Baybay City Senior High School

Baybay City, Leyte

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

CHAPTER QUIZ NO. 3: SAMPLING AND SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION
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Directions: Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.

1. Which of the following statements is correct? 9. What is the shape of the sampling distribution of the means if
A. The mean of the sampling distribution of the means is less than random samples of size n become larger?
the population mean. A. Left skewed C. Normal
B. The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means is B. Right skewed D. Rectangular
greater than the population mean. 𝑁−𝑛
C. The means of the sample drawn from a population are always 10. The expression, √ 𝑁−1 is what we called the ____________.
equal to the population mean. A. Finite population correction factor
D. The means of the samples drawn from a population may be B. Infinite population correction factor
equal, greater than, or less than the population mean. C. Standard error of the mean
2. Which refers to the descriptive measure computed from a D. Sampling error of the mean
population? 11. Samples of three cards are drawn at random from a population
A. Population C. Parameter of eight cards numbered from 1 to 8. How many possible samples
B. Sample D. Statistic can be drawn with replacement?
3. Which refers to the descriptive measure computed from a A. 6561 C. 56
sample? B. 512 D. 8
A. Population C. Parameter 12. How many possible samples of size 𝑛 = 3 can be drawn from
B. Sample D. Statistic a population of size 12?
4. Which refers to the set of all items or individuals of interest? A. 531441 C. 220
A. Population C. Parameter B. 1728 D. 12
B. Sample D. Statistic 13. Which sample size will give a smaller standard error of the
5. A list of randomly-arranged elements of the population is used as mean?
sampling frame, and the elements to be included in the sample are A. 12 C. 25
selected by skipping through the list at regular intervals. What type B. 20 D. 35
of sampling is this? 14. What is the finite population correction factor if the size of the
A. Simple Random Sampling population is 200 and the sample size is 25?
B. Systematic Random Sampling A. 0.979 C. 0.938
C. Stratified Random Sampling B. 0.879 D. 0.856
D. Cluster Sampling 15. A certain population has a mean of 15.4 and a standard
6. A guidance counsellor asks a student, who suffers from deviation of 5.6. If random samples of size 5 is taken from this
depression, whether he knows other students with the same population, which of the following statements is correct?
condition so he can include them in his study. What type of sampling A. The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means is
technique is this? equal to 15.4.
A. Convenience Sampling B. The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means is
B. Snowball Sampling less than 15.4.
C. Purposive Sampling C. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample
D. Quota Sampling means is 5.6.
7. Which of the following statements is incorrect? D. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample
A. A sampling distribution of sample means is also called a means is 15.4.
frequency distribution.
B. The variance of the sampling distribution of the sample means is For numbers 16-20, refer to the problem below
equal to the population variance. “Given the population 1, 3, 4, 6, and 8. Suppose samples of size 3
C. The probability distribution of the sample means is also called the are drawn from this population.”
sampling distribution of the sample means. 16. What is the mean of the population?
D. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample A. 3.3 C. 5.5
means is also known as the standard error of the mean. B. 2.2 D. 4.4
8. Which of the following states that if random samples of size n are 17. What is the variance of the population?
drawn from a population, then as n becomes larger, the sampling A. 5.64 C. 5.84
distribution of the means approaches the normal distribution, B. 2.32 D. 2.42
regardless of the sample of the population distribution? 18. How many different samples of size 𝑛 = 3 can be drawn from
A. The Sampling Distribution of Sample Means the population?
B. The Normal Distribution A. 5 C. 15
C. The Central Limit Theorem B. 10 D. 20
D. The Standard Error of the Mean
19. What is the mean of the sampling distribution? For numbers 32-34, refer to the problem below
A. 3.3 C. 5.5 “The average precipitation for the first 7 months of the year is 19.32
B. 2.2 D. 4.4 inches with a standard deviation of 2.4 inches. Assume that the
20. What is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution? average precipitation is normally distributed.”
A. 0.96 C. 0.98 32. What is the probability that a randomly selected year will have a
B. 0.97 D. 0.99 precipitation greater than 18 inches for the first 7 months?
A. 0.7088 C. 0.4562
For numbers 21-25, refer to the problem below B. 0.8523 D. 0.1258
“A group of students got the following scores in a test: 21, 24, 27, 33. What is the average precipitation of 5 randomly selected years
30, 33, and 36. Consider samples of size 3 that can be drawn from for the first 7 months?
this population.” A. 19.32 inches C. 20.52 inches
21. What is the mean of the population? B. 22.4 inches D. 15.56 inches
A. 28.5 C. 26.5 34. What is the probability of 5 randomly selected years will have an
B. 27.5 D. 25.5 average precipitation greater than 18 inches for the first 7 months?
22. What is the variance of the population? A. 0.8907 C. 0.4156
A. 28.25 C. 26.25 B. 0.2587 D. 0.2879
B. 5.32 D. 5.12
23. How many different samples of size 𝑛 = 3 can be drawn from For numbers 35-37, refer to the problem below
the population? “The average public high school has 468 students with a standard
A. 5 C. 15 deviation of 87.”
B. 10 D. 20 35. If a public school is selected, what is the probability that the
24. What is the mean of the sampling distribution? number of students enrolled is greater than 400?
A. 28.5 C. 26.5 A. 0.7794 C. 0.7823
B. 27.5 D. 25.5 B. 0.2176 D. 0.2177
25. What is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution? 36. If a random sample of 9 public elementary schools is selected,
A. 2.27 C. 2.29 what is the probability that the number of students enrolled is greater
B. 2.28 D. 2.30 than 400?
A. 0.0096 C. 0.0099
For numbers 26-27, refer to the problem below B. 0.9904 D. 0.9901
“A random sample of 𝑛 = 60 measurements is obtained from a 37. If a random sample of 5 public elementary schools is selected,
population with 𝜇 = 192 and 𝜎 = 43. " what is the probability that the number of students enrolled is
26. What is the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample between 445 and 485?
means? A. 0.3922 C. 0.3924
A. 188 C. 43 B. 0.3923 D. 0.3925
B. 60 D. 192
27. What is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the For numbers 38-40, refer to the problem below
sample means? “The number of driving miles before a certain kind of tire begins to
A. 3.2 C. 5.55 show wear is on the average 16,800 miles with a standard deviation
B. 24.79 D. 0.72 of 3,300 miles. A car rental agency buys 36 of these tires for
replacement purposes and puts each one on a different car.
For numbers 28-29, refer to the problem below 38. What is the probability that the 36 tires will average less than
“A molding machine prepares a certain kind of car spare part with a 16,000 miles until they begin to show wear?
target diameter of 40.265 millimeters. The machine has some A. 0.0735 C. 0.0721
variability, so the standard deviation of the diameters is 0.004 B. 0.9265 D. 0.9279
millimeters. A sample of 6 spare parts is inspected each hour for 39. What is the probability that the 36 tires will average less than
process control purposes and records are kept of the sample mean 18,000 miles until they begin to show wear?
diameter.” A. 0.0143 C. 0.0146
28. What is the mean of the numbers recorded? B. 0.9857 D. 0.9854
A. 40.265 C. 40.269 40. What is the probability that the 36 tires will average more than
B. 40.261 D. 40.165 15,000 miles but less than 17,000 miles until they begin to show
29. What is the standard deviation of the numbers recorded? wear?
A. 0.001 C. 0.003 A. 0.6327 C. 0.6401
B. 0.002 D. 0.004 B. 0.6540 D. 0.6549

For numbers 30-31, refer to the problem below 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑠:

“The scores of individual students on a national test have a normal 𝑁𝑛 𝑁𝐶𝑛
distribution with mean 18.6 and standard deviation 5.9. At Federico ∑𝑋 ∑(𝑋−𝜇)2
Ramos Rural High School, 76 students took the test. Assume that 𝜇= 𝜎2 =
𝑁 𝑁
this school have the same distribution as national scores.”
30. What is the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample 𝜇𝑋̅ = ∑ 𝑋̅𝑃(𝑋̅) 𝜎𝑋2̅ = ∑ 𝑃(𝑋̅)(𝑋̅ − 𝜇)2
mean for 76 students?
A. 76 C. 5.9 𝜎 2 𝑁−𝑛 𝜎2
B. 18.6 D. 12.7 𝜎𝑋2̅ = ∙ 𝜎𝑋2̅ =
𝑛 𝑁−1 𝑛
31. What is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the
sample mean for 76 students? 𝑋−𝜇 𝑋−𝜇
A. 0.07 C. 0.67 𝑧= 𝑧= 𝜎
𝜎
√𝑛
B. 0.08 D. 0.68