STAT200 Final Exam Complete Solution

Question: #2221

1. True or False. Justify for full credit. (25 pts)

(a) The normal distribution curve is always symmetric to its mean.

(b) If the variance from a data set is zero, then all the observations in this data set are identical.

(d) In a hypothesis testing, if the p-value is less than the significance level α, we do not have sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis.

(e) The volume of milk in a jug of milk is 128 oz. The value 128 is from a discrete data set.

Refer to the following frequency distribution for Questions 2, 3, 4, and 5. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit.

A random sample of 25 customers was chosen in UMUC MiniMart between 3:00 and 4:00 PM on a Friday afternoon. The frequency distribution below shows the distribution for checkout time (in minutes).

2. Complete the frequency table with frequency and relative frequency.

3. What percentage of the checkout times was less than 3 minutes?

4. In what class interval must the median lie? Explain your answer.

5. Assume that the largest observation in this dataset is 5.8. Suppose this observation were incorrectly recorded as 8.5 instead of 5.8. Will the mean increase, decrease, or remain the same? Will the median increase, decrease or remain the same? Why?

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6. A random sample of STAT200 weekly study times in hours is as follows:

2 15 15 18 30

Find the sample standard deviation. (Round the answer to two decimal places. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit.)

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Refer to the following information for Questions 7, 8, and 9. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit.

A fair coin is tossed 4 times.

7. How many outcomes are there in the sample space? (5 pts)

8. What is the probability that the third toss is heads, given that the first toss is heads? (10 pts)

9. Let A be the event that the first toss is heads, and B be the event that the third toss is heads. Are A and B independent? Why or why not?

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Refer to the following situation for Questions 10, 11, and 12.

The boxplots below show the real estate values of single family homes in two neighboring cities,

in thousands of dollars.

For each question, give your answer as one of the following: (a) Tinytown; (b) BigBurg; (c) Both cities have the same value requested; (d) It is impossible to tell using only the given information. Then explain your answer in each case.

10. Which city has greater variability in real estate values?

11. Which city has the greater percentage of households with values $85,000 and over?

12. Which city has a greater percentage of homes with real estate values between $55,000 and $85,000?

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Refer to the following information for Questions 13 and 14. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit.

There are 1000 juniors in a college. Among the 1000 juniors, 200 students are taking STAT200, and 100 students are taking PSYC300. There are 50 students taking both courses.

13. What is the probability that a randomly selected junior is taking at least one of these two courses? (10 pts)

14. What is the probability that a randomly selected junior is taking PSYC300, given that he/she is taking STAT200?

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15. UMUC Stat Club is sending a delegate of 2 members to attend the 2015 Joint Statistical Meeting in Seattle. There are 10 qualified candidates. How many different ways can the delegate be selected?

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16. Imagine you are in a game show. There are 4 prizes hidden on a game board with 10 spaces. One prize is worth $100, another is worth $50, and two are worth $10. You have to pay $20 to the host if your choice is not correct. Let the random variable x be the winning.Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit.

(a) What is your expected winning in this game? (5 pts)

(b) Determine the standard deviation of x. (Round the answer to two decimal places) (10 pts)

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17. Mimi just started her tennis class three weeks ago. On average, she is able to return 20% of her opponent’s serves. Assume her opponent serves 8 times. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit.

(a) Let X be the number of returns that Mimi gets. As we know, the distribution of X is a binomial probability distribution. What is the number of trials (n), probability of successes (p) and probability of failures (q), respectively? (5 pts)

(b) Find the probability that that she returns at least 1 of the 8 serves from her opponent. (10 pts)

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Refer to the following information for Questions 18, 19, and 20. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit.

The IQ scores are normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15.

18. What is the probability that a randomly selected person has an IQ between 85 and 115? (10 pts)

19. Find the 90th percentile of the IQ distribution. (5 pts)

Solution: #2200

STAT200 Final Exam Complete Solution

1. True or False. Justify for full credit. (25 pts) (a) The normal distribution curve is always symmetric ...