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This document contains a tutorial sheet for an Introduction to Statistics course at the University of the West Indies. It includes 10 practice problems covering discrete and continuous probability distributions, such as the binomial, normal, and student's t-distributions. Students are asked to define random variables, find probabilities, determine means and variances, and calculate other statistics related to these common probability distributions.

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ECON1005 Tutorial Sheet 6

This document contains a tutorial sheet for an Introduction to Statistics course at the University of the West Indies. It includes 10 practice problems covering discrete and continuous probability distributions, such as the binomial, normal, and student's t-distributions. Students are asked to define random variables, find probabilities, determine means and variances, and calculate other statistics related to these common probability distributions.

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UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES

THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS


ECON1005 – SEMESTER I – 2019/2020
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS: Tutorial Sheet #6

Part A: Discrete Probability Distributions

1. A newspaper article claims that 28% of all airplanes arriving at Piarco Airport are late.
a. Define the random variable here.
b. Find the probability that, in a random sample of 9 airplanes:
i. Exactly 7 will arrive late
ii. At least 3 will arrive late
iii. At most 5 airplanes will arrive on schedule

2. A recent study on the Caribbean reported that the region averages 30 fires per year with
the major causes of forest fires being humans, lightning and spontaneous combustion
(due mainly to heat), which caused 51%, 33% and 16% of all fires respectively. If the
number of forest fires in the upcoming year is a third of the yearly average, determine
the probability that:
a. At least 8 forest fires are caused by non-human factors.
b. Write an expression for the probability that at most 6 forest fires are caused by
humans.

3. The number of telephone calls arriving at a switchboard of a Dengue Fever Hotline


averages 6 per hour.
a. Define the random variable in this situation and list its values.
b. What in your view is the probability distribution of this variable? State the
conditions that influence your choice of distribution.
c. Write an expression for the probability that at least 3 calls will arrive per hour
d. Compute the probability that no calls will arrive in a 10 minute interval?

4. From HKT Ltd’s housing development’s annual report it was revealed that the
development has 600 houses, with a total of 1800 inhabitants. In addition, the entire
development contained 100 streets with exactly 6 houses situated on each street.
Furthermore, approximately 40% of the houses were 2-bedroom houses and the
remaining 60% were 3-bedroom houses:
a. What is the probability that a house selected at random is unoccupied?
b. If a street is selected at random, write an expression for the probability that at
least 15 people live on that street.

Part B: Continuous Probability Distributions

5. a. Discuss the properties of the normal distribution.


b. How does the Standard Normal Curve differ from the Normal distribution curve?
c. What is Standardization of the normal curve and why is it performed?
d. When do we employ the use of the Normal Approximation to the Binomial?
e. What is the Student’s t distribution?
f. What is the parameter of the Student-t Distribution?

6. Suppose that X is a normally distributed random variable with a mean of 15 and


Standard deviation of 5. Determine the:
i. Pr(X  24),
ii. Pr(X  2)
iii. Pr (-1  X  21)

7. Peter is interested in purchasing a new car. In the brochure for the model he is
interested in acquiring, it is stated that the transmission has a warranty for 40,000 miles.
Furthermore, s study done on this particular model has found that the life of the car’s
transmission has a normal distribution with a mean of 72,000 miles and a standard
deviation of 12,000 miles. If Peter purchases this particular model, what is the likelihood
that the car’s transmission fails before the end of the warranty period?

8. Flight attendants on CAL airplanes have found that about 1 in every 10 passengers will
order wine with their meal. If 500 meals were served by CAL on a certain day, find the
probability that no more than 70 meals were consumed with wine.

9. Let X and Y denote two random variables which are normally and independently
distributed with means of 25 and 32 respectively and standard deviations of 4 and 10
respectively. Define a new random variable U = 3X – 7Y.

a. Will U be normally distributed? Give a reason for your answer.

b. Find E(U) and Var (U)

c. Find the probability that U will at least be 75.

10. Marks obtained by students in a Mathematics examination are found to be normally


distributed with a mean of 45 and a standard deviation of 10. The same students did an
English test and the results were normally distributed with a mean of 49 and a standard
deviation of 12.

a. Estimate the proportion of students scoring less than 50 in Mathematics.


b. What proportion of students performed better in English than in Mathematics?
c. Students receiving a combined score of 140 or more are awarded a distinction.
What proportion of students receive a distinction?
d. A special prize, based on the combined score in English and Mathematics, is
awarded to the top 10% of the students. Determine the lowest combined score
obtained by students in this group.

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