ASSIGNMENT ONE OF FUNDAMENTAL STATISTICS

Instructions:

This assignment contains two parts: Part I is multiple choices and part II is no-multiple choices;
The Assignment should/must be discussed in different Groups.
Avoid to copy from each other (Plagiarism) otherwise you will share the same mars if you copy
from each other.
The following instructions are for Multiple choice section
In each of the multiple choice questions, only one assertion is correct.
Using a pencil, shade on the answer sheet, the letter corresponding to the correct answer.
The correct answer is highlighted.

Part I: multiple choices

1. Which of the following statements about pie charts is false?
a. Pie charts are graphical representations of the relative frequency distribution.
b. Pie charts are usually used to display the relative sizes of categories for interval data.
c. Pie charts usually have the shape of a circle
d. Area of each slice of a pie chart is the proportion of the corresponding category of a categorical variable
e. Pie charts are graphical techniques for nominal data.
2. The table lists the number of workers who belong to different categories based on the amount of stress
they experience in their jobs.
Numb
er of
Category
works
High stress
23
Moderate
stress
42
Minimal stress
25
No stress
10
When summarizing this information in the form of a pie chart, the angles (in degrees) needed for the four
categories (in the given order) are:
a) 82.8, 151.2, 90 and 36
b) 87, 150.1, 90 and 36
c) 82.8, 90, 151.2 and 36
d) 90, 90, 90 and 90
e) 90, 150, 90 and 30
3. The following frequency distribution was compiled. Which of the following is correct?
Class
13-17 18-22
23-27
28-32
33-37
38-42
frequenc
y
2
4
6
4
3
1
a. The arithmetic mean is 26.25
b. The first quartile is 16.84
c. The median is 29.46
d. The mode is 21.75

e. The third quartile is 35.39

4. Which of the following can have more than one value for a given data?
a. Median
b. Arithmetic mean
c. Mode
d. Interquartile range
e. Range
5. If a teacher computes the mean for a set of test scores and then subtracts this mean from each score, the
SUM of the resulting set of differences between the scores and the mean will equal
A . zero
b. one
c. the number of students
d. the mean
e. cannot be determined without additional information
6. The number of sick-days due to colds and flu last year was recorded by a sample of 15 adults as:
5
7
0
3 15
6
5
9
3
8
10
5
2
0 12
The mean, sample standard deviation and sample coefficient of variation are respectively:
a) 6.00 , 4.276 and 1.403
b) 6.00 , 18.286 and 3.048
c) 5.00 , 18.286 and 3.657
d) 6.00 , 4.276 and 0.713
e) 5.00 , 18.286 and 3.048
7. The cholesterol levels (in milligrams per deciliter) of 30 adults are listed below.
154 156
165 165 170 171 172 180 184 185
18
9 189
190 192 195 198 198 200 200 200
205 205
211 215 220 220 225 238 255 265
The interquartile range and the 65th percentile for the cholesterol levels of the 30 adults are respectively:
a) 34 and 20.15
b) 15.5 and 20.15
c) 34 and 200.75
LP=(N+1)P\100
interquartile range=Q3-Q1
d) 18.5 and 205
e) 18.5 and 200.75
8. What set of raw data does the following stem-and-leaf display represent?
Stem
leaf
1.5
89
1.6
256
1.7
122
1.8
13
i. 1.589 1.625
ii. 1.5
1.6
iii. 1.71 1.72

1626
1.7
1.72

1.712 1.813
1.8
8
9
2
5
6
12 13
1.62 1.65 1.66 1.58 1.59 1.81 1.83

iv. 1.589 1.6256 1.7122 1.813

iv. none of the above
9. The body temperatures (in degrees Fahrenheit) of 10 patients hospitalized with meningitis were recorded
as follows: 104.0 104.8 101.6 105.0 103.8 100.8 104.2 100.2 102.4 101.4
a. The variable body temperature is
i. Discrete, quantitative
ii. Discrete, qualitative
iii. Continuous, quantitative
iv. Continuous, qualitative
v. None of the above
b. The sample mean is
i. 102.28
ii. 102.82
iii. 103.41
iv. 102.69
v. None of the above
c. The sample median is
i. 102.4
ii. 103.8
iii. 103.1
iv. 103.0
v. None of the above
d. If the observation 104.8 is omitted from the sample the median is
i. the same as the original sample
ii. 102.4
iii. 103.1
iv. 101.8
v. None of the above
e. The sample range is
i. 4.0
ii. 3.8
to find Range =the biggest after arranging the lowest variable
iii. 4.6
iv. 4.8
v. None of the above
f. The sample standard deviation is
i. 1.66
ii. 2.0
iii. 1.4
iv. 1.749
v. None of the above
10. The Biologist has collected data on a sample of 1,000 fish caught and has developed the following
relative frequency distribution.
Class
Relative frequency

8-10
10-12
12-14
14-16
16-18
18-20
20-22

0.22
0.15
0.25
0.24
0.06
0.05
0.03

Determine
a. The mean number of fish caught
i. 13.08
ii. 1000
iii. 9.76
iv. 3.12
v. none of the above
b. The median number of fish caught
i. 10.06
ii. 13.4
iii. 1.4
iv. 13.06
v. none of the above
c. The mode of the number of the fish caught
i. 15
ii. 1.81
ii.11.19
iv.13.81
v. none of the above
d. The standard deviation of the number of fish caught
i. 9.76
ii. 3.12
iii. 13.08
iv. 3.67
v. none of the above
Part II: No multiple choices
1) a) The annual dividends, in percent, of four oil stocks are: 4.91, 5.75, 8.12, and 21.60. Find the
geometric mean dividend. Find the Arithmetic mean dividend. Is the Arithmetic mean equal to or greater
than the geometric mean?
b) In 1990 there were 9.19 million cable TV subscribers. By 2000 the number of subscribers increased to
54.87 million. What is the geometric mean annual increase for the period?
c) Determine the range, median and mode for the following data: 8, 7, 9, 6, 8, 10, 9, 9, 5, and 7.

d) Consider these five values of a population: 8, 3, 7, 3, and 4.Determine the mean of the population.
Determine the standard deviation. Using chebyshevs rule, in what interval can we find at least 96% of the
population.
2) A sample of 50 students marks was taken for survey of performance in mathematics. The following
frequency distribution describes the result obtained at school.
Class intervals of mathematics
marks
Number of students
(frequency)
i.
ii.

[0 - 10[

[10 - 20[

[20 - 30[

[30 - 40[

15

12

[40 - 50[
10

Calculate Pearsons coefficient of skewness and interpret it.

Calculate interquartile range.

3) The following is the number of minutes to commute from home to RTUC for a group of BBIT
students.

i.
ii.
iii.
iv.

28
25
48
37
17
32
26
16
23
23
29
36
31
26
21
32
25
31
43
35
42
38
33
28
41
How many classes and class interval would you recommend?
By taking lower value minus one as a lower limit of first class, organize the data into a frequency
distribution. And determine the relative frequency?
Draw a histogram and frequency polygon of minutes commuted?
Determine first, second, third quartile and comment on result?

ASSIGNMENT ONE OF QUANTITATIVE TECHIQUE

Instructions:

This assignment contains two parts: Part I is multiple choices and part II is no-multiple choices;
The Assignment should/must be discussed in different Groups.
Avoid to copy from each other (Plagiarism) otherwise you will share the same mars if you copy
from each other.
The following instructions are for Multiple choice section
In each of the multiple choice questions, only one assertion is correct.
Using a pencil, shade on the answer sheet, the letter corresponding to the correct answer.
The correct answer is highlighted.

Part I: multiple choices

1. If P (A) = 0.35, P (B) = 0.5 and P (A and B) =0.25, then P (A/B) is:
a.
1.4
b.
0.5
c.
0.714
d. 1.8
e.
none of the above answers is correct
2. If P (A) = 0.65, P (B) = 0.58 and P (A and B) = 0.76, then P (A or B) is:
a. 1.23
b.
0.47
c.
0.18
d.
0.11
e.
none of the above answers is correct
3. The collection of all possible outcomes of an experiment is called:
a. a simple event
b.
a sample space
c.
a sample
d.
a population
e.
none of the above answers is correct
4.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Suppose P (A) = 0.65. The probability of complement of A is:

0.35
0.50
-0.65
-0.35
none of the above answers is correct

5. Two events A and B are said to be independent if:

a.
P (A and B) = P (A). P(B)

b.
c.
d.
e.

P(A and B) = P(A) + P(B)

P(A/B) = P(B)
P(B/A) = P(A)
none of the above answers is correct

6. If the events A and B are independent with P (A) = 0.2 and P (B) = 0.40, then the
probability that both events will occur simultaneously is:
a.
0.60
b.
0.12
c.
0.08
d.
0. 75
e.
none of the above answers is correct

d.

7. Two events A and B are said to mutually exclusive if:

a.
P(A/B) = 1
b.
P(B/A) =1
c.
P(A and B) =1
P(A and B) = 0
e.
none of the above answers is correct
8. Consider two events: A and B. If the probability of B occurring is 0.55, the probability of A occurring
given that B has occurred is 0.38, and the probability of A occurring is 0.13 if the complement of B has occ
urred, then P(A and B) and P(A and Bc ) are respectively:
a) 0.209 and 0.0585
b) 0.171 and 0.8290
c) 0.209 and 0.7910
d) 0.171 and 0.0715
e) 0.450 and 0.0494
9. In a previous round of promotions at Company X many female candidates lodged complaints about
gender bias in the promotion process. A recent analysis of the relationship between gender and promotions
produced the following table of joint probabilities:
promote
d
Not promoted
Female
0.04
0.11
Male
0.17
0.68
The probability of being promoted is (i) _____ and the probability of being promoted given that the
candidate is female is (ii) ______.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

(i) 0.21
(i) 0.04
(i) 0.04
(i) 0.21
(i) 0.21

(ii) 0.27
(ii) 0.19
(ii) 0.27
(ii) 0.19
(ii) 0.04

10. A blood bank catalogs the type of blood, including, positive or negative Rh-factors as shown in the
table below.
Rh-factor
Blood type
Total
O
A
B
AB

Positive
156
139
37
12
344
Negative
28
25
8
4
65
Total
184
164
45
16
409
A blood donor is selected at random. The probability that the donor has type B blood or
Rh-negative is:
a. 0.249
b. 0.110
c. 0.159
d. 0.020
e. None of the above
11. If bank robberies in Gauteng occur on average 4 times a year, what is the probability of more than 5
bank robberies in Gauteng in 9 months?
a) 0.9161
b) 0.3712
c) 0.1847
d) 0.2149
e) 0.0839
12. Which of the following are valid probability distributions?
(i)
x
0
1
2
3
P(x
0.0 0.1 0.7
)
0.3
5
8
2
(ii)
y
-4
-2
0
2
7
0. 0.0 0.4
0.3
P(y)
3
5
6 -0.18
7
(iii)
z
-24
-1
4
7
8
P(
0.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.1
Z)
7
3
5
1
4
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

(i) and (ii) are valid probability distributions.

(i) and (iii) are valid probability distributions.
Only (ii) is a valid probability distribution.
(ii) and (iii) are valid probability distributions.
Only (iii) is a valid probability distribution.

13. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a binomial experiment?

a.
There is a sequence of identical trials
b.
Each trial results in two or more outcomes.
c.
The trials are independent of each other.
d.
Probability of success p is the same from one trial to another.
e.
The probability of failure is q=1-p.
14. Given a Poisson random variable X, where the average number of successes occurring in a specified
interval is 2, then P(X = 0) is

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

2
1.3416
0.1353
6.05
none of the above answers is correct

15. Which probability distribution is appropriate when the events of interest occur
randomly, independently of one another, and rarely?
a.
Binomial distribution
b.
Poisson distribution
c.
Any discrete probability distribution
d.
Any continuous probability distribution
e.
None of the above answers is correct
16. The expected number of heads in 200 tosses of an unbiased coin is
a.
20
b.
120
c.
100
d.
50
e.
none of the above answers is correct
17. The variance of a binomial distribution for which n = 100 and p = 0.20 is:
a.
100
b.
80
c.
20
d.
16
e.
4
18. Twenty percent of the students in an English class 0f 400 are international students.
The standard deviation of this binomial distribution is
a.
64
b.
4
c.
80
d.
8
e.
none of the above answers is correct

19. Given that Z is a standard normal random variable, P (-1.5 Z 1.5) is
a.
0.4332
b.
0.8788
c.
0.8664
d.
0.9332
e.
none of the above answers is correct
20. Given that Z is a standard normal random variable, P (Z > -1.76) is
a.
-0.4608
b.
0.0392
c.
0.9360
d.
0.9608
e.
none of the above answers is correct

21. Given that the random variable X is normally distributed with a mean of 80 and a standard deviation

of 5, P (85 X 90) is ?????
a.
0.6826
b.
0.3413
c.
0.1915
d.
0.1498
e.
none of the above answers is correct
22. Which of the following is always true for all probability density functions of continuous
random variables?
a.
They are symmetrical
b.
They are bell-shaped
c.
The area under the curve is 1.0
d.
They have the same height
e.
None of the above answers is correct
23. What proportion of the data from a normal distribution is within three standard deviations from the
mean?
a.
0.3413
b.
0.4772
c.
0.6826
d.
0.9544
e.
0.9974

d.
e.

24. If the z-value for a given value x of the random variable X is z = 1.96, and the distribution of X is
normally distributed with a mean of 80 and a standard deviation of 6, to what x-value does this zvalue correspond?
a.
71.76
b.
67.96
c.
91.76
48.24
none of the above answers is correct
25. Which of the following is not a characteristic for a normal distribution?
a.
It is symmetrical distribution
b.
The mean is always zero
c.
The mean, median, and mode are all equal
d.
It is a bell-shaped distribution
e.
It is the most used probability distribution
26. A larger standard deviation of a normal distribution indicates that the distribution becomes
a.
narrower and more peaked
b.
flatter and wider
c.
more skewed to the right
d.
more skewed to the left
e.
bimodal
27. As a general rule, the normal distribution is used to approximate the sampling distribution of the
sample proportion only if

a.
the sample size n is greater than 30
b.
the population proportion p is close to 0.50
c.
the underlying population is normal
d.
np and n(1-p) are both greater than 5
e.
none of the above answers is correct
28. Random samples of size 49 are taken from an infinite population whose mean is 300
and standard deviation is 21. The mean and standard error of the sample mean,
respectively, are:
a.
300 and 21
b.
300 and 3
c.
70 and 230
d.
49 and 21
e.
none of the above answers is correct
29. A population that consists of 600 observations has a mean of 40 and a standard deviation of 15. A
sample of size 100 is taken at random from this population. The standard error of the sample mean
equals:
a.
2.50
b.
12.50
c.
1.343
d.
1.370
e.
none of the above answers is correct

d.
e.

30. An infinite population has a mean of 60 and a standard deviation of 8. A sample of

64 observations will be taken at random from this population. The probability that
the sample mean will be between 58 and 62 is
a.
0.9974
b.
0.9544
c.
0.2467
0.3520
none of the above answers is correct
31. A sample of size n is selected at random from an infinite population. As n increases,
which of the following statements is true?
a.
The population standard deviation decreases
b.
The standard error of the sample mean decreases
c.
The population standard deviation increases
d.
The standard error of the sample mean increases
e.
None of the above answers is correct
32. The Central Limit Theorem states that, if a random sample of size n is drawn from a population, then

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

the sampling distribution of the sample mean :

is approximately normal if n > 30
is approximately normal if n < 30
is approximately normal if the underlying population is normal
has the same variance as the population
none of the above answer is correct

33. If a random sample of size n is drawn from a normally distributed population, then

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

the sampling distribution of the sample mean

normal for all values of n
normal only for n > 30
approximately normal for all values of n
approximately normal only for n > 30
none of the above answers is correct

will be:

34. The term (1- ) 100% refers to:

a.
the probability that a confidence interval does not contain the population parameter
b.
the level of confidence
c.
the level of unbiasedness
d.
the level of consistency
e.
none of the above answers is correct

35. The letter

in the formula for constructing a confidence interval estimate of the population mean is
a.
the level of confidence
b.
the probability that a confidence interval will contain the population mean
c.
the probability that a confidence interval will not contain the population mean
d.
the area in the lower tail of the sampling distribution of the sample mean
e.
none of the above answers is correct

36. A 90% confidence interval estimate of the population mean can be interpreted
to
mean
that:
a. if we repeatedly draw samples of the same size from the same population, 90% of the values of

the sample means

will result in a confidence interval that includes the population mean

b. there is a 90% probability that the population mean

will lie between the lower confidence limit
(LCL) and the upper confidence limit (UCL).
c. we are 90% confident that we have selected a sample whose range of values does not contain the

population mean

d. we are 90% confident that 10% the values of the sample means

will result in a confidence

interval that includes the population mean

e. None of the above answers is correct
37. The width of a confidence interval estimate of the population mean widens when the:
a.
level of confidence increases
b.
sample size decreases
c.
value of the population standard deviation increases
d.
all of the above statements are correct
e.
none of the above answers is correct


38. A 98% confidence interval estimate for a population mean

e.

is determined to be 75.38 to 86.52. If

the confidence level is reduced to 90%, the confidence interval for

a.
becomes wider
b.
remains the same
c.
becomes narrower
d.
no conclusion can be drawn
none of the above answers is correct
39. After constructing a confidence interval estimate for a population mean, you believe that the interval
is useless because it is too wide. In order to correct this problem, you need to:
a.
increase the population standard deviation
b.
increase the sample size
c.
increase the level of confidence
d.
increase the sample mean
e.
none of the above answers is correct
40. The sample size needed to estimate a population mean within 3 units with a 95% confidence when the
population standard deviation equals 9 is
a.
6
b.
35
c.
34
d.
5
e.
none of the above answers is correct

d.
e.

41. As its name suggests, the objective of estimation is to determine the approximate value of:
a.
a population parameter on the basis of a sample statistic
b.
a sample statistic on the basis of a population parameter
c.
the sample mean
the sample variance
none of the above answers is correct
42. A random sample of 64 observations has a mean of 30. The population variance is assumed to be 9.
The 95 % confidence interval estimate for the population mean is
a.
29.859 to 30.141
b.
27.795 to 32.205
c.
29.724 to 30.276
d.
12.360 to 47.640
e.
none of the above answers is correct
43. A sample of 900 observations taken from a population produced a sample proportion

of 0.32. The 99% confidence interval for the population proportion p is

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

0.279 to 0.361
0.294 to 0.346
0.283 to 0.357
0.250 to 0.350
none of the above answers is correct

44. A restaurant menu has five kinds of soups, eight kinds of main meals, six kinds of
desserts, and seven kinds of drinks. If a customer randomly selects one item from
each of the four categories, how many different outcomes (selections) are possible?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

23.
960
1680
26
none of the preceding answers is correct.

45. How large a sample size should be selected so that the maximum error of estimate for
a 98% confidence interval for p is 0.045 when the value of the sample proportion
obtained from a preliminary sample is 0.53?
a. 668
b. 167
c. 14
d. 168
e. none of the above answers is correct

Part II: No-Multiple choices

1. A discrete random variable x has the following distribution
x
P(X=x)

1
1/5

2
3/10

3
2/5

4
p

a) Find the value of p.

P( X 4 | X 2)

b) Find the
2. Compute the mean and variance of the following discrete probability distribution.
X
P(X=x)

2
0.50

8
0.30

10
0.20

3. Suppose That past records in a large city produced the following probability data on a driver
being in accident on the last day of a memorial day weekend:

Accident A No Accident A' Total

Rain
R
0.025
0.335
0.360
No Rain R' 0.015
0.625
0.640
Totals
0.040
0.960
1.000
i)
Find the probability of an accident, rain or no rain.
ii)
Find the probability of rain, accident or no accident.
iii)
Find the probability of an accident and rain.
iv)
Find the probability of an accident, given rain.
v)
Find the probability of an accident, given no rain
4. If you roll a fair die 5 times, what the probability of throwing exactly 2 sixes?
5. Suppose that two fair dice are rolled.
i) What is the probability that a sum of 7 or 11 turns up?
ii) What is the probability that both dice turn up the same or that a sum less than 5 turns up?
6. One urn has 3 blue and 2 white balls; a second urn has 1 blue and 3 white balls. A single fair die
is rolled and if 1or 2 comes up, a ball is drawn out of the first urn; otherwise, a ball is drawn out
of the second urn. If the drawn ball is blue, what is the probability that it came out of the first
urn? Out of the second urn?
7. If 3 balls are randomly drawn from a bowl containing 6 white and 5 black balls, what is the
probability that one of the balls is white and others two black?
8. A committee of 5 is to be selected from a group of 6 men and 9 women. IF the selection is made
randomly what is the probability that the committee consists of 3 men and 2 women?
9. If a new drug is found to be effective 40% of the time what is the probability that is a random
sample of 4 patients, it will be effective on 2 of them?
10. The Gods of chaos have promised you that you will win on exactly 40 of the next 100 bets at the
happy hour casino. However, you have tried the first 50 bets and your luck has not been too good
up to this point: you have lost 46 times. What are your chances of winning both of the next two
bets?
11. Telephone calls arriving at the front office of a school follow a Poisson distribution at an average
of 2 calls per minute. Find the probability that in a given minute i) 4 call arrive ii) more than 4
calls arrive.
12. A school office receives 5 calls on average between 9:00 and 10:00 on each weekday. Find the
probability that:
a) The office receives 6 calls between 9:00 and 10:00 on this Wednesday.
b) The office will receive exactly 3 calls between 9:15 and 9:30.
c) The office will receive 3 calls between 9:15 and 9:30 on exactly 2 days during a given
week.
13. How many workers have a salary between 400 and 650 if the arithmetic mean is 500 and standard
deviation 100 and number of works is 1500 if the salary of the work is assumed to follow the
normal law?

11. Consider two events: A and B. If the probability of B occurring is 0.55, the probability of A occurring
given that B has occurred is 0.38, and the probability of A occurring is 0.13 if the complement of B has
occurred, then P(A and B) and P(A and Bc ) are respectively:
a) 0.209 and 0.0585
b) 0.171 and 0.8290
c) 0.209 and 0.7910
d) 0.171 and 0.0715
e) 0.450 and 0.0494
12. In a previous round of promotions at Company X many female candidates lodged complaints about
gender bias in the promotion process. A recent analysis of the relationship between gender and promotions
produced the following table of joint probabilities:
promote
d
Not promoted
Female
0.04
0.11
Male
0.17
0.68
The probability of being promoted is (i) _____ and the probability of being promoted given that the
candidate is female is (ii) ______.

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

(i) 0.21
(i) 0.04
(i) 0.04
(i) 0.21
(i) 0.21

(ii) 0.27
(ii) 0.19
(ii) 0.27
(ii) 0.19
(ii) 0.04

13. A blood bank catalogs the type of blood, including, positive or negative Rh-factors as shown in the
table below.
Rh-factor
Blood type
Total
O
A
B
AB
Positive
156
139
37
12
344
Negative
28
25
8
4
65
Total
184
164
45
16
409
A blood donor is selected at random. The probability that the donor has type B blood or
Rh-negative is:
a. 0.249
b. 0.110
c. 0.159
d. 0.020
e. None of the above
14. If bank robberies in Gauteng occur on average 4 times a year, what is the probability of more than 5
bank robberies in Gauteng in 9 months?
a) 0.9161
b) 0.3712
c) 0.1847
d) 0.2149
e) 0.0839
15. Which of the following are valid probability distributions?
(i)
x
0
1
2
3
P(x
0.0 0.1 0.7
)
0.3
5
8
2
(ii)
y
-4
-2
0
2
7
0. 0.0 0.4
0.3
P(y)
3
5
6 -0.18
7
(iii)
z
-24
-1
4
7
8
P(
0.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.1
Z)
7
3
5
1
4
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

(i) and (ii) are valid probability distributions.

(i) and (iii) are valid probability distributions.
Only (ii) is a valid probability distribution.
(ii) and (iii) are valid probability distributions.
Only (iii) is a valid probability distribution.

Part II: multiple choices

Sction 1: Descriptive statistics
1) a) The annual dividends, in percent, of four oil stocks are: 4.91, 5.75, 8.12, and 21.60. Find the
geometric mean dividend. Find the Arithmetic mean dividend. Is the Arithmetic mean equal to or greater
than the geometric mean?
b) In 1990 there were 9.19 million cable TV subscribers. By 2000 the number of subscribers increased to
54.87 million. What is the geometric mean annual increase for the period?
c) Determine the range, median and mode for the following data: 8, 7, 9, 6, 8, 10, 9, 9, 5, and 7.
d) Consider these five values of a population: 8, 3, 7, 3, and 4.Determine the mean of the population.
Determine the standard deviation. Using chebyshevs rule, in what interval can we find at least 96% of the
population.
2) A sample of 50 students marks was taken for survey of performance in mathematics. The following
frequency distribution describes the result obtained at school.
Class intervals of mathematics
marks
Number of students
(frequency)
iii.
iv.

[0 - 10[

[10 - 20[

[20 - 30[

[30 - 40[

15

12

[40 - 50[
10

Calculate Pearsons coefficient of skewness and interpret it.

Calculate interquartile range.

3) The following is the number of minutes to commute from home to RTUC for a group of BBIT
students.

v.
vi.
vii.
viii.

28
25
48
37
17
32
26
16
23
23
29
36
31
26
21
32
25
31
43
35
42
38
33
28
41
How many classes and class interval would you recommend?
By taking lower value minus one as a lower limit of first class, organize the data into a frequency
distribution. And determine the relative frequency?
Draw a histogram and frequency polygon of minutes commuted?
Determine first, second, third quartile and comment on result?

Section 2: Probability
14. A discrete random variable x has the following distribution
x
P(X=x)

1
1/5

c) Find the value of p.

2
3/10

3
2/5

4
p

P( X 4 | X 2)
d) Find the
15. If you roll a fair die 5 times, what the probability of throwing exactly 2 sixes?
16. Suppose that two fair dice are rolled.
iii) What is the probability that a sum of 7 or 11 turns up?
iv) What is the probability that both dice turn up the same or that a sum less than 5 turns up?
17. One urn has 3 blue and 2 white balls; a second urn has 1 blue and 3 white balls. A single fair die
is rolled and if 1or 2 comes up, a ball is drawn out of the first urn; otherwise, a ball is drawn out
of the second urn. If the drawn ball is blue, what is the probability that it came out of the first
urn? Out of the second urn?
18. The Gods of chaos have promised you that you will win on exactly 40 of the next 100 bets at the
happy hour casino. However, your luck has not been too good up to this point: you have lost 46
times. What are your chances of winning both of the next two bets?
19. Telephone calls arriving at the front office of a school follow a Poisson distribution at an average
of 2 calls per minute. Find the probability that in a given minute i) 4 call arrive ii) more than 4
calls arrive (hint: Use Poisson Distribution).