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Sample mean is the point estimate of the population mean?

True
 False

The distribution of salaries will be right skewed?

True

False

As the sample size increases (other parameters remaining the same), the
confidence interval for a population parameter increases?

True

False

A kurtosis of more than 1 means the distribution will have fatter tails than a
normal distribution?

True

False

The mean is more sensitive to skewness than the median.

True

False

In the fall semester of 2009, the average Graduate Management Admission

Test (GMAT) of the students at UTC was 500 with a standard deviation of
80. In the fall of 2010, the average GMAT was 560 with a standard deviation
of 84. Which year's GMAT scores show a more dispersed distribution?

2009

2010

During a cold winter, the temperature stayed below zero for ten days
(ranging from -20 to -5). The variance of the temperatures of the ten-day
period

Is negative since all the numbers are

 negative

Must be at least zero

Cannot be computed since all the numbers are

negative

Can be either negative or positive

Empirical Rule holds for any set of data, regardless of its shape.

True

False

The major flaw in the data of IIT Delhi (I asked you all to find the anomaly)
was that the average of the Top 26%-50% data was smaller than the
average of the lower 50% (51%-100%) data?

True

False

A machine in a ketchup bottling plant is designed to dispense an average

of 15 ounces per bottle, with a standard deviation of 0.5 ounces. If the
machine is operating as designed and if the distribution of amounts
dispensed is relatively symmetric and mound-shaped, what is the
proportion of bottles that can be expected to contain between 13.5 and 16.5
ounces?

.984

.972

.954

.997

Since the population size is always larger than the sample size, then the
sample statistic

Can never be larger than the population parameter

Can never be equal to the population

parameter

Can be smaller, larger, or equal to the population

parameter

Can never be smaller than the population parameter

A machine in a ketchup bottling plant is designed to dispense an average
of 12 ounces per bottle, with a standard deviation of 0.5 ounces. If the
machine is operating as designed, but the distribution of amounts
dispensed is not relatively symmetric or mound-shaped, what is the
proportion of bottles that can be expected to contain between 11 and 13
ounces?

.6

.5

.75

None of these

The following frequency distribution shows the yearly tuition (in $1,000s) of
a sample of private colleges.

Yearly Tution Frequency

12 to 16 5

17 to 21 4

22 to 26 3

27 to 31 2

For the above data, compute the mean yearly tuition. (Give your answer in dollars.)

19,714.29

20,714.29

19,716.29

None of these

The sample standard deviation with "n-1" in the denominator is a biased

estimate of population standard deviation

False

True
Please refer to the descriptive summary output for the COVID new death
data discussed in class.

Deaths

Mean 401.4662162

Standard Error 28.8779001

Median 328

Mode 35

Standard Deviation 351.3148174

Sample Variance 123422.1009

Kurtosis 1.489221739

Skewness 1.029365116

Range 2000

Minimum 3

Maximum 2003

Sum 59417

Count 148

Largest(1) 2003

Smallest(1) 3

Confidence Level(95.0%) 57.06946807

What is the significance of the standard error?

It is the standard deviation of sample means

 It is the standard deviation of the distribution of sample
means

Both option a and option b are

correct

None of these

Please refer to the descriptive summary output for the COVID new death
data discussed in class.

Deaths

Mean 401.4662162

Standard Error 28.8779001

Median 328

Mode 35

Standard Deviation 351.3148174

Sample Variance 123422.1009

Kurtosis 1.489221739

Skewness 1.029365116

Range 2000

Minimum 3

Maximum 2003

Sum 59417

Count 148

Largest(1) 2003

Smallest(1) 3

Confidence Level(95.0%) 57.06946807

The distribution of the new deaths has fatter tails as compared to a normal
distribution?

True

False

May be true or false

Please refer to the descriptive summary output for the COVID new death
data discussed in class.

Deaths

Mean 401.4662162

Standard Error 28.8779001

Median 328

Mode 35

Standard Deviation 351.3148174

Sample Variance 123422.1009

Kurtosis 1.489221739

Skewness 1.029365116

Range 2000

Minimum 3

Maximum 2003

Sum 59417

Count 148

Largest(1) 2003

Smallest(1) 3

Confidence Level(95.0%) 57.06946807

The 99% confidence interval for population mean will less than the
confidence interval for 95% (as shown in table). [All other parameters
remain the same]?

True

False

May be true or false

Please refer to the descriptive summary output for the COVID new death
data discussed in class.

Deaths

Mean 401.4662162

Standard Error 28.8779001

Median 328

Mode 35

Standard Deviation 351.3148174

Sample Variance 123422.1009

Kurtosis 1.489221739

Skewness 1.029365116

Range 2000

Minimum 3

Maximum 2003

Sum 59417

Count 148

Largest(1) 2003

Smallest(1) 3
 Confidence Level(95.0%) 57.06946807

The confidence interval (as shown above) is computed for?

Population mean

Sample mean

Either option a or option

b

Please refer to the descriptive summary output for the COVID new death
data discussed in class.

Deaths

Mean 401.4662162

Standard Error 28.8779001

Median 328

Mode 35

Standard Deviation 351.3148174

Sample Variance 123422.1009

Kurtosis 1.489221739

Skewness 1.029365116

Range 2000

Minimum 3

Maximum 2003

Sum 59417

Count 148

Largest(1) 2003

Smallest(1) 3
 Confidence Level(95.0%) 57.06946807

The skewness of the new death data (as shown above) will be similar to
that of house prices data?

True

False

May be true or false

In box plot analysis, corresponding to a normal distribution, how much

percent data is termed as an outlier?

.35 percent

.70
percent

.66 percent

None of these

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