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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MISSISSAUGA
DECEMBER 2010 FINAL EXAMINATION
STA220H5F
The Practice of Statistics I
Olga Fraser
Duration - 3 hours
Aids: Non-Programmable Calculators; (8-1/2 x 11") aid sheet both sides
Statistical tables are provided on pages 13 and 14
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Qn. # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
Value 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 100
Mark
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(10 marks)
1. If the statement is true under all conditions circle T otherwise circle F.
A. The sample mean equals the population mean. T F
B. The Student t distribution with 30 degrees of freedom equals the
Standard normal distribution. T F
C. P(A ^ B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A _ B) T F
D. If the mean is 10 and the median is 15 then the data is skewed right. T F
E. If we decrease " in a hypothesis test then $ increases. T F
F. The number of fleas on a cat is continuous random variable. T F
G. For a random variable x the variance F = E((x - :) . T F
2 2
H. In the exponential distribution with 2 = 4, P(x = 1) = 0 T F
I. A large variance is a desirable feature of an estimator. T F
J. We can use a Confidence Interval to do a one-tailed hypothesis test. T F
(10 marks)
2. The following is a random sample of litres of maple syrup sold daily in a country store.
102.5 108.5 116.0 148.5 133.0 124.5 102.5 126.0 122.5 119.5 90.0 99.0
103.5 125.0 108.5 133.0 112.0 121.5 91.5 136.0 138.0 114.0 115.0 139.0
A. Give the stem and leaf plot
B. Find the range of the data.
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C. Find the median.
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D. Find the mode.
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E. Find the upper quartile.
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F. Give the boxplot. Show the scale clearly.
(10 marks)
3. A random sample of 6 measurements is selected from a normally distributed population.
The values are 2, 4, 4, 6, 6, 8.
A. Compute the mean.
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B. Compute the standard deviation.
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C. Give the 95% Confidence Interval for the mean.
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D. Interpret the Confidence Interval in C.
E. If 5 researchers select samples of 6 from this population and set up 95%
confidence intervals for :, what is the probability that at least 4 of the
confidence intervals will contain the true value of the mean?
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F. If the population standard deviation is 2.0 give the 95% Confidence Interval for
the mean.
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(10 marks)
4. A. A store has 24 computers in stock of which 3 are defective. If 4 computers are
sold, what is the probability that all three of the defective ones are among the ones
that are sold.
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B. Records show that the daily high temperatures in January on a tropical island have
a uniform distribution that ranges from 24 to 30 C.
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i. What is the average daily temperature?
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ii. What is the standard deviation?
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iii. What is the probability that on a randomly selected day in January the high
temperature for the day is above 28 C?
o
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iv. What proportion of the January temperatures are outside : 2F?
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v. Does this agree with Chebyshevs Theorem?
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(10 marks)
5. In a study of school bullying in Dutch elementary schools it was found that in a sample
of 1400 boys 750 claimed they had never bullied another student.
A. Estimate with a 95% confidence interval the true proportion of boys who have
never bullied another student.
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B. It was also found that in a sample of 1400 girls 970 claimed they had never
bullied another student. Estimate with a 95% confidence interval the difference
in the proportions for girls and boys who had never bullied.
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C. Show how to use the confidence interval in part B. above to test the hypothesis
that there is no difference in the proportions of girls and boys who dont bully.
Use " = 0.05.
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D. It is decided to do a study on bullying in Canada and a 95% confidence interval
is to be used. How large a sample is required to estimate within 4% the
proportion of students who have never bullied another student?
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(10 marks)
6. A random sample of 36 observations had a mean of 110. The population is normally
distributed with a standard deviation of 60.0.
A. Test the hypothesis that the mean is more than 136 at " = 0.05.
B. Compute the p-value of the test.
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C. Compute the probability of a type II error for the test in part A. above if the true
mean is 125.
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D. What is the power of the test?
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(10 marks)
7. The following is the probability distribution of x.
x p(x)
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0 .6
1 .4
A. Compute the mean.
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B. Compute the standard deviation.
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C. Find the mode.
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D. SAMPLES OF SIZE 3 ARE SELECTED FROM THE ABOVE
DISTRIBUTION
i. List all possible samples and give the probability of each.
ii. Give the sampling distribution of the sample range r.
iii. State in symbols what you have to show to prove that the sample range r
is an unbiased estimator of the population standard deviation.
iv. Is the sample range an unbiased estimator of the population standard
deviation? Check with the values in your example.
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(10 marks)
8. A fitness trainer claims that a special vitamin can increase the strength of an athlete.
Nine athletes are given a strength test using the bench press before starting the
vitamins. One month later the strength test is given again and the results are recorded
below. The values are the maximum number of kg that the athlete can bench press.
ATHLETE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Strength Before 96 105 83 93 119 100 100 98 115
Strength After 98 107 80 93 124 100 101 101 114
A. Test the hypothesis that the vitamin increases stregth at " = 0.05
B. Compute the p-value.
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C. State the assumptions for the test in A.
D. Test the hypothesis that the variance of the differences is less than 4 at " = 0.05
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(10 marks)
9. A dexterity test is administered by a private testing agency. The scores are normally
distributed with a mean of 70 and standard deviation of 8.
A. A particular job requires candidates to score at least 80 on the test. What
percentage of candidates will be hired?
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B. The company never hires anyone with a score in the lowest 40%. What score
must a candidate achieve to be eligible for hiring?
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C. Forty candidates arrive from U of T to write this test. What is the probability
that the average mark for this group of U of T students is between 67 and 72?
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D. A random sample of 100 candidates is selected. What is the probability that at
least 40 of them scored over 74?
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(10 marks)
10. A travel magazine published hotel ratings of quality of service for five star hotels. The
scores given by males and females are summarized in the MINITAB outputs below.
Descriptive Statistics: MALE
Variable N Mean Median StDev SE Mean
MALE 16 130.63 128.55 6.06 1.52
Descriptive Statistics: FEMALE
Variable N Mean Median StDev SE Mean
FEMALE 13 125.98 126.30 4.95 1.37
A. Give the statistical symbol that represents the following numbers for the male
scores.
130.63 = 6.06 = 1.52 =
B. Test the hypothesis that there is no difference in the scores given by males and
females at " = 0.05.
C. Give the assumptions of the test.
THE MARKS ON THIS TEST ADD UP TO 100.