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This document contains a mock paper with two sections - an objective section with 25 multiple choice questions and a subjective section with 5 short answer questions. Section A contains questions testing statistical concepts like the central limit theorem, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and simple and multiple regression. Section B asks 5 questions involving probability, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, chi-square tests of independence, and using regression to analyze physical attributes of football players.

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Mock Paper SI

This document contains a mock paper with two sections - an objective section with 25 multiple choice questions and a subjective section with 5 short answer questions. Section A contains questions testing statistical concepts like the central limit theorem, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and simple and multiple regression. Section B asks 5 questions involving probability, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, chi-square tests of independence, and using regression to analyze physical attributes of football players.

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Mock Paper of Statistical Inferences

Instructions;
This paper comprises of two sections, Section A and Section B
Section A is objective based comprised of 25 m.c.qs.
Section B is subjective component which comprised of 5 questions all carry equal
marks.
Total paper is of 50 marks which are distributed equally between the two sections.

Section A: Objective (Max. Marks: 25)


01. The central limit theorem says that as the sample size, n, from a given population gets
large enough, the sampling distribution of the mean can be approximated by
a. The binomial distribution
b. The normal distribution
c. The Poisson distribution
d. A Bernoulli process
e. Different distributions depending on the given population

02. Sampling distributions


a. Describe a population.
b. Describe the distribution of a statistics.
c. Must always have positive values.
d. Are not necessarily discrete.
e. None of the above.

03. The chi-square distribution


a. Is a continuous distribution described by its degrees of freedom.
b. Can be used to describe the distribution of the sample variance
c. Is the sum of squared independent standard normal variables
d. Is positively skewed
e. All of the above

04. The larger the population variance the


a. narrower the width of the confidence interval, other things being equal.
b. wider the width of the confidence interval, other things being equal.
c. larger the mean.
d. smaller the mean.
e. larger the point estimate.

05. A point estimate is


a. a single value that is used to estimate the population parameter.
b. a range of values used to estimate the population parameter.
c. always unbiased.
d. always efficient.
e. sufficient to establish unbiasedness.
06. Other things being equal, the width of a 90% confidence interval will be
a. wider than a 95% confidence interval.
b. narrower than a 95% confidence interval.
c. may be wider or narrower depending on the population variance.
d. the same width as a 95% confidence interval.
e. wider than a 99% confidence interval.

07. A type I error


a. Results from accepting the null hypothesis when it is actually false
b. Results from rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true
c. Is a type of sampling error
d. Represents the size of the test
e. Is the difference between taking a sample and a census

08. The null hypothesis


a. Is the hypothesis we are trying to reject
b. Conforms to the status quo
c. Usually has the greatest cost when it is incorrectly rejected
d. Results from a type I error
e. Results from a type II error

09. A simple hypothesis is


a. Another name for the null hypothesis
b. Another name for the alternative hypothesis
c. One where we specify only one value for the population parameter
d. A sampling error
e. One where we specify a range of values for the population parameter

10. For a one-tailed test using the normal distribution, a significance level of 0.10 would have
a critical value of
a. 1.645
b. 1.96
c. 1.282
d. 2.575
e. 1.382

11. For a two-tailed test using the t-distribution, a significance level of 0.05, and 20 degrees
of freedom would have a critical value of
a. 1.725
b. 1.96
c. 1.625
d. 2.528
e. 2.86

12. In a goodness of fit test, if the expected and observed frequencies are close to one another
then most likely
a. The null hypothesis would be rejected
b. The null hypothesis would not be rejected
c. The alternative hypothesis would be accepted
d. The null hypothesis may be accepted or rejected
e. Both a and c
13. A contingency table can be used to test
a. The equality of population means.
b. both equality of means and variances
c. The equality of population variances.
d. two-way ANOVA problems
e. Statistical independence

14. To conduct chi-square test for independence, the expected cell frequency is the
a. Number of observations
b. Number of groups
c. Product of row totals times column totals
d. Product of row totals times column totals divided by sample size
e. Number of observations divided by sample size

15. A scatter diagram is a.


a) a line that measures the relationship between the independent and dependent
variables.
b) another name for simple regression.
c) another name for multiple regression.
d) a graph of values of the independent and dependent variables.
e) a line with slope of b and intercept of a.

16. The slope coefficient


a. is the point where the regression line intersects the y-axis.
b. measures the fit of the regression line.
c. measures the relationship between the independent and dependent variables.
d. is always equal to 1.
e. is another name for the coefficient of determination.

17. If you estimate the relationship between earnings (in dollars) and education (in years) as
EARN = 12201+ 525 EDUC, then a person with zero years of education would be expected
to earn
a. $ , 12 201  
b. $525
c. $ , 24 402
d. $ , 1 500
e. $ $12 201+$ 525

18. The standard error of the estimate


a. is the point where the regression line intersects the y-axis.
b. measures the fit of the regression line.
c. measures the relationship between the independent and dependent variables.
d. is always equal to 1.
e. is another name for the coefficient of determination.

19. If we are interested in measuring the relationship between work experience and earnings
using regression analysis,
a. the independent variable should be earnings.
b. the independent variable should be work experience.
c. the dependent variable should be earnings.
d. the dependent variable should be work experience.
e. both b and c.

20. If r 1 = − , then the two variables are


a. perfectly negatively related
b. perfectly positively related
c. not related
d. positively related
e. none of the above

21. In multiple regression there is


a. More than one dependent variable but only one independent variable.
b. More than one independent variable but only one dependent variable.
c. More than one dependent variable and more than one independent variable.
d. Only one dependent variable and only one independent variable.
e. More than two dependent variables and more than one independent variable.

22. In a multiple regression model, to make valid statistical inferences, which of the following
is an unnecessary assumption for the error terms?
a. with mean 0
b. with equal variance
c. independent to each other
d. normally distributed
e. with variance 1

23. In multiple regression, each slope coefficient indicates


a. The total influence of all the independent variables on the dependent variable
b. The expected influence of the independent variable on the dependent variable
holding other independent variables constant
c. Where the regression plane intersects the y axis
d. Both the partial and total influence of the independent variables
e. A point that is equal to the intercept term

24. To test the significance of an individual slope coefficient we use


a. An F-test.
b. A t-test.
c. A chi-square test
d. The binomial distribution
e. The exponential distribution

25. To test the significance of an entire regression we use


a. An F-test.
b. A t-test.
c. A chi-square test
d. The binomial distribution
e. The exponential distribution
Section B (Subjective)
Max. marks 25

Attempt all the questions.

Q.1 If a town of 300 residents, 30% approve of the new garbage collection policy. If the
local newspaper asks 120 residents about their opinion of the new garbage collection
policy, what is the probability that more than 30 people will be in favor of it?

Q2. A quality control expert believes that the life of her firm’s tires is normally distributed
with a standard deviation of 15,225 miles. A random sample of 10 tires gives the following
mileage on the life of the tires.

55000 48000 73000 51000 77000 52000 38000 41000 68000 62000

Construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean life of the tires.

Q3. A college professor randomly selects 25 freshmen to study the mathematical


background of the incoming freshman class. The average SAT score of these 25 students is
565 and the standard deviation is estimated to be 40. Using this information, can the
professor reject the null hypothesis that the average test score is 550 or less? Use a 5%
level of significance.

Q4. Four hundred students were randomly sampled and asked who they would vote for in
the coming student government election. The results are given below.

Candidate Smith Gomez Blackwell Friedman


Votes 131 121 99 49

Do the four candidates acquire different levels of support? Use a 5% level of significance.

Q5. Suppose a National Football League (NFL) scout is interested in what physical
attributes make for a good running back. He collects data on the weight and seconds in
the 40-yard dash of seven running backs and their yards gained for the year. The data are
summarized in the following table:
Yard(Y) Weight (x1) Seconds in 40 yard dash
(x2)
925 210 4.8
850 185 4.7
1622 225 4.7
1121 215 4.6
658 180 4.9
977 212 4.6
574 195 5.0

Estimate the regression coefficients, b1 and b2 , and interpret the results.

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