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1. The document contains a midterm review with 7 questions on statistical concepts including: calculating measures of central tendency and variation from data sets; interpreting percentiles; constructing probability trees and Venn diagrams; applying properties of probability; working with the normal distribution and central limit theorem; and constructing confidence intervals. 2. The questions involve calculating and interpreting measures like mean, median, mode, range, standard deviation, percentiles from sample data; finding probabilities using rules of probability and diagrams; and determining probabilities and sample sizes related to normally distributed variables and the central limit theorem. 3. Definitions are provided for key statistical concepts like levels of measurement, sampling methods, graphical displays, measures of center and variation, probability rules,

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STAT5002 Midterm Review Questions R

1. The document contains a midterm review with 7 questions on statistical concepts including: calculating measures of central tendency and variation from data sets; interpreting percentiles; constructing probability trees and Venn diagrams; applying properties of probability; working with the normal distribution and central limit theorem; and constructing confidence intervals. 2. The questions involve calculating and interpreting measures like mean, median, mode, range, standard deviation, percentiles from sample data; finding probabilities using rules of probability and diagrams; and determining probabilities and sample sizes related to normally distributed variables and the central limit theorem. 3. Definitions are provided for key statistical concepts like levels of measurement, sampling methods, graphical displays, measures of center and variation, probability rules,

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STAT 5002

MIDTERM REVIEW QUESTIONS


1. For the following sample:

3.6 5.9 4.0 7.1 8.2 7.1 7.1 8.0

a. Calculate the sample mean 𝑥𝑥̅ , median 𝑥𝑥�, and mode M.

b. Calculate the range and the standard deviation s.

x x− x (x − x ) 2

3.6
5.9
4.0
7.1
8.2
7.1
7.1
8.0
Totals:

c. Find the 60th percentile (P60) and interpret the meaning of this number as it applied to this
data
Midterm Review Questions by Prof. A. Gokhman STAT 5002 2

d. Find P25 , P50 , and P75 .

e. Construct the box-plot.

2. In the sample from the previous problem one number has been changed:

3.6 5.9 4.0 7.1 12.9 7.1 7.1 8.0

Does this new sample contain an outlier? (Apparently none of the quartiles changed as
compared to problem 1.) Please draw the box-plot for the sample.
Midterm Review Questions by Prof. A. Gokhman STAT 5002 3

3. Let P( A) = 0.5 , P(B ) = 0.4 , and P( A and B ) = 0.2 . Use Venn diagrams.

a. Find P( A or B ) .

b. Find P (A and B ) .

(
c. Calculate P A and B . )
Midterm Review Questions by Prof. A. Gokhman STAT 5002 4

4. The problem uses a collection containing responses by students of Toronto Pushkin High
School to a 2017 survey. The question was asked: “How do you feel about your school?” The
following table summarizes the results.

Male (M) Female (F) Total

I hate school (A) 17 37 54


Don’t like very much (B) 35 64 99
Like a bit (C) 103 138 241
Like quite a bit (D) 177 169 346
Like very much (E) 180 109 289
Total 512 517 1029

a. Find P( A) .

b. Find P(B and F ) .

c. Find P(C or M ) .

d. Calculate P(C or D ) .

e. Calculate P F ( )
B .

f. Calculate P A (
M .
)
Midterm Review Questions by Prof. A. Gokhman STAT 5002 5

5. Suppose that a certain disease is present in 10% of the population, and that there is a
screening test designed to detect this disease if present. The test does not always work perfectly.
In 5% of the cases the test is negative when the disease is present, and in 3% of the cases the
test is positive when the disease is absent. Draw a probability tree. What is the probability that a
randomly selected patient still has the disease if the test is negative?
Midterm Review Questions by Prof. A. Gokhman STAT 5002 6

6. A used-car dealership has found that the length of time before a major repair is required on
the cars it sells is normally distributed, with a mean µ equal to 10 months and a standard
deviation σ of 3 months.
a. What is the probability that a randomly selected car will need repair in 9 months or
earlier?

b. What is the probability that a randomly selected car will not need any repair for at least a
year?

c. What is the probability that for a randomly selected car the length of time before a major
repair needed will fall between 12 and 15 months?

d. If a dealer wants only 5% of the cars to fail before the end of the guarantee period, for
how many months should the cars be guaranteed?

e. The dealer randomly selected 20 cars. What is the probability that the average time
before major repair exceeds 9 months? (Hint: use Central Limit Theorem)
Midterm Review Questions by Prof. A. Gokhman STAT 5002 7

7. A random sample of size 39 is taken from the population. The sample mean µ is 66.0 and the
population standard deviation σ is 11.0.
a. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean.

b. If we want to be 98% confidence that the sample mean is within 5.0 of the true population
mean, and the population standard deviation is still 11.0. What is the sample mean of this
sample?

DEFINITIONS:

1. Types of data: qualitative, quantitative; discrete, continuous.


2. Levels of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval.
3. Methods of sampling: random, convenience, systematic, cluster, stratified.
4. Bar graph, pie-chart, frequency table and frequency histogram, ogive, scatter diagram.
5. Measures of centre: mean, median, mode.
6. Measures of variation: range, variance, standard deviation.
7. Measures of position: percentiles.
8. Rules of probability: complementary probability, addition rule, multiplication rule,
conditional probability, probability trees.
9. Normal distribution.
10. The Central Limit Theorem.
11. Confidence intervals, confidence level, margin of error.

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