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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MISSISSAUGA
DECEMBER 2009 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 13-18
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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
(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. Chebyshevs theorem holds true for mound shaped distributions. T F
C. The total area of a relative frequency histogram equals 1. T F
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D. If x is a binomial random variable then F = E[(x - :) ]. T F
2 2
E. The binomial distribution with n=100 and p=0.98 can be
approximated with a normal distribution. T F
F. For samples of n=15 from the uniform distribution the
sampling distribution of 0 will be approximately normal. T F
G. If samples of n=2 are selected from a population of 5 units,
then the probability of each sample is 1/10. T F
H The smaller the p-value, the stronger support for Ha. T F
I. In a hypothesis test " = $. T F
J. The Poisson distribution is continuous. T F
(10 marks)
2. A random sample of 6 measurements is selected from a normally distributed population.
The measurements are 2, 4, 4, 6, 6, 8
A. The mean is
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B. The standard deviation is
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C. Test if the mean of the population differs from 7 using " = 0.05
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D. Compute the p-value for the test in part C.
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E. Test if the variance of the population is more than 2. Use " = 0.1
(10 marks)
3. The nitrogen content of 23 apple leaves is given below:
2.10 2.82 2.17 1.99 2.22 3.05 2.47 2.52 2.80 2.10 2.92 2.20
2.00 2.52 2.52 3.00 1.88 2.67 2.93 2.65 2.38 3.99 2.77
A. Give the stem and leaf plot.
B. Find the median.
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C. Find the mode.
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A partial Minitab output of the nitrogen data above is given below.
Variable N Mean StDev Minimum Q1 Q3 Maximum
nitrogen 23 2.551 0.472 1.88 2.17 2.82 3.75
D. Find the interquartile range.
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E. Find the values of the inner fences.
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F. Give the boxplot of the data and identify any outliers.
(10 marks)
4. A. A portion of a random numbers table follows:
09763 38473 73007 12908 30883 18317 28290 35797 05998 41688 34952
25976 57948 29488 88604 67917 48708 18912 82271 65424 69774 33611
Starting with the first number in the table above and reading across select a
sample of 5 from a population of 687 numbered people.
B. For two events A and B, P(A) = 0.6 and P(B) = 0.3
i. If A and B are independent P(A 1 B) =
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ii. If A and B are mutually exclusive P(A 1 B) =
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iii. If P(A 1 B) = 0.2 find P(B * A )
c
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C. In a study of the behaviour of black bream fish the number of aggressive strikes
following the addition of food and the age of the fish were recorded.
Week Number of strikes Age of fish
1 85 120
2 65 135
3 35 150
4 40 160
5 35 170
6 15 190
i. Construct a scatterplot of the data.
ii. Is there a trend? Describe the trend if there is one.
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(10 marks)
5. A. A four year study of various brands of bottled water found that 30% of the brands
of bottled water was just tap water. Let x = the number of brands that are just tap
water.
i. Find the probability that at most 1 of 6 bottles obtained in a random
sample are just tap water.
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ii. If the size of the random sample is 200 bottles find P(x $ 50)
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B. A random sample of 4 birds is selected from a total of 10 tagged birds. It is
known that 7 of the 10 tagged birds have a disease. What is the probability that
exactly 3 of the four sampled birds have the disease?
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C. U.S. airlines average 1.1 fatalities per month. What is the probability that no
fatalities will occur during any given month?
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D. Pulse rates for adults have a normal distribution with a mean of 70 beats per
minute and a standard deviation of 12.
What proportion of adults has pulse rates between 55 and 88 beats per minute?
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(10 marks)
6. It is believed that ultraviolet radiation harms the hatching of frog eggs. In a research
study two groups of eggs were tested. One group was shaded from the sun while the
second group was not. The results follow.
Sun-shaded eggs Unshaded eggs
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Total number of eggs 70 80
Number hatched 36 30
A. Test at " = 0.05 if there is a higher hatching rate for the sun-shaded frog eggs.
B. Give a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of unshaded frog eggs that will
hatch.
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C. A study is to be done about the hatching of TURTLE eggs. A 95% Confidence
Interval will be used to estimate the proportion of turtle eggs that hatch after being
exposed to the sun. How large a sample will be required to estimate this
proportion within 5%?
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(10 marks)
7. A pet store is comparing the weights of gerbils from two suppliers Able Supplies and
Best Supplies. Random samples of gerbils are obtained from each of the suppliers and the
descriptive statistics for the weights of the gerbils are given in the MINITAB outputs
below.
Descriptive Statistics: ABLE
Variable N Mean Median StDev SE Mean
ABLE 16 128.63 128.55 2.95 0.74
Descriptive Statistics: BEST
Variable N Mean Median StDev SE Mean
BEST 13 125.98 126.30 6.06 1.68
A. Test the hypothesis that the mean weights of gerbils differ for the two suppliers. Use
" = 0.1
B. Test if the two variances are the same at " = 0.1
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C. State the assumptions for the test in part A.
D. Based on the information you have, which of the assumptions is not met? State
which ones are not met and give your reason.
(10 marks)
8. The following is the probability distribution of x.
x p(x)
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2 0.3
3 0.4
4 0.3
A. Is this a probability distribution? Give the reason for your answer.
B. Compute the mean of this distribution.
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C. Compute the standard deviation of this population.
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D. If samples of size 25 are taken from this population what is the mean of the
sampling distribution of 0?
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E. If samples of size 25 are taken from this population what is the standard
deviation of the sampling distribution of 0?
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F. How large a sample would we need to take from this distribution in order for
the Central Limit Theorem to apply?
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G. A sample of size 49 is taken from this distribution. What is the probability that
the mean of this sample will be larger than 3.2?
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H. If we took samples of size 35 and computed the variance would the sampling
distribution of the variances be normally distributed?
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(10 marks)
9. A fitness coach claims that taking a special vitamin can increase the strength of an
athlete. Nine athletes are give a strength test using the bench press before starting the
vitamins. One month later the strength test is given again. 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 99 107 80 93 124 100 101 100 114
strength after 96 105 83 93 119 102 100 98 115
A. Give a 95% Confidence Interval for the difference in mean strength before and
after taking the vitamins.
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B Show how the 95% Confidence Interval in part A can be used to test the
hypothesis at " = 0.05 that the vitamin has no effect. A regular hypothesis test is
not required.
C. State the assumptions for the Confidence Interval in part A.
D. Give a 95% Confidence interval for the standard deviation of the differences.
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(10 marks)
10. A. A study is made of the price of bananas in discount grocery stores. A random
sample of 64 discount stores had a mean price of 67 cents. The standard
deviation of banana prices is 3 cents. Test at " = 0.01 if the average price in
discount stores is less than 68 cents.
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B. Compute the p-value of the test.
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C. If the true mean price of bananas in discount stores is 66.5 cents compute the
probability of the type II error for the test in part A.
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D. What is the power of the test?
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E. How large a sample is required to estimate the mean with 95% confidence within
0.5 cents?
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The marks on this test add up to 100.