresponding probabilities of a random variable falling
in a given interval. Match the expression or situation in Column 1 with their corresponding value in
Column 2. Write the letter corresponding to your answer on your answer sheet. An answer may be
chosen more than once. (1 point each; 10 points)
Column 2

Column 1
Find the area under the standard normal distribution
1. between z = 0 and z = 1.77
2. to the right of z = 2.01
3. to the left of z = 2.15 as well as to the right of z = 1.62.
For items 4 to 7, find the following probabilities using the standard
normal distribution.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

P (1.23 < z < 0)

P (z < 1.77)
P (z > 1.43)
P (1.46 < z < 2.97)
Find the value to the right of the mean so that 54.78% of the area
under the distribution curve lies to the left of it.
9. Find the z value to the left of the mean so that 98.87% of the area
under the distribution curve lies to the right of it.
10. Given two z values so that 48% of the middle area is bounded by
them, find the one to the left of the mean.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
K.
L.

-2.28
-0.64
0.0158
0.0222
0.0384
0.0684
0.0707
0.12
0.3907
0.4616
0.9236
0.9264

IV. GRAPHS OF AREAS UNDER THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION CURVE. Sketch the areas defined in
part III. Label your graphs accurately. (3 points each; Total: 30 points)
V. PROBLEM SOLVING. Compute for the required statistics/parameters/estimates in the following
problems. Provide solutions to your answers in your answer sheet. Make a conclusion based on your
calculations. R codes are acceptable solutions. Please be kind to your teachers and try to write legibly,
clearly, and cleanly.
1. Newborn elephant calves usually weigh betwen 200 and 250 poundsuntil October 2005, that
is. An Asian elephant at the Houston (Texas) Zoo gave birth to a male calf weighing in at a
whopping 384 pounds. If, indeed, the mean weight for newborn elephant calves is 225 pounds
with a standard deviation of 45 pounds, what is the probability of a newborn weighing at least
384 pounds? Assume that the weights of newborn elephants are normally distributed. (5 points)
2. To help students improve their reading, a school district decides to implement a reading program.
It is to be administered to the bottom 5% of the students in the district, based on the scores on
a reading achievement exam. If the average score for the students in the district is 122.6, find
the cutoff score that will make a student eligible for the program. The standard deviation is 18.
Assume the variable is normally distributed. (5 points)
3. A recent study of the lifetimes of cell phones found that the average is 24.3 months. The standard
deviation is 2.6 months. If a company provides its 33 employees with a cell phone, find the
probability that the mean lifetime of these phones will be less than 23.8 months. Assume cell
phone life is a normally distributed variable. (5 points)
4. The number of faculty at 32 randomly selected state-controlled college and universities with
enrollment under 12,000 students are shown below. (10 points)
211 384 396 211 224 337 395 121 356
621 367 408 515 280 289 180 431 176
318 836 203 374 224 121 412 134 539
471 638 425 159 324
(a) What is the best point estimate for the mean number of faculty at all state-controlled colleges
and universities with enrollment under 12,000?
(b) Find the confidence interval with 92% confidence level. Assume = 165.1.
(c) Write a conclusion regarding your confidence interval.
5. (20 points) An article in the journal Materials Engineering (1989, Vol. II, No. 4, pp. 275281)
describes the results of tensile adhesion on 22 U-700 alloy specimens. The load at specimen
failure is as follows (in megapascals):

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(a) Write a conclusion about the normality of the data using

i. Pearson Correlation Coefficient (PC).
ii. Boxplot, Histogram, and Normal Quantile Plot (Label your plots accurately.)
iii. Based on your plots, is there an outlier in your data? If so, verify your answer and
determine what the outlier/s is/are?
(b) What is a reasonable point estimate for the population load at specimen failure?
(c) What is the sample standard deviation?
(d) Determine the 95% confidence interval on . Round off your answer to the appropriate
number of decimal places.
(e) Make a conclusion regarding your confidence interval.
6. A pizza shop owner wishes to find the 95% confidence interval of the true mean cost of a large
plain pizza. How large should the sample be if she wishes to be accurate to within Php6.00? A
previous study showed that the standard deviation of the price was Php10.40. (5 points)
7. A random sample of 205 college students were asked if they believed that places could be
haunted, and 65 responded yes. Estimate the true proportion of college students who believe in
the possibilty of haunted places with 99% confidence. (5 points)
8. A recent study indicated that 29% of the 100 women over age 55 in the study were widows.
(a) How large a sample must you take to be 90% confident that the estimate is within 0.05 of the
true proportion of women over age 55 who are widows? (5 points)
(b) If no estimate of the sample proportion is available, how large should the sample be? (5
points)

Life is not just a series of calculations and a sum

total of statistics, its about experience, its about
participation, it is something more complex and
more interesting than what is obvious.
Daniel Libeskind

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Prepared by:
JOSEPH S. TABADERO, JR.
MARISOL M. BARNACHEA

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